{"id":7671,"date":"2025-07-16T16:16:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/uk\/?p=7671"},"modified":"2025-08-27T15:39:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:39:03","slug":"heather-kirkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/uk\/heather-kirkness\/","title":{"rendered":"Heather Kirkness"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7671\" class=\"elementor elementor-7671\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-241c47c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"241c47c7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c417d68\" data-id=\"7c417d68\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a307b38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a307b38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/heather-kirkness.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8028\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ifevet.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/heather-kirkness.png 724w, https:\/\/ifevet.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/heather-kirkness-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/ifevet.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/07\/heather-kirkness-600x286.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d68b2a7\" data-id=\"6d68b2a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a3e1a1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a3e1a1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Heather Kirkness<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0910ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d0910ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vice President of Clinical Affairs<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-142fbd21 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"142fbd21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24daa580 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24daa580\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Heather qualified in 2013 at Stone Lion Veterinary Hospital in Wimbledon. She moved to North Downs in Specialist Referrals in Surrey, shortly after qualifying. Here she achieved her Vets Now Certificate in Emergency and Critical Care, and BVNA Wound Management certificate.<\/p><p>Heather spent the last 4 years of her time at North Downs, as a static surgical ward nurse. Overseeing orthopaedic and soft tissue surgical patient care.<\/p><p>She joined Vets Now in 2020 as a night nurse and shortly afterwards, stepped into the role as (acting) Head of Clinical Nursing, before moving to IVC as an Area Manager in 2022.<\/p><p>Heather now works for\u00a0Gentell\u00a0PAWS,\u00a0a\u00a0upcoming wound care brand\u00a0specialising\u00a0in veterinary specific wound care products and education for all veterinary clinics and professionals across the UK and USA.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President of Clinical Affairs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8028,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Heather Kirkness | Ifevet International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vice President of Clinical Affairs | Heather qualified in 2013 at Stone Lion Veterinary Hospital in Wimbledon. 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