New registrations welcome
Wadebridge, Padstow, Port Isaac & Surrounding Areas
Our Team Wave
We are really proud of our friendly, expert team of vets, nurses and support staff.
Together, our team delivers a superior service in all areas of veterinary care ranging from orthopaedic and soft-tissue surgery to diagnostic imaging, cardiology and critical-care.
Ian Gibbs BVSc CertSAS GPCertSAS MRCVS
Ian graduated from Bristol in 1999 and has since gained a wealth of experience working in small animal practice across the UK. He achieved his RCVS Certificate in Small Animal Surgery in 2011, after bribing his examiners with chocolate cake.
Ian started Wave Vets by accident in 2020, in a brief period of madness and enforced unemployment during the COVID pandemic. Initially providing home visits for vulnerable and shielding pet owners, and pop-up consultations in the back of an old ambulance; the practice has now snowballed into a well-equipped facility with modern diagnostic stuff for treating poorly animals.
Harrison Phillips BVMedSci(hons) BVM BVS CertAVP MRCVS
Harrison graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2018 and has since worked at busy hospital practices in the midlands and the south-west. In 2023 he went on a yearlong sabbatical to New Zealand where he continued working as a vet alongside skiing and exploring the mountains in his spare time. In 2024 Harrison returned to Wave Vets, becoming our ‘Medical Lead Vet’.
Harrison enjoys all aspects of veterinary practice with special interests in cardiology, internal medicine, and ultrasonography. Harrison has completed the RCVS post graduate certificate in advanced veterinary practice (CertAVP) with a focus in veterinary cardiology, achieving distinction. He has considerable experience performing heart scans, having diagnosed and managed a multitude of patients with valvular diseases, cardiomyopathies and cardiac dysplasias. He is armed with a brain the size of a planet and says lots of intelligent things.
When away from the practice, Harrison can be found secretly reading scientific journals, running another section of the south-west coast path, or planning his next hiking expedition.
Charlotte Stevens BSc (Hons) BVetMed PGCertSAECC MRCVS
Charlotte graduated from the RVC in London in 2013. After a brief period working in mixed practice, Charlotte quickly realised that she was much better at treating cats and dogs than cows and sheep. This was the point where she met Ian, who nurtured her interests in soft tissue surgery, dark humour, and gin. Charlotte followed her then-boyfriend (now husband) ‘up north’ to Gloucestershire, where she worked in a busy hospital practice for several years, gaining her own fancy pants certificate in ‘Emergency Medicine & Critical Care’ in 2021. Charlotte joined the Wave team in 2022, after she and her husband decided it was time to come home to Cornwall, with the additions of a cat and 2 little humans.
Jake Thomas BVMedSci (hons) BVM BVS (hons) MRCVS
Jake and Harrison have been good friends since university and graduated together in 2018 and now poor Jake has now been talked into working here at Wave Vets. Whilst getting married here in Cornwall he made the foolish mistake to leave and go ‘up country’, where he developed a special interest in ultrasonography. We are delighted that he has seen the error of his ways and returned with his wife (who is also a vet) and their 2 spaniels. Jake is normally found spending time chatting in consults, or fighting Harrison for the ultrasound machine.
Charlotte Gibbs (The Oracle/Practice manager)
Mrs G is the knower of all things and is the glue that keeps the good ship Wave together. She will be found on reception to greet you and your pets, whilst making sure everyone else is doing exactly what they are told, including Mr G!
Rachel Burrill Receptionist
Rachel has moved from a ginorma practice to our tiny little team and has spent more than 30 years working in practice - it's safe to say she knows what's she doing. Outside of work, when she's not being a taxi for her teenage children she likes dog walking and eating.
Becky Uren RVN Head Nurse
Becks took a leap of faith joining Wave early in the Pandemic. Having spent several years previously working alongside Ian she knew what she was getting herself into. She is responsible for the smooth running of the prep room, theatre and wards. Becky has recently completed a year-long course in anaesthesia monitoring. Now she is insisting on lots of clever machines that go ‘ping’.
Ruth RVN
Ruth was our second nurse to join the good ship Wave. She is affectionately known as a force of nature and everything works perfectly as long as the vets do exactly as she says. In her spare time she likes to put the rest of the team to shame with her constant exercise and regularly rows for Mevagissey Rowing Club.
Lucy Wharmby RVN
Having worked with the rest of the nursing team before, Lucy arrived from a nearby practice and has easily fit back in to the chaos. She is our level headed one! Whilst the rest of us run around spinning and flapping, she is an oasis of calm and keeps the team grounded.
Ella Williams RVN
Ella joined Wave in January 2024. Her main interests are in-patient care, surgical nursing and putting the fear into all of the vets with her shark like demeanour...
In the short time she has been with us, she has complimented our team perfectly, although she threatened me with Chinese burn if I didn't write something nice!
Amelia ANA
Amelia started with us as an Animal Care Assistant in September 2024. We are so proud of her for passing her exams and are overjoyed that she will now be our first Trainee Veterinary Nurse from September 2025.