Racheal qualified as a veterinary nurse in 2003 whilst working in a busy general practice where she remained for the next 3 years as Senior Nurse. After a short period working as a Lecturer in Veterinary Nursing & Animal Management she returned to nursing as an Emergency & Critical Care nurse working for Vets Now in 2008. In 2014 Racheal took her current position of Head of Clinical Nursing where she is responsible for the clinical and professional standards of veterinary nurses within the Out of Hours business.
Racheal was an elected member of the RCVS VN Council 2016-2020 and was the Chair of VN Council and a member of RCVS Council 2018-2020, she is a member of the VN Futures working group and became a STEM school ambassador in 2019.