Lucy McIntyre

Nursing Manager

Lucy has been nursing for five years and joined the Greencross family in 2021 and holds an associate degree in veterinary nursing from Latrobe University in Melbourne (2018). After years of emergency, she transitioned into the Greencross Nursing Manger role in 2022 with ease. She has a passion for teaching, internal medicine, parasitology, neonates, and Gold standard patient care.

In her spare time, Lucy enjoys food, travel, music, and hand rearing orphaned animals.

Jodie Wilson

Practice Manager

Jody has always had a passion for pets large and small and has always dreamt of pursuing a career caring for pets. Jody became part of the Silkstone team as a intern in 2016 and finished her internship within 5 months and was offered employment with Greencross Vets Silkstone. Jody was selected to undertake a Scholarship in Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing with Greencross due to displayed excellence as an Intern, following this she went on to complete her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing in 2020 and was offered the position to be interim Practice manager for 6 months in 2021. She thoroughly enjoyed the leadership skills learnt with the running of a Veterinary Clinic and has gained a lot by having this opportunity. Following this opportunity Jody pursued her career as Nurse Manager with a special interest in surgery and anaesthesia as well as looking after your pets during their hospital stays to make sure they are provided with the best possible care. “I love the medical side and I have gained so much knowledge and experience in the many years of being a part of the team at Greencross Vets Silkstone”.

Jody has recently now taken on the position in the clinic as Practice Manager and loves working for Greencross as they are a great company that provides outstanding patient and client care and delivers love and empathy to all pet parents.
Outside of work, Jody thoroughly enjoys spending time with her children and being a busy mum to three dogs, and two horses. Her personal interests include fitness, and horse riding.

Lisa Sanders

Veterinary Nurse

Ever since Lisa was a little girl she loved animals of all types. Growing up she was always pet parent. Currently, she cares for a dog named Bailey, a cat named Evie, a snake named Jupiter and a chicken. Lisa is always looking for ways to expand her knowledge of animals whether it is furthering her study, volunteering at zoos and sanctuaries or watching documentaries.
She brings with her international experience having interned overseas at Big Cat Rescue in Tampa Florida USA. While there she looked after bobcats, servals, caracals and cougars, along with lions, tigers, leopards and Jaguars.
Being a vet nurse is highly rewarding for Lisa.

Dr Kelsie O’ Leary

Veterinarian

Kelsie graduated from a Bachelor of Science (Honours) at UQ St Lucia in 2016, and a Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Honours) at UQ Gatton in 2021.
Kelsie grew up in Bundaberg and always knew she wanted to work with animals. After high school she moved to Brisbane to study zoology and was lucky enough to conduct a research project on sea turtles at Mon Repos. After graduating, she decided to peruse Veterinary Medicine and has never looked back.
Kelsie was voted ‘crazy cat lady’ by her cohort at vet school — a title she wears with pride. Other than felines, she has an interest in wildlife and zoo medicine, as well as behaviour medicine.
In her free time, Kelsie likes to play netball, hang out with friends, and relax at home with her cat, Lilo.

Kamilla Paine

Veterinary Nurse

Before I could even walk I’ve always had a huge passion and interest in animals and knew I wanted to have a career in the animal industry.

I started my journey as a Greencross intern in 2019. I was then offered employment and completed my Certificate 2 in veterinary nursing. I have now worked for Greencross since and have loved every second of it. From the handfuls of bouncy puppies to the gentle kind old seniors.

I’ve currently started studying for my Certificate IV in vet nursing to gain more knowledge and experience and develop more skills of the job I love so much.

I have two beautiful German Shepherd mixes (Kaiser and Duke), an Appaloosa gelding named Elvis, and my small hobby chicken farm.

Before she could even walk Kamilla has always had a huge passion and interest in animals and knew that she wanted to have a career in the animal industry.
Kamilla started her journey in 2019 as an intern at Greencross Vets. She then jumped straight into her Certificate II in Veterinary Nursing and has loved every second of her journey thus far, additionally, she recently completed her Certificate IV in vet nursing to further develop her knowledge and skills.

Chelsea Tormey

Head Nurse

Chelsea was still at school when she started working with Greencross as a volunteer for work experience. She loved working here with the staff and the animals that once she graduated high school in 2016 she completed her Certificate II in Animal Studies. Then completed her Certificate IV in Vet Nursing.

Chelsea has been in the Greencross Vets family for over five years as a locum nurse and recently joined Silkstone-Booval as Head Nurse. She has always been very passionate about animals from a very young age and enjoys working with every animal big or small. Chelsea enjoys working in the theatre and will always put your patient first.

At home, Chelsea has a cat named Delilah, a giant dog Olympus and two horses named Abbie and Austin, she recently bought acreage so there are many more animals to come.
As the clinics Head Nurse, looks forward to supporting the team and mentoring new staff.

Briley Dickens

Veterinary Nurse

Briley is a veterinary nurse at Greencross Silkstone who first started out as a school based trainee in 2015. She has worked with us for most of this time between 2015 and now. Briley owns 2 pets of her own a dog, Nahla and a horse, Catalina who she adores greatly, having pets her whole life is what encourages her every day passion of being a veterinary nurse.

Briley has a keen interest in behaviour and early stage behavioural developments, providing and guiding the pawfect parents to start there adventure with their new editions.

She strives to treat all our patients like they are her own and you will often find her going the extra mile for a patient. This may be anything from after the procedure brushing her patients to make them look extra pretty before going home, cuddling them as they wake up or giving them that extra bit of love while they are in a different environment to what they know every other day.

You will find Briley smiling on the other end of the phone when you ring so if you need advice or to see us give us a call and be sure to share some photos below of your pawfect pooches and kitties!

Dr Anthony Snell

Tony graduated with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science (1st Class Honours) from the University of Queensland (St Lucia) in 1986.
Tony worked in mixed practice for 5 years in St. George (Queensland) then travelled and worked overseas for 18 months before taking a position at the Silkstone Veterinary Hospital (now Greencross Vets Silkstone).
Tony is a member of the Australian Small Animal Veterinary Association (ASAVA) and the Australian Veterinary Dental Society (AVDS).
Tony’s goal is to provide compassionate veterinary care for all his patients following the Greencross core values and standards.
Tony is married to Cherie, and they have 2 children – Benjamin and Laura. The Snell family has a variety of pets including Jack (cat), Scruffy (dog), Chickens, Guinea Fowl, Quail, Murray Grey and Boran Cattle.

Dr Helen Bailes

Dr Helen has been with Greencross Vets since 2017. She enjoys all aspects of veterinary work and has a special interest in further developing her skills in feline medicine and pathology. Helen has an adopted cat Mac, and a special place in her heart for Burmese cats in particular, having cared for them over the years. Outside of the clinic, Helen loves going for bushwalks, playing piano, and spending time with her friends and large extended family.

Dr Neshika Rajakaruna

Veterinarian
I have always been passionate about pets since I was very young. Growing up I had quite a few cats, dogs and fish. I loved looking after them and spending time with all them. This led me to pursue a career in the Veterinary industry.

I am originally from Sri Lanka and moved to Australia in Grade 4. I attended Kenmore State high School and then went on to James Cook University, in Townsville, to pursue a Veterinary Science Degree. During the degree I developed a keen interest in birds and pocket pets. I graduated in 2017 and came back to Kenmore to start my professional career. I currently have a lovely little Tortoiseshell cat named Sasha and a variety of fish.