Nicole is the Trauma Service Nursing Director for the Royal Adelaide Hospital (CALHN) and the Co-Chair of the South Australian Trauma System and a member of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons SA Trauma Committee.
Her professional portfolio includes the operational and strategic management of a Trauma Service and patients both within the emergency care setting as well as in-patient trauma case management initially at the Lyell McEwin Hospital (LMH) where she worked for over 18years and at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) since 2021. She has led the establishment and leadership of a team of Trauma Nurse Consultant Case Manager service across 7 days initially at the LMH and in most recent years at the RAH and has supported Hospitals around Australia with the development of their Trauma Nursing Service Models.
Nicole is passionate about Injury Prevention and involved in many injury prevention strategies including the P.A.R.T.Y. (Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth) Program and she collaborates with the Australian Road Safety Foundation, RAA, SA Ambulance Service, SA Police and Department for Infrastructure and Transport to engage with injury prevention events and strategies.
Over the past few years, along with her Medical Co-Chair Dr Dan Ellis and the SA State Trauma Committee (SASTC) she has led a SA Trauma System Project including developing a Clinical Governance Framework and Trauma Model of Care for SA. In 2023, they led the State-wide Trauma Verification Project – the first time this has been undertaken in South Australia and in fact all of Australia.
Nicole has served as a Board Director for the Australian and New Zealand Trauma Society (ANZTS) and also a Trauma Verification Review Team Member with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and a Member of the Australian and New Zealand Trauma Quality Improvement Program – ensuring Major Trauma Care in Australia and New Zealand is of the highest quality standards.
