Welcome to my home page. My professional career includes experience in the health and tertiary education sectors as a clinician, manager, clinical educator, academic, researcher and board director. In my roles as Associate Head of School, Academic and Professorial Lead, Teaching and Learning Quality and Standards, I provided leadership to ensure the quality provision of undergraduate and postgraduate nursing and midwifery programs at UniSA. I have research interests and experience in systems and processes to facilitate quality and safety in health care, including practice and competency standards, clinical governance, risk management and information systems and processes. Through my research in the development, implementation and... Read more
About me
Welcome to my home page. My professional career includes experience in the health and tertiary education sectors as a clinician, manager, clinical educator, academic, researcher and board director. In my roles as Associate Head of School, Academic and Professorial Lead, Teaching and Learning Quality and Standards, I provided leadership to ensure the quality provision of undergraduate and postgraduate nursing and midwifery programs at UniSA. I have research interests and experience in systems and processes to facilitate quality and safety in health care, including practice and competency standards, clinical governance, risk management and information systems and processes. Through my research in the development, implementation and evaluation of competency and practice standards, I have been involved in leading and facilitating change in nursing practice at the system and organisational levels nationally and locally. I have conducted research for and co-authored Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council Competency Standards that regulate entry to practice for registered and enrolled nurses in Australia and was lead researcher for a project that developed standards for registered and enrolled nurses working in General Practice in Australia. I have also conducted research to develop competency standards and performance assessment tools for nursing roles for a leading aged care provider. A key feature of my standards research has been the development of strategies and resources to maximise uptake of standards by clinicians. Following on from NHMRC funded research exploring the role of registered nurses in the care and management of older people in hospitals, I also have a strong research interest and background in health care policy, funding and practice related to health care of older people across health care settings. I have also led projects aimed at building the capacity of the nursing and health workforce in the provision of mental health care. My research interests and expertise include qualitative approaches and discourse analysis. Please contact me if you would like to discuss higher degree research supervision.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Masters of Nursing Flinders University
Bachelor of Nursing (Education) Flinders University
Diploma of Applied Science (Nursing) Flinders University
March 2021 ongoing, Adjunct Associate Professor, UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences
April 2020 - March 2021, Associate Professor and Professorial Lead Teaching and Learning Quality and Standards, UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences
February 2019 - April 2020, Associate Professor and Associate Head of School, Academic, School of Nursing & Midwifery, UniSA
October 2009 - February 2019, Program Director Postgraduate and International Programs & Researcher Safety & Quality in Health Research Group, School of Nursing & Midwifery, UniSA
2003 - 2009, Senior Lecturer School of Nursing and Midwifery, UniSA
1998 - 2003, Senior Lecturer & Program Director Bachelor of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, UniSA
1990 -1997, Lecturer B, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing, UniSA
Qualitative approaches to health care analysis;Nursing and health care of the older person in acute, aged care and community settings;Regulation of nursing and health care including the development, assessment and evaluation of competency and practice standards;Social and political aspects of nursing and health care, in particular policy analysis and health workforce issues;Supervision, delegation and accountability in nursing and health care;The role of the nurse in contemporary health care;Mentoring; Implementation and evaluation of systems and processes to facilitate health service delivery, including clinical governance, risk management and information systems and processes; Advanced nursing practice and the nurse practitioner... Read more
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Independent review on literature on evidence to advance a mental health workforce strategy and development of a protocol to evaluate state-wide mental health nursing workforce strategy, SA Health, 01/04/2019 - 07/06/2019
Evaluation of 'caring for kindness' nursing and midwifery professional practice framework, SA Dept of Health, 27/03/2017 - 29/03/2019
Building effective transition support for nursing, midwifery and allied health practice in rural south australia: A multi-methods partnership approach, Rural Doctors Workforce Agency, 01/07/2016 - 30/09/2017
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
25
22
|
| 2013 |
9
9
|
Research
Qualitative approaches to health care analysis;Nursing and health care of the older person in acute, aged care and community settings;Regulation of nursing and health care including the development, assessment and evaluation of competency and practice standards;Social and political aspects of nursing and health care, in particular policy analysis and health workforce issues;Supervision, delegation and accountability in nursing and health care;The role of the nurse in contemporary health care;Mentoring; Implementation and evaluation of systems and processes to facilitate health service delivery, including clinical governance, risk management and information systems and processes; Advanced nursing practice and the nurse practitioner
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (SA Branch) | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Durham | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Developing an Intensive Mental Health ProgramSA Health Office of the Chief Nurse and Midwifery Funding |
2019 |
Developing professional certificates in care of older peopleHospital Research Foundation Funding |
2019 |
External Member, Clinical Governance Board Advisory CommitteeSilver Chain Community Health and Care Service, Western Australia and South Australia |
2017 |
FellowAustralian College of Nursing (ACN) |
2017 |
Human Research Ethics CommitteeSA Health |
2017 |
Qualitative research methods including discourse analysis; Professional issues in nursing and health care; Politics of health care and health policy; Systems and processes in health care quality and delivery;Nursing regulation and standards; Care of older people in acute, community and aged care settings; Advanced nursing practice and nurse practitioner scopes of practice; educational theories and strategies; inter professional learning and collaboration; curriculum design and evaluation
