Professor Jane Phillips
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Biography
Background Professor Jane Phillips is at the forefront of her field. She brings her considerable clinical nursing and national policy and academic expertise to deliver outcomes that change practice and enhance palliative care globally. Her interdisciplinary research program targets the delivery of care that enables people to spend more days in their place of choice, move seamlessly between care settings, and receive the best evidence-based palliative care. Jane is Emerita Professor at IMPACCT - Improving Palliative, Aged and Chronic Care through clinical research and Translation, the interdisciplinary research Centre she established in 2017 at the University of Technology Sydney. Currently, Jane holds academic appointments with Oxford Brookes University (UK), Australian National University (Canberra), Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong), University of Notre Dame (Australia), and School of Medicine, University of Sydney (NSW). Jane is a Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing and was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame in 2021. Industry Research Activities2021-2022: Evaluation of Overnight Respite for Palliative Care Carers, Silver Chain
2021-2022: Evaluation of Streamline Referral for Community Palliative Care, Silver Chain
2020-2021: A review of the current national and international literature for best practice treatment and care for pancreatic cancer, Cancer Australia
2020-2023: BHI Palliative Care - experiences of patients and carers project, Bureau of Health Information
2020_2023: Strengthening access to best evidence-based care for people with palliative care needs in Australian prisons: a national co-design and capacity building project. (GO1995), Australian Government, Department of Health
2020-2022: Strengthening palliative care delivery in an Australian hospital through nursing leadership: a mixed-method action research study, Australian College of Nursing
Personal details
Positions
- Head of School
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Keywords
Palliative Care, Aged and Chronic Care, End of Life Care, Nursing, Symptom Management
Research field
Nursing
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (Western Sydney University)
Teaching
Professor Jane Phillips is well equipped to develop the next generation of nursing graduates to be the best they can be and to make a real-world difference. She has extensive experience designing and implementing continuing professional development programs and oversaw the development of an innovate online interdisciplinary palliative care master program. She has also been at the forefront of testing novel continuing professional development programs. Her recently completed Phase III online 'Spaced Learning' randomised control trial tested whether patient reported cancer pain scores could be improved through an evidence-based online 'spaced learning module' delivered to clinicians' mobile devices at pre-determined intervals. As Head of School of Nursing, Jane is focused on preparing nursing graduates who are committed to providing best evidence-based, person centered and culturally safe nursing care. Delivering on the future world of nursing and healthcare work is one of the School's most important societal contributions.
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Jane, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- Inducted into the Signma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Awarded Emeritus Professor, University of Technology Sydney
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Dean's Academic Excellence Award for Leadership, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Awarded Fellowship of the Australian College of Nursing