Lisa the Locum RVN

04/09/2025

🐱 Helped out the most amazing Cattery tonight 🐈‍⬛ I can highly recommend Cricklade Cattery to all you lovely people.. if your furry friends are in need of a holiday then look no further!

This is run by a very good friend of mine and she treats all the furry kings and queens like royalty, they have the best of care (and extra love and attention) while they have their little vacation! 🐈 It’s just Purr-fect 🥰

20/07/2025

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Happy Friday you lovely lot.

May your cat bite abcess be oozy and appear during day time hours. May no-one try to remove a nip, thinking is a tick (Male cat owners, we are looking at you. Men most certainly DO have ni***es) 🐈

May your iced coffee be iced, and not simply sad and luke warm after emergencies. May you get to see your partners, families and BBQs not turn into surgery to remove corn on the cobs.🌽

May your mother-in-laws be kind and not feed your dog

May you get some rest, recalibrate or simply see some daylight.

May you build a pillow fort and scroll through cat memes and dogs with human names if you so wish.

Weekend warriors (not worriers)

We've got this 🙌🏻

29/05/2025

🐶 🩺 So today was my last clinical day and I’m hanging up my stethoscope (for now!) to try my hand in the insurance world (Working with Pinnacle Pet UK) as a Veterinary Technical Advisor.

This is a new venture in the veterinary world and a very exciting (yet nerve wracking one!) 🖥️

I am going to stay on the register as a RVN and don’t want to diminish my skills or experience so will be keeping up with the CPD (and hopefully locum in practice so watch this space!) 👋

23/04/2025

📔 Dates available… 🐱

- Monday 28th April
- Thursday 1st May
- Monday 12th May
- Tuesday 13th May
- Wednesday 14th May
- Tuesday 20th May
- Wednesday 21st May

- Can travel up to 45 mins from Swindon
- Over 15 years experience - Qualified 2013 🩺
- Happy with all aspects of nursing

Pop me a message if you’re in need of an RVN 🐶

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13/04/2025

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session! 📣

📄: Tumours and Cheese

📅: Thursday 15th May

📍: Delta Hotel, Pipers Way, Swindon, SN3 1SH

🗣️: Tim Charlesworth, RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Surgery (Soft Tissue), Matthew Best, RCVS Recognised Specialist in Internal Medicine

Join Tim and Matt, Heads of Service for our surgical and medical oncology teams, for an insightful evening of CPD. Throughout the evening, Tim and Matt will discuss the latest advances in tumour management. Utilising case examples, the presentations will illustrate a logical approach to the cancer patient - what you can do in-house and when to consider a referral.

The event will also review current treatment options for some of the most commonly seen neoplastic conditions and discuss recent advances in tumour staging, surgical techniques and adjuvant therapies. By the end of the evening, attendees will have increased confidence in recognising "red flags" and an increased knowledge of available treatment options to suit all budgets.

This not-to-be-missed evening will also be rounded off with wine and cheese- lots of cheese!

Book your place here - https://bit.ly/3RdK3X1

19/03/2025

It’s the end of an era! (I can’t even find this colour anymore!) 😔

At 15 years old my trusty stethoscope (Stevie) has finally given in 👻 I’ve had him since I was a fresh faced student and he’s seen his fair share of weird and wonderful furrys (and non!)

🩺 Make way for Junior!

13/03/2025

☕️ Old and cold with a garnish of hair 😂

Just kidding - no one has time for a cuppa 🤪

The Veterinary Brew Chart - How do you take it?

12/03/2025

🐾 Locum Nurse Availability 🐾

- Can travel up to 30 mins from Swindon
- Part time required (up to 30 hours per week)
- Over 15 years experience
- Happy with all aspects of nursing

🐶 PM me for more details or CV if you’re interested..

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08/03/2025

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We’ve heard you. Rabbit CPR is something you ask about regularly- not surprising at all when the mere mention of a rabbit GA is enough to bring me out in a cold sweat.

Not Tawny though! So between us let’s chat how to avoid the crash and then what we can do during the crash. Using the evidence to make a plan and seeing what differences there are….

Thursday 17th of April at 8pm 🐇 🐰🐇🐰

13/02/2025

🌺 What a nice surprise this morning! So nice to be appreciated- year long contract complete 🥰 Thank you to all at Drove ###

02/11/2024

** Income insurance **

Has anyone thought about getting income insurance and need some pointers? I’ve been signed up with PG mutual for a while (touch wood never needed to use it yet). The customer service has been brilliant and found it via the BVNA and you can select the amount of cover and it tells you how much per month it will be to cover you.

Let me know if you are considering getting any for peace of mind as I have a referral code which gets you a voucher and discount if you sign up

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17/10/2024

** RVN Wanted **

I have been asked to cover 27th December at a very lovely practice near Swindon and they are fab team but unfortunately I can’t do it 😞 thought I’d put the feelers out if any of my lovely RVN friends can fill in 🐾

Message me if you can and I’ll tell you the deets 🙂