Nicky has been working in veterinary practices since 1998 and became a qualified Veterinary Nurse in 2000. Not one to rest on her laurels she continued to study and in 2010 obtained her Graduate Diploma in Professional and Clinical Veterinary Nursing from the Royal Veterinary College. She has had a variety of jobs before joining Derwent Valley in 2017 including working in general practice, working for an out of hours provider and working for a veterinary laboratory company. She has used her nursing skills to do charitable work including a stint in a neutering clinic in St Lucia.

Nicky lives locally in the Matlock area with her partner and her three sons. When she is not at work she is always on the go and is constantly running one of the boys to an activity or class.

Nicky has a particular interest in feline medicine and is part of our team who look at ways to make the practice as cat friendly as possible. Her own cats Mouse and Flea are very approving of her efforts and are definitely very chilled out as a result of her having such an attentive owner. Nicky also  retains an interest in emergency and critical care from her previous job and is always a calm head in a crisis.

Claire has been working in veterinary practice for nearly thirty years. She qualified as a Veterinary Nurse in 1995 and has worked in a number of practices throughout the Nottingham and Derbyshire area picking up good ideas for best practice along the way. She started at Derwent Valley Vets on day one in June 2016.

Claire, her husband and her two daughters share a house with 2 German Shepherds “Kia and Leski”, “Teddy”, a Schipperke and ‘Tilly’ and ‘Harper’ the Australian Shepherds. She is a Kennel Club registered breeder of German Shepherds and her own line of dogs have been very successful in the show ring. She is passionate about responsible breeding and the person to ask about anything to do with health testing prior to getting bitches into pup. As well as showing her German Shepherds Claire also shows Teddy, both in the UK and on the continent. Teddy has, at the very young age of a year, obtained the Kennel Club status of champion in the UK and Ireland.

In 2020, Claire did us the great honour of agreeing to become our Practice Manager. Her organisational skill and ability to get any task done meant she is perfect for the role.  She has continued to broaden her knowledge in her new role by studying for and achieving her certificate in Veterinary Leadership and Management focusing on Human Resources and we would be lost without her.

Louise has been a nurse in veterinary practice for 20 years. Prior to coming to Derwent Valley Vets when we opened in 2016 she had worked first in private practice and then for 12 years for the PDSA where she met Rebecka and Claire.

Louise is dog crazy! She has a very fit and athletic Vizla and two working cocker spaniels with whom she competes at agility and takes park in gundog training and runs in the relatively new sport of canicross.  All her dogs come to work with her and she can often be seen with them walking along the banks of the Derwent before and after work.

Louise has a Diploma in Canine Massage Therapy and runs sessions offering Galen massage at the practice. Her healing hands are ideal for animals who have had an injury or who are starting to suffer with aches and pains. She is passionate about inpatient care and is an excellent theatre nurse