| 1975 - 1977 | Charge Nurse at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne |
| 1978 - 1980 | Senior Nurse Educator at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne |
| 1981 - 1984 | Senior Nurse Educator at Ovens and Murray Hospital for the Aged in Beechworth, Victoria |
| 1984 - 1985 | W K Kellogg Foundation (USA) Nursing Fellowship received |
| 1985 | Senior Lecturer at the Mayfield Education Centre in Malvern, Victoria |
| 1985 - 1988 | Board member of the Epilepsy Foundation, Victoria |
| 1985 - 1988 | Nursing Supervisor at the Eastern Suburbs Geriatric Centre in Melbourne |
| 1985 - 1992 | Nurse Consultant (Gerontology) at La Trobe University, Bendigo campus |
| 1988 - 1996 | President and founding member of the Community Aged Care Resources Centre in Melbourne |
| 1992 - 1994 | Head of the Department of Nursing at La Trobe University, Bendigo Campus |
| 1994 - 1996 | Head of the School of Health Sciences at La Trobe University, Bendigo Campus |
| 1995 - 1996 | Management Committee of the Royal College of Nursing Australia (RCNA) Research Society of Victoria |
| 1996 | Director of St Vincent's Healthcare Campus Nursing Research Unit |
| 1996 | Chair in Nursing (inaugural) at the Australian Catholic University and St Vincent's Healthcare Campus in Darlinghurst |
| 1996 - 1998 | Management Committee of the Royal College of Nursing Australia (RCNA) Research Society of New South Wales |
| 1998 - | Member of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Nursing |
| 1999 | Nurses Regional Board New South Wales Travel Fellowship received |
| 1999 - 2000 | Director of the Epilepsy Association of New South Wales |
