| 1964 - 1965 | Registered Nurse and Charge Nurse at Sydney Hospital |
| 1965 - 1968 | Nurse Educator at Sydney Hospital |
| 1969 - 1971 | Midwife at Manly and District Hospital |
| 1972 | Nurse Educator at Broken Hill and District Hospital |
| 1973 | Supervisor Sister at Modsbury Hospital, South Australia |
| 1973 - 1974 | Maternity and Paediatrics Units at Modsbury Hospita in South Australia |
| 1975 | Joint appointed Supervisor Sister at the Maternity Unit of Modsbury Hospital, South Australia |
| 1977 | Short term Teacher in the Department of Nursing at the University of Manchester, UK |
| 1978 - 1980 | Research Officer at the Royal Australian Nursing Federation (RANF), South Australian branch |
| 1980 - 1984 | Professional Officer at the Royal Australian Nursing Federation (RANF), South Australian branch |
| 1984 - 1990 | Head and Principal Lecturer in the School of Nursing Studies at South Australian College of Advanced Education (SACAE), Sturt |
| 1984 - 1994 | Dean of the School of Nursing at Flinders University, South Australia |
| 1986 - 1987 | Acting Dean of South Australian College of Advanced Education (SACAE) in Sturt |
| 1989 | Visiting Professor at the University of South Carolina, USA |
| 1992 - 1994 | Head of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Flinders University, South Australia |
| 1995 | Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Nursing and Health Studies at the University of Western Sydney, Nepean |
| 1996 | Interim Chief Executive Officer at the University of Western Sydney, Nepean |
| 1996 - 1998 | Deputy Vice-Chancellor (planning) at the University of Western Sydney, Nepean |
| 1999 - 2000 | Professor of Nursing at the University of Western Sydney in Nepean |
| 2000 - | Dean of the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta, Canada |
