Jane qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1995 in the UK. Jane's clinical practice has been in diverse areas such as orthopaedics, plastic surgery, HDU, theatre and care of the older adult. Her career then took her to primary care. She worked in General Practice and then in Nurse led Walk in Centres in the UK. Jane qualified with a Masters of Nurse Practitioner in 2009. She undertook further qualifications in prescribing and contraceptive/sexual health.

In 2005 Jane became a Community Matron and set up and ran a nurse led Walk in Centre. As clinical lead she had responsibility for the centre, the staff, the care provided and the medication dispensed. She held this role until emigrating to Australia in 2008.

Jane was involved in the implementation and planning of the Walk-in Centre which opened in the Act in 2010 and continues to work in the centre/s on a casual basis as a Nurse Practitioner.

Jane believes strongly in the extended roles of nurses. Her interests include primary care, sexual health and chronic illness.

Jane is an Associate Professor in Nursing and the Program Direcotr for the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Public Health. Jane is an expereinced educator, endorse Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Academic, Mask-Ed™Educator, and Tedx Speaker. She was awarded the first doctorate of Nurse Practitioner in Australia in 2017 and was recently awarded Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.

Jane is passionate about the scholarship of teaching adn learning, interprofessional education and collaborative practice, and innovative approaches to teaching, simulation. and technology enhanced learning. Janes research explores simualtion, empathy and clinical reasoning with a focus on patient centred care

Research interests

Janes research interests include

simulation in nurse education

empahty

clinical reasoning

interprofessional education

Technology enhanced learning

VR/AR/MR

Aged care

Dementia

Chronic illness

Enablment

Nurse Practitioner roles