VN Council
A specialist governing body focused on veterinary nurse education, professional development and regulatory matters.
Matthew Rendle
RVN
Biography
Matt began his veterinary nursing career at The Park Veterinary Centre, Watford, in September 1989, a busy mixed and exotics practice with 13 vets, where he completed his veterinary nursing qualification. In 1994 he was promoted to Senior Theatre Nurse.
In 2003, he pursued his interest in zoo and wildlife nursing at the Zoological Society of London, leaving in April 2017 to seek new challenges within exotic and wildlife care. He has extensive experience caring for species ranging from ants to elephants and has been fortunate to travel as part of his roles.
Matt lectures to veterinary nursing and veterinary surgeon undergraduates as part of their core modules on topics such as herpetological husbandry, and some areas of zoo and wildlife diagnostic imaging and anaesthesia. He also lectures extensively on herpetology throughout Europe and America.
Matt has served a three-year term on the British Veterinary Nursing Association Council, which enabled him to promote and raise the profile of veterinary nursing in the UK.
Matt is the chair of AZEVN, which he helped set up in 2016 to provide CPD for nurses working with zoo, exotics and wildlife species.
VN Council Member category
- Elected: 2016 - 2026
Committee membership
- Veterinary Nurses Council (Vice-Chair)
- Advancement of the Professions Committee
- Standards Committee
- Council Culture Working Group
- VN Futures Project Board
Declaration of interests
| Directorships | None |
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| Relevant financial interests, eg shareholdings, bonds and derivatives | None |
| Consultancies | Member of editorial board: Magazine "The Veterinary Nurse" (part of MA Healthcare Ltd publishers) |
| Appointments to other bodies | None |
| Membership of other veterinary or allied organisations |
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| Employment | Matt began his career at The Park Veterinary Centre as a trainee veterinary nurse in 1989. He qualified as a veterinary nurse in 1992, and then stayed at The Park Veterinary Centre until 2003 when he moved to the veterinary department at ZSL London Zoo, being promoted to Senior Clinical Veterinary Nurse in 2014. Matthew left the Zoo in April 2017. He was fortunate to work with a huge variety of species in his role for ZSL, and in various countries. Matt is currently an exotics nurse at Tari vets in Essex. Matt provides nursing support for Wildlife Vets International. |
| Qualifications (other than veterinary qualifications listed in the Register) | None |
| Interests relating to immediate family or close friends | None |
| Other relevant information | None |
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