Jenny has worked as a Registered Nurse her health care career in the areas of Emergency Nursing and Surgical Nursing, with Palliative Care Nursing being her area of focus over the last 20 years. For the last 4 years, she has also worked as a nurse educator and nurse student assessor/mentor for TAFE. After many years of working in the health care sector, she is passionate about building resilience in people working in potentially stressful areas of human services delivery and helping them to avoid burnout and vicarious trauma.
Jenny holds a Graduate Certificate in Human Services Practice, including professional supervision from UTAS. Jenny’s speciality is presenting The Resilience Doughnut to seniors and elderly in our population and she is well liked and well received due to her warmth, humour and engagement, as well as the practical interactive nature of her presentations that are easy to understand as a result of her background in Nursing. Jenny loves to relax with a good book, loves to dance and enjoys spending time with family and friends.