Leadership Team

Chris emigrated from the UK in 2007 as a physiotherapist and worked in many of Sydney’s private and public hospitals before venturing out to set up his private practice servicing Campbelltown and Nowra. During this time he worked closely with several rehabilitation physicians and orthopaedic surgeons to develop a ‘Rehab to Home’ service and was one of the first NDIS providers in the Bowral and Campbelltown regions.

Chris joined Healthe Care three years ago with the initial objective of implementing ‘Rehab to Home’ within the Healthe Care Community. He then transitioned into the role of CEO of Mackay Private Hospital. Having driven many initiatives including the introduction of mental health to Mackay, development of NDIS programs at several of our rehabilitation sites and management of several key public hospital contracts, Chris took up his position of CEO at Shellharbour Private Hospital in July, 2019.

Jane began her nursing career in Sydney, working and gaining experience in several public and private hospitals. After a 9 month working holiday nursing in London, she moved to Queensland in 2002 nursing on Hamilton Island and in Mackay before settling in Brisbane in 2004. Over the next 17 years Jane had various roles at a large private hospital in the Operating Theatre Department as Clinical Nurse Consultant, Clinical Facilitator and Clinical Nurse Specialist of Anaesthetics.

Jane relocated to the Illawarra with her family in 2022 and began her journey with Healthe Care in February 2022 as the Clinical Nurse Specialist of Anaesthetics and she has played a critical role in the growth of complexity in Theatre and training of new staff in Anaesthetics.

In March 2023, Jane was appointed the Director of Clinical Services where she is responsible for the overseeing of all aspects of clinical operations, including managing staff, developing and implementing policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and collaborating with other hospital departments to improve patient outcomes and satisfaction.

Melissa began her nursing career in 2008 as a Trainee Enrolled Nurse with NSW Health. After qualifying, she worked on a medical ward in the Illawarra but always had a strong interest in operating theatres. Moving on to have roles such as perioperative scout nurse and anaesthetic nurse gave Melissa critical skills such as cell salvage, a technique that minimizes patients' need for blood transfusions by processing and reinfusing their own blood.

After a decade as an anaesthetic nurse, Melissa completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Wollongong, graduating with distinction. She went on to complete her New Graduate year at Wollongong Public Hospital, specializing in anaesthetics and recovery. Returning to Wollongong Private Hospital, Melissa took on leadership roles, including anaesthetic and recovery educator, and floor coordinator for a large 15-theatre complex.

In March 2024, Melissa joined HealtheCare as the Operating Theatre Floor Manager, where she is responsible for coordinating staff and ensuring the efficient operation of the theatre department.

Originally from Sydney, Louise Graduated from the University of Sydney in 2003 with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy). She completed further study in 2010 with a Post Graduate Certificate in Acupuncture and in 2012 attained a Masters of Health Practice in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy graduating with first class Honours.

Louise has worked in Public and Private hospitals as well as spending many years in private practice both here in Australia as well as in the United Kingdom and New Zealand and has spent time working in the Rehab unit for the British Defence Force.

Louise is passionate about providing the highest level of rehabilitation care ensuring that the team’s practice is thorough and up to date with the latest research.

Jessica started her career at Hurstville Private Hospital in Sydney where she began as a new graduate in Day Surgery. In the six years she worked at Hurstville she gained experience in several roles across different nursing areas including, Surgical, Day Surgery, Recovery, policy writing and after-hours Facility Manager. She came to work with us at Shellharbour Private Hospital as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Recovery unit when her family relocated to the Illawarra in 2020.

She has a passion for patient safety and supported both Wollongong Day Surgery and Shellharbour Private through successful accreditation assessments. Jessica has a strong commitment to quality improvement and patient advocacy ensuring that we continue to uphold high standards and best practice across the region.

Our talented Chef, Terry grew up in the Illawarra and started his apprenticeship in the wine area of Margaret River, WA.

Since then, Terry has held positions of Chef and Executive Chef in restaurants and catering businesses. Terry has also had vast experience in providing exceptional food preparation, food service and kitchen management in the Aged Care sector.

Terry joined us in March 2022 and continues to rebuild and modernize our menus to ensure our patients are offered a wide variety of nutritious choices every day.

Growing up in the Illawarra, Kate's interest in sterilisation was sparked by having the majority of her family working in healthcare. Kate moved to Darwin at 19 and started her career there as a Sterilisation Technician. She continued her career in Sydney when she moved back to the Illawarra two years later.

Kate then worked at Wollongong Day Surgery for 11 years before transferring to Shellharbour Private where she was able to balance the needs of a family with her professional life. In 2020, Kate was appointed as CSSD Manager. In this role, Kate ensures the loan equipment necessary for our orthopaedic cases, such as hips and knees and our general surgery cases is available for our surgeons.