Meet our team

Caring, Professional, Unrivalled

At The Animal Clinic our professional team of vets and nurses care passionately about animals and treat every patient as a sentient being. Every member of our team is hand selected for their compassion and ability to go above and beyond for our clients. They have the skills to provide a timely diagnosis and first-class veterinary treatment.

Vets

Veterinary Surgeon

Veterinary Surgeon

Linda graduated as a veterinary surgeon in Milan, in 1996 bringing a wealth of knowledge and expertise to our clinic.

Known locally as one of the most passionate vets in the area being highly competent with both surgical and medical cases.  Linda not only has incredible experience with dogs and cats, she has a wealth of experience in Exotics (rabbits and more!) having previously headed up an exotics-focused clinic treating a varied range of species, including birds, reptiles, and small rodents.  Linda has also had 9 years of experience working in a zoo but we can be sure she won’t be treating any Elephants here!

Linda’s hobbies include Hiking, Skiing, Fly Fishing, and Cooking.

Veterinary Surgeon

Miranda BVSc MRCVS PgC(SAO)

Miranda qualified in 2011 in Australia and worked at a mixed practice in Sydney for 5 years before moving to the UK in 2016. During her time in London, Miranda has worked in several independent, corporate and charity clinics before joining the team at The Animal Clinic in December 2023.

Miranda is a Fear Free Certified Professional and has also achieved a postgraduate certificate in small animal ophthalmology. She also enjoys surgery, dentistry and internal medicine.

Outside of work, Miranda spends her free time cooking, doing yoga, travelling and spending quality time with her rescue cat Peggy.

Nursing Team

Head Nurse

Gemma RVN

Gemma Fisher qualified as a Registered Veterinary Nurse in 2009 and since then she has become a fear free advocate. Gemma is interested in animal behaviour and nutrition. When not in the surgery she can be found at home with her family normally completing another course.

Senior Nurse

Natalie

Our wonderful Senior Nurse Natalie, joined The Animal Clinic team in 2021. Natalie has been working in the Veterinary industry since 2012, going on to qualify as a Nurse in 2015. Since then, Natalie has continued to develop her skills, carrying out further studies to become a Pet Bereavement Counsellor and obtaining a nurses certificate in anaesthesia. Natalie is particularly interested in general anaesthesia, analgesia and animal welfare.

Outside of work, Natalie enjoys reading, socialising and visiting the countryside. She also loves spending time with her beloved cat Charlie.

Natalie:Head Nurse

Registered Veterinary Nurse

Alice

Alice has been a qualified RVN for over 8 years. She has come back to the team part-time after having a daughter in June 2021 and enjoys consulting now. She has one little fur baby called Django, a 10 year old terrier cross breed.
Alice is still undergoing her Canine Physiotherapy Degree in her own time, juggling work, life and a 1 year old!

Alice:Registered Veterinary Nurse

Registered Veterinary Nurse

Shanna

Shanna joined us at the beginning of 2022 as a student veterinary nurse.
She started her veterinary career at a 24 hour veterinary hospital in Sidcup, working her way up from being a client care assistant to beginning her veterinary nursing training in 2020 and she will be qualifying at the end of this year.
Whilst training she has developed an interest in medical nursing and likes looking after our inpatients when she has the opportunity.
At home she has a multitude of animals, which include 2 dogs, 2 rabbits and a horse.
When she has free time, she like to spend it socialising with her friends and horse riding.

Shanna:Student Veterinary Nurse

Veterinary Care Assistant

Polly

Polly started working at The Animal Clinic at the beginning of 2021. She started her career with the Celia Hammond Animal Rescue Charity back in 2018. Polly has a keen interest in rabbits and would love to one day train as a Veterinary Nurse.

A keen animal lover, Polly has 2 rabbits, a dog and a crested gecko at home!

Polly:

Support Team

Veterinary Receptionist

Josie

Josie is one of our wonderful receptionists and has been part of the Animal Clinic team since 2019.  Josie loves to meet and greet all of you and your pets.  Josie has quite a menagerie of pets at home, including 3 dogs, a cat, a rabbit, a tortoise, a fish and two birds – she adores all animals!  But not so keen on spiders!

Josie:Veterinary Receptionist

Receptionist

Courtney

Courtney:Receptionist

Practice Manager

Amber

Amber is our clinic manager and has been with the company since 2006. She started her career off as a veterinary receptionist and trainee veterinary nurse before transitioning into the management role. Amber enjoys working with her teams, and seeing them give their utmost attention and care to the sick pets and owners, plus also helping with the occasional cuddle for the patients herself! Amber loves horse riding in her spare time.