Experience

MND Australia

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager - National MND Lived Experience

  • Sep 2023 - Present



St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Coordinating Principal Investigator – Clinical Research Project

  • 2022 - Present

  • Awarded a $50,000 multidisciplinary patient-focused research grant from St Vincent’s Clinic Foundation.• In collaboration with the University of NSW, University of Sydney and MND NSW: “Exploring access to MND healthcare in NSW, and the potential use of telehealth for patients in remote, rural and regional areas.”

• Coordinator - specialist multidisciplinary MND Service (St Joseph's Hospital, Auburn)

  • Jun 2005 - Jul 2023

  • Joined the multidisciplinary, specialist, MND service, at its inception and contributed to the continual growth, redesign and development of the service to meet increasing consumer demand.• Coordinated the delivery of high-quality, person-centred care, for >500 patients with MND:− Providing expert consultative advice on MND management to patients, carers and healthcare professionals; engaging relevant medical specialists, allied health, and nurses, to ensure holistic, integrated support.− Embedded robust clinical indicators and frameworks to regularly assess and monitor patients’ disease progression and symptoms, using a variety of outcome measures and service delivery methods (such as clinics, telehealth, inpatient admissions and home visits).− Transformed the Advance Care Planning process in the service.• Nurtured positive and productive relationships with multidisciplinary stakeholders throughout the Hospitals and community health network, communicating actively and advocating for the needs of the patient to ensure a shared commitment to quality outcomes.• Navigated the service and the patients through the impact of COVID-19, rapidly pivoting to remote services that optimised telehealth solutions.• Built rapport, trust and credibility with patients from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, at times of crisis, demonstrating empathy, compassion and expert knowledge.• Championed innovation and improvement, leading numerous clinical research and quality improvement projects. Show less

• Associate Investigator – Clinical Research Project

  • 2020 - 2020

  • Delivered a collaborative research project, in partnership with the Westmead Hospital: “Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy outcomes in patients with motor neurone disease: a retrospective cohort study of Western Sydney patients managed through a coordinated service in NSW.”

• Site Coordinator – Clinical Research Project

  • 2020 - 2020

  • International, multi-centre study, in collaboration with the University of Sheffield (UK): “A multi-centre evaluation of excessive saliva management in patients with MND: ProSec3”.

• Coordinating Principal Investigator – Clinical Research Project

  • 2019 - 2020

  • Awarded a $25,000 St Vincent's Clinic Foundation Multidisciplinary patient focused research grant.• In collaboration with the University of Sydney and University of Tasmania: “Gastrostomy uptake in motor neurone disease: a mixed-methods study of patients' decision making.”

• Coordinating Principal Investigator – Clinical Research Project

  • 2018 - 2018

  • In collaboration with the University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital: “Saliva Assessment in MND: Clinical Signs and Assessment Tools.”

• Coordinating Principal Investigator – Clinical Research Project

  • 2015 - 2015

  • In collaboration with the University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital: “Rate of disease progression in ALS: a prognostic biomarker.”

• Site Coordinator – Clinical Research Project

  • 2006 - 2010

  • National multi-centre study: “The Australian motor neurone disease registry (AMNDR).”

• Senior Speech Pathologist (Level 4)

  • Jun 2004 - Jun 2006



HammondCare

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Speech Pathologist – Rehabilitation and Palliative Care

  • Jan 2001 - May 2004