QUT - Academic profiles - Professor Jane Phillips

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 Activities

2021-2022: 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

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jane.phillips@qut.edu.au

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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

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2025

Virdun, C., Button, E., Phillips, J. L., Saunders, C. H., Yates, P. & Luckett, T. (2025). Feasibility and acceptability of the brief patient-reported experience measure consideRATE within the hospital setting for patients with palliative care needs, their families/carers and clinicians. Palliative Medicine, 39(1), 151–162. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/254825

2024

Virdun, C., Luckett, T., Davidson, P. M. & Phillips, J. (2024). Strengthening palliative care in the hospital setting: A codesign study. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 14(e1), E798-E806. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208606
Mascio, R., Lynch, S., Phillips, J. L., Hosie, A. & Best, M. (2024). Nurses' models of spiritual care: A cross-sectional survey of American nurses. Palliative and Supportive Care, 22(2), 314–324. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/242432
White, S., Turbitt, E., Rogers, K., Tucker, K., McEwen, A., Best, M., Phillips, J. L. & Jacobs, C. (2024). A survey of genetic and palliative care health professionals' views of integrating genetics into palliative care. European Journal of Human Genetics, 32(1), 109–116. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/242429
Lobb, E., Maccallum, F., Phillips, J. L., Agar, M., Hosie, A., Breen, L. J., Tieman, J., DiGiacomo, M., Luckett, T., Philip, J., Ivynian, S., Chang, S., Dadich, A., Harlum, J., Gilmore, I., Kinchin, I., Grossman, C. & Glasgow, N. (2024). The COVID-19 Pandemic: Bereavement Experiences Between Hospital and Home Deaths in Palliative Care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 67(2), 147–156. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/246592
Ballard, A., Thamm, C., Ogle, T. & Phillips, J. L. (2024). Influences Shaping Clinicians' Monoclonal Antibody and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Preparation and Administration Management Practices: A Systematic Review. Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 40(2). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/247043
Elvidge, N., Hobbs, M., Fox, A., Currie, J., Williams, S., Theobald, K., Rolfe, M., Marshall, C. & Phillips, J. (2024). Practice pathways, education, and regulation influencing nurse practitioners' decision to provide primary care: a rapid scoping review. BMC Primary Care, Article 182, 25(1). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/248937
Singh, G. K., Mudge, A., Matthews, R., Yates, P., Phillips, J. L. & Virdun, C. (2024). Experience of care from the perspectives of inpatients with palliative care needs: a cross-sectional study using a patient reported experience measure (PREM). BMC Palliative Care, Article 177, 23(1). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/251028
Maccallum, F., Breen, L. J., Phillips, J. L., Agar, M. R., Hosie, A., Tieman, J., Digiacomo, M., Luckett, T., Philip, J., Ivynian, S., Chang, S., Dadich, A., Grossman, C. H., Gilmore, I., Harlum, J., Kinchin, I., Glasgow, N. & Lobb, E. A. (2024). The mental health of Australians bereaved during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic: A latent class analysis. Psychological Medicine, 54(7), 1361–1372. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/254844
Mitchell, R. J., Delaney, G. P., Arnolda, G., Liauw, W., Phillips, J. L., Lystad, R. P., Harrison, R. & Braithwaite, J. (2024). Potentially burdensome care at the end-of-life for cancer decedents: a retrospective population-wide study. BMC Palliative Care, Article 32, 23(1). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/254818
Kochovska, S., Murtagh, F. E. M., Agar, M., Phillips, J. L., Dudgeon, D., Lujic, S., Johnson, M. J. & Currow, D. C. (2024). Creating more comparable cohorts in observational palliative care studies: A proposed framework to improve applicability and replicability of research. Palliative Medicine, 38(6), 617–624. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/254820
Kenny, P., Street, D. J., Hall, J., Agar, M. R. & Phillips, J. (2024). Community Preferences for the Care of Older People at the End of Life: How Important is the Disease Context? The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, 17(4), 407–419. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/254819
Fereydooni, S., Lorenz, K., Azarfar, A., Luckett, T., Phillips, J. L., Becker, W. & Giannitrapani, K. (2024). Identifying provider, patient and practice factors that shape long-term opioid prescribing for cancer pain: a qualitative study of American and Australian providers. BMJ Open, Article e082033, 14(3). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/254816
Clarke, J. J., Halkett, G. K. B., McDougall, E., Dhillon, H. M., Lobb, E., Phillips, J. L., Hudson, P. & Nowak, A. K. (2024). What do carers of people with high-grade glioma perceive could improve their preparedness to care, and what additional support do they require? Neuro-Oncology Practice, 11(3), 296–306. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255023
Ivynian, S. E., Maccallum, F., Chang, S., Breen, L. J., Phillips, J. L., Agar, M., Hosie, A., Tieman, J., DiGiacomo, M., Luckett, T., Philip, J., Dadich, A., Grossman, C., Gilmore, I., Harlum, J., Kinchin, I., Glasgow, N. & Lobb, E. A. (2024). Support needs of Australians bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey study. PLoS ONE, Article e0304025, 19(6). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/254817

A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/jane.phillips

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

Professor Jane Phillips