Award for vet’s nurse

A woman from Londonderry has won the title of British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA) NI Animal Nursing Assistant of the Year, 2014.
Hill's Territory Manager Susie Hill, left, Ciara Wilson, centre, and Emma Jane Hunniford.Hill's Territory Manager Susie Hill, left, Ciara Wilson, centre, and Emma Jane Hunniford.
Hill's Territory Manager Susie Hill, left, Ciara Wilson, centre, and Emma Jane Hunniford.

She is nursing assistant Ciara Wilson, who has worked at St Elmo Veterinary Clinic for five years.

Ciara was selected from hundreds of entries to receive the prestigious award after being nominated by her colleague Emma-Jane Hunniford who runs the practice, who described Ciara as an asset to the practice and an invaluable member of staff. Having joined St Elmo’s with no veterinary experience, Ciara, centre, is pictured with Hill’s Territory Manager Susie Hill, and the practice manager Emma Jane Hunniford.