Background

Jacqui is the Program Manager for the Workforce Development and Health Service Delivery component of the Eliminate Hepatitis C (EC) Australia Partnership. This includes overseeing the planning, implementation and management of key activities aimed at scaling up the coverage of hepatitis C services across Australia, targeting general practitioners, nurse practitioners, nurses and community health workers on a national level. Jacqui has worked in the viral hepatitis sector for the 20 years in nursing, education, social and health services research, and policy development. The broad focus of her work is building the capacity of the health workforce to test, treat and manage the health care needs of people living with viral hepatitis. Jacqui has led the development of several pivotal documents including the Australasian Hepatology Association's (AHA) Consensus-based nursing guidelines for the care of people with liver disease (2019 and 2012), the AHA Consensus-based guidelines for the provision of adherence support for people with hepatitis C taking DAAs (2016) and the AHA Practice Standards for the Hepatology Nurse (2015). Jacqui is a knowledge broker, connecting individuals from the viral hepatitis sector with professionals working in the primary care, tertiary hospital, jurisdictional and federal bureaucratic and research sectors through the establishment and maintenance of strong collaborative relationships. The strength of this network has allowed her to lead translatable research projects that influence the delivery of clinical care for people with chronic liver disease and leverage funding from a variety of industry and government sources. Jacqui served on the Australian Ministerial Advisory Committee on Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections (MACBBVS) between 2015 and 2018. Jacqui is currently a sessional teacher at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, Deakin University and is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, a Senior Fellow at the Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne.

Qualifications

• 2006: Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne, Victoria
• 2000: Master of Public Health, Deakin University, Victoria;
• 1998: Graduate Diploma of Health Sciences (Health Promotion and Health Education), Deakin University, Victoria;
• 1996: Bachelor of Nursing, Deakin University, Victoria

Appointments

Jacqui is currently a sessional teacher at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, Deakin University; Honorary Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University; Senior Fellow at the Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne; Clinical Advisor, Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM)

Positions

• Oct 2017 to Dec 2018: Executive Officer, Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Care Collaborative, Eastern Health;
• Sept 2016 to Dec 2017: Education and Training coordinator, Eliminate Hepatitis C (EC) partnership, Burnet Institute;
• April 2011 to Nov 2017: Research Fellow, Viral Hepatitis research team, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS), La Trobe University;
• Feb 2015 to Mar 2017: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Translation of Research into Practice (TRIP) Fellowship, Royal Melbourne Hospital and La Trobe University;
• April 2012 to August 2013: Integrated Hepatology Nurse Consultant (Hepatitis B), Royal Melbourne Hospital
• Sept 2009 to April 2012: Hepatology Nurse Consultant (Hepatitis B), St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne;
• July 2006 to Feb 2008: Hepatology Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA;
• Nov 1998 to June 2006 and Mar to Dec 2008: Victorian Viral Hepatitis Educator, St Vincent’s Hospital