Dr Nathan Pitt
B.V.Sc
Dr Nathan joined the team late 2021 and has recently become the proud new owner of the practice, April 2022. He hopes to usher in a new era of gold-standard pet care and animal health services at the Sorell Veterinary Centre.
Nathan qualified and worked as a veterinarian in South Africa before emigrating to Australia in 2019. He lived with his family on the Gold Coast before deciding to make the change to the fresh air and beautiful landscape of Tasmania.
“My goal is to have healthy pets and happy clients. This will be achieved through a strong emphasis on preventative health care and excellent customer service. As the old saying goes, “prevention is better than cure”.
Nathan has a passion for all things great and small. While his time is taken up within the confines of the clinic on most days, there are plans to expand the service offering to include horses and production animals.
Dr Catherine Charlton
B.V.M.S (Hons)
Dr Catherine joined the Sorell Veterinary team in November 2022
Dr Jemma Daniels
B.V.M.S
Dr Jemma grew up in Cornwall and completed her Zoology degree at the University of Reading. She then studied her Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine at the Murdoch University in Western Australia.
Dr Jemma has been a vet since 2009. She joined us in February 2016. In 2017 Dr Jemma completed her Masters in Small Animal Practice.
Dr Jemma is an avid surfer, is passionate about wildlife and enjoys travelling overseas to interact with exotic animals.
Amanda Devlin
Administration / Practice Manager
Amanda has spent many years on the mainland in retail management and joined S.V.C in 2018. She loves working with both people and animals so is now in her dream job.
She spent her early years competing in eventing around the state on her two horses and over the years has had many pets.
Amanda now lives locally with her partner on their small farm of cattle, sheep, chickens and their Doberman, Jagi and working dog, Tess. Amanda has added to her animal family with off the track race horses, Nunivak (Nudes), Hold Infinity (Henry).
Cat Sherwood
Veterinary Nurse Cert IV / Diploma in Feline Nursing (ISFM)
Cat has been a veterinary nurse for over 10 years, she has a Certificate IV in Veterinary nursing and completed a Diploma of Feline Nursing through the International Society of Feline Medicine.
She lives on a small farm with her husband, their dog, cat, two parrots, six horses, and a multitude of chooks, ducks, and cows. In her spare time, she enjoys riding her horses, gardening, and sewing.
Cat has experience working at several different clinics and joined our team in 2021.
Tracey Bennett
Veterinary Nurse Cert IV
Tracey started her vet nurse training at the end of 2016, and joined the team at SVC at the end of 2018.
Before starting as a vet nurse Tracey worked as a salesperson for Saddle World.
Tracey absolutely loves animals and has had many animals over the years including at home now horses, dogs and a cat.
Tracey has bred Arabian ponies and successfully showed them all over the state and on the mainland.
Sarah Whitfort
Veterinary Nurse Cert IV
Sarah grew up in southern Queensland and moved to Tasmania in late 2015. She has always had a great love for animals, with her childhood dream job of being a Vet.
Sarah completed her Cert IV in Veterinary Nursing in 2021, joining the SVC team soon after, with 3 years of in-clinic experience through volunteering and study placements.
Sarah is very interested in furthering her nursing education and even hopes to return to studying Veterinary Medicine at university one day.
Tracy Evans
Veterinary Nurse Cert IV
Tracy is an experienced veterinary nurse with Cert IV and Diploma in nursing and over sixteen years experience.
Tracy had a break from veterinary nursing whilst raising a family and running their family business.
On returning to work in the veterinary field, Tracy spent three years at Menzies Research as an animal technician. She then returned to veterinarian nursing on a casual basis with Sorell Veterinary Centre.
Tracy leads a very active life including trekking the Kokoda trail, gym, yoga and tennis.
She has two beautiful Labradors, Pepper and Harley, as well as a cat Oslo.
Connor Hammer
Trainee Vet Nurse
Connor started with S.V.C in 2021 and has a certificate II in animal studies and is studying his certificate IV in veterinary nursing.
Connor's passion for animals started at a very young age, ever since he could walk he was caring for all types of animals, taking in lots of injured and orphaned wildlife for care and rehabilitation. He is a registered wildlife carer.
Connor also has an interest in snakes / reptiles as he is also a registered venomous snake handler.
Hayley Geary
Trainee Veterinary Nurse
Hayley joined the S.V.C team in May 2022. She has a certificate II in Animal Studies and is now studying for a certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing.
Hayley lives on a local rural property where she has many animals to love and care for. She has always had a dream of becoming a veterinary nurse.
Hayley has many years of experience in the equine industry. In her spare time, she helps people start, educate and retrain their horses. Alongside this, Hayley competes in eventing statewide with her off the track thoroughbred Fancy Danz (Fancy).
At home, Hayley has 7 horses, a German Short-haired Pointer ‘Ace’, Simba the ginger cat and a variety of feathered friends.
Laura McConnon
Veterinary Nurse Assistant
Laura joined the team in November 2022 from an equine nursing background.
Laura enjoys her role as a veterinary nurse assistant as it is hands on and she is continually learning new and exciting things. Laura loves coming to work everyday with a great group of people and the interaction with the clients.
Laura lives on a sheep and cattle property, where she spends her time riding her two stock horses. Along with her partner, they have two kelpies, a Jack Russell, a cat (rescued from the hay barn) and multiple chickens.
Summer Hoffman
Trainee Veterinary Nurse
Summer joined the team in Feb 2023
Summer is currently studying her Certifate II in Animal Care, and will be continuing on to her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing.
Summer lives on a local rural property with her family.
Summer has developed a passion for this industry from a very young age as she has grown up around a variety or animals.
She started with her first Australian Miniature Goat at the age of 6, which then flourished into breeding for 10 years and showing for 6 years. She now shares a successful miniature goat stud ‘Kirrasumm Kidz Miniature Goat Stud’ with her sister. Our highlight of breeding is our very own home bred buck (Captain Cook) being titled Australia’s first Australian Grand Champion.
Summer leads an active lifestyle on her family’s property with her adored German Shorthaired Pointer ‘Esme’.
Narelle Sullivan
Receptionist
Narelle joined us in July 2023.