Our Team

Meet Our Vets

Peter Scott, BVSc
Peter is a Massey University Veterinary graduate from the class of ’86, who brings over thirty years of experience to the team. Peter began his career with five years working in mixed practice in Hamilton before serving Wanganui’s veterinary needs from 1991 onwards.

Peter has interest in small animal medicine, surgery, reproduction and alpacas. Peter is an avid follower of vet turned author James Herriot, whose work comes to mind when attending to farm animals on dark and stormy nights around the region.

Peter throws himself into small animal medicine and especially enjoys the challenge of diagnostic dilemmas, gathering the evidence and trying to pinpoint the likely culprit.

Peter is Wanganui's only MPI certified animal exportation Veterinarian.

Erin Carver, BVSc
Erin graduated with a BVSc from Massey University in 2002 and started with Wanganui Vet Services in a mixed practice role. Erin has worked in Wanganui since then, in both a large and small animal capacity, now focussing on small animal practice.

Erin's areas of expertise include developing expertise in small animal medicine, surgery and reproduction. Further to this, Erin has maintained an interest in large animal work and enjoys this when called upon. Erin has assisted with Greyhound race days in the past and is looking to build upon these skills in future.

Erin enjoys spending time at home on sheep and beef farm with her husband and children, horse riding and looking after assorted pets.

Meet Our Vet Nurses

Jess P, Cert VN
Jess qualified in 2011 with a National Certificate in Veterinary Nursing from Vetcare Training in Wanganui and has worked in our practice since 2012.

Jess enjoys spending time in surgery and providing a hands on, caring environment for the animals. She also enjoys building good rapport with the people that she meets. Jess is currently the main contact for Frozen Canine Semen.

Jess was born and raised in Wanganui and has three cats Sausage, Muffin and Spaz, as well as having owned and trained a variety of different animals including rats, a wild kaimanawa horse, and dogs.

Carolyn, Cert VN
Carolyn has a National Certificate in Veterinary Nursing and Animal Care from Vetcare Training in Wanganui in 2006, and brings many years of experience to the team.

Carolyn likes spending time in surgery and enjoys liaising with and building a rapport with clients, and taking care of their animals during the time they spend at our clinic.

Carolyn lives in Wanganui with her daughters and their cat Lexi.

Abbie, Cert VN
Abbie has been part of the VETS on Carlton team since qualifying from UCOL in 2010. Abbie spent her first four years after qualification at our Heads Road Practice, and then at our new premises. Soon after, she left Wanganui for Auckland and spent a year working at a clinic in Ponsonby. She has also spent a year working at the Wellington SPCA as the Community Veterinary Nurse, and has completed additional study in Human Radiography, Canine Behaviour and Training, and Equine Science.

Abbie's special interests lie in surgery, trauma and emergency medicine. She enjoys Radiography and Nutrition. She has recently created and begun running the first ever VETS on Carlton Puppy Preschool.

Abbie has three dogs at home - Hercules, a Great Dane Cross, Loki, a Swiss Shepherd x Samoyed, and Odin, a purebred Great Dane. She can also be found taking home dogs in need of rehabilitation and rehoming. Abbie is currently on maternity leave having welcomed her first child, a daughter - Marley, in February 2020.

Katie, Dip VN
Katie has been part of the VETS on Carlton team since December 2018 when she began as a casual nurse after completing her Diploma. Katie became a fully fledged member of the nursing team in February 2019.

Katie enjoys all aspect of Veterinary Nursing and is finding her feet in the industry, learning which areas suit her talents.

Katie lives in Palmerston North with her fiance, and has family in Wanganui. Katie will soon be leaving us for a stint of maternity leave as she welcomes her first child.

Jasmin, Dip VN
Jasmin joined the VETS on Carlton team in November of 2019 having completed her Diploma of Vet Nursing previously. Jasmin came to us from a clinic in Blenheim with two years of clinical experience under her belt, with special interest in reproduction work and orthopaedic injury.

Since joining the team Jas has put her hand up to assist with Puppy Preschool, and has found her place in the clinic very easily. Jasmin enjoys surgical nursing and building rapport with the clients.

Having only been in the clinic for 4 weeks, Jasmin didn't hesitate to adopt a kitten with a broken leg. Her family now consists of her and her partner, and their two cats Indy and Harley.

Shael, Dip VN
Shael joined the VETS on Carlton team in November of 2019 having completed her Diploma of Vet Nursing previously. Shael has spent the last two years working in practice in the Wairarapa focusing primarily on small animals in a rural setting.

Shael's special interests lie in medical nursing and taking care of people's pets as though they were her own. She also enjoys rescue and rehoming of pets.

Shael was joined on her move to Wanganui by her cat Diego.

Anna, BVT
Anna was welcomed to the VETS on Carlton team in February 2020 after completing her Bachelor in Veterinary Technology at Massey University.

Anna was thrown head first into her job at VOC and hit the ground running. Anna comes from a farming background, and now lives in central Wanganui (just a few doors down from the clinic). She enjoys sport and exercise outside of work.