Clare is a Senior Lecturer for paramedicine at Charles Sturt University (CSU), NSW Australia. Prior to joining CSU in 2015, she was employed as a Senior Lecturer and Practice Education Lead for the University of Northampton. Clare has experience in subject design, curriculum development and teaching at undergraduate and post graduate level and has implemented several teaching innovations. She has developed new international recruitment pathways exclusive to CSU graduates as well as expanding international placement opportunities in the UK and Vanuatu.

Clare has extensive experience in the emergency services sector with over 20 years frontline experience as a paramedic and clinical mentor with East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) and as an Emergency Care Practitioner (ECP) with various organisations in the primary healthcare environment. She holds paramedic registration with APHRA and HCPC (UK). She has also been involved with emergency service agencies and NGOs in a volunteer capacity.

Clare has held several leadership positions, including Program Lead of paramedicine at CSU and is currently working as Honours Advisor for the School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences. She was a member of the inaugural Australasian Council of Paramedicine Deans (ACPD) and has served on several professional committees, including the Education and Research Committees for the Australian and New Zealand College of Paramedicine (ANZCP), the Mental Health Special Interest Group for Paramedics Australasia (PA) and is the Chair of the Paramedic Wellbeing Group for the Australasian College of Paramedicine (ACP). 

Clare’s research interests include the promotion of health and wellbeing in emergency service workers, student paramedics and volunteer responders and she also has an interest in rural and remote healthcare. She is an active member of the Workforce Wellness Research Unit (WWRU), the Regional Work and Organisational Resilience research group (RWOR) and the Wellbeing and Mental Health Research Australia group and has been involved in several funded industry collaborations investigating the mental health, wellbeing, and resilience of frontline workers. Projects include the investigation of the impact of COVID on the mental health and wellbeing of frontline workers, an evaluation of the Leading for Better Mental Health pilot program delivered by Emergency Services Foundation (ESF) and an evaluation of the impact of Body Worn Cameras on occupational violence. 

Clare is Chief Investigator for the International Paramedic Anxiety and Wellbeing Study (IPAWS), the first longitudinal study investigating trends in the mental health and wellbeing status of early career paramedics. She is the co-creator and lead of the Dare to Know Student Paramedic Research Scholarship program and Dare to Know Student Paramedic Research Conference Chair and is an active research supervisor for Masters, Honours and Dare to Know Scholarship students.