| 1972 - 1974 | Nurse Educator at St Vincent's Hospital in Darlinghurst, New South Wales |
| 1974 - 1975 | Lecturer in First Aid at the Sydney Technical College in Ultimo (part-time) |
| 1975 - 1978 | Tutor in Histology (part-time) at the University of Sydney |
| 1976 | Mathematics Teacher at Holy Cross College in Woollahra, New South Wales (part-time) |
| 1979 - 1982 | Senior Nurse Educator at Lewisham Hospital, New South Wales |
| 1982 - 1984 | Head of the School of Nursing at Lewisham Hospital, New South Wales |
| 1984 | Lecturer appointed to write the initial curriculum document for the nursing programme at the Catholic College of Education Sydney |
| 1984 - 1986 | Senior Lecturer and Course Co-ordinator at the Catholic College of Education Sydney |
| 1987 - 1989 | Head of the Department of Nursing Sciences at the Catholic College of Education Sydney |
| 1988 - 1991 | Principal Lecturer at the Catholic College of Education Sydney |
| 1989 - 1990 | Acting Head of the Division of Nurse Education at the Catholic College of Education Sydney |
| 1989 - 1992 | Head of the Department of Nursing at the Catholic College of Education Sydney (later the Australian Catholic University) |
| 1992 - 1993 | Acting Head of the Division of Nurse Education at the Australian Catholic University |
| 1993 - 1995 | Head of the School of Nursing and Human Movement at the Australian Catholic University |
| 1996 - | Professor of Clinical Chair in Nursing at the University of Western Sydney and the Wentworth Area Health Service |
| 2001 - | Chair of the Academic Senate at the University of Western Sydney |
