Pakenham

Bianca Gannell

Trainee Veterinary Nurse

Bianca has successfully completed her Certificate II in Animal Studies through the RSPCA in 2022. She is continuing her studies with us through our Vet Nurse traineeship program which will see her complete her Certificate IV in veterinary nursing in late 2025. She has always loved animals and is thoroughly enjoying the career change from Human Nurse, to Veterinary Nurse.

Bianca works at the clinic part time.

Outside of the clinic Bianca loves spending her time with her Husband, 3 children and 3 Burmese Cats.

Monique Young

Monique successfully completed her Cert II Animal studies through the Greencross internship program in late 2019 and is set to complete her Cert IV in Veterinary nursing in 2023 whilst working in the clinic part time.
She also has multiple certificates in Behaviour and Training and is the clinic’s friendly Puppy School Trainer.

Monique’s passion and love for working with animals is what drives her to be the best she can be when it comes to caring for our patients and clients’ needs and services.

Outside of the clinic, she enjoys spending time and making memories with her family of 4 children, and fur family of 2 dogs, 3 cats and soon to be husband who is her biggest support.

Dr Lucas Pascoe

Veterinarian

Dr Lucas graduated from James Cook University (QLD) in 2020. Despite loving the far north he moved back to Melbourne shortly after graduating to be closer to family and friends.

Lucas enjoys both surgery and medicine but his favorite part of being a vet is the joy he gets from helping people and their pets.

In his spare time Lucas plays AFL and enjoys going on adventures with his 3 dogs Pepper, Archer and Marley.

Courtney Chalmers

Practice Manager

Courtney began her nursing career at Greencross Vets Pakenham over a decade ago. She is very proud of her job and enjoys assisting the vets in surgery, doing nurse consults, building rapport with pet owners and looking after the patients, making them feel comfortable and cared for whilst in clinic.
Courtney’s highest achievements throughout her career were winning regional awards for Outstanding Customer Service and Team Member of the Year.
In the clinic Courtney is renowned for being our residential cat advocate, she is also a proud pet parent to four spoilt cats who she has rescued over the years; Fuzzy, Nemo, Jaffa and Lammy.

Jayla Blew

Jayla is currently doing her cert IV in vet nursing, while working casual at the clinic. Jayla has always loved working with animals since she could walk. She’s lives on a small hobby farm that contains many different animals. She has one dairy cow (blaze), three horses (Jules, Sinkers and Bailey), 2 dogs( Pepper and Archie), one cat (Little Cat) and a few exotic fish. She first started at the clinic as a work placement student and after a year and a half she was employed at the practice as a casual team member. In her spare time she loves to ride her horses and take here dogs to the beach.

Telissa Creely

Telissa started the Greencross Internship Program at the clinic in January 2016. She has now completed her certificate II in animal studies and is going on to complete her certificate iv in veterinary nursing at Box Hill Tafe. Telissa has always been passionate about animals and is living her dream working with them. She has adopted two old papillons, Gus and Suzie. She also has a 1 year old cheeky rescue cat named Archie. She sometimes helps foster kittens for a local rescue group. Her interests are camping and spending time outdoors, going on big walks with her family dog Tess, listening to music and spending time with family and friends.

Tracey Breckon

Veterinary Nurse

Tracey studied her Certificate III in Animal Studies and Companion Animal Services in 2014. She then went on to complete her Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing in 2015.
She is also the Secretary of a not for profit animal rescue group, fosters both dogs and cats and is also a neonatal kitten raiser. It was her passion for animal welfare that led to her choosing to study veterinary nursing. Her husband, 4 daughters and 7 grand-daughters are all very supportive of her passion for animals. They all rejoice in the animals at home, wit 3 dogs and 5 cats who are also apart of her large family. She loves spending her time with her family and friends with a bit of travelling when possible.