Nurse Practitioners

Toni has been nursing for 30 years and a Nurse Practitioner since 2013. She specialises in Diabetes management and transgender healthcare using the informed consent model for 18+. She is committed to providing respectful healthcare for all and was a 2023 finalist for the Health Ministers trailblazer award.

Toni brings deep compassion and powerful desire to see all people, regardless of their circumstances, access high quality health care.

After completing her nursing degree at the University of South Australia in 1993 she then pursued a Grad. certificate in Diabetes management in 2008 and a Master of Nurse Practitioner in 2013. She is currently studying a Grad. cert in mental health and a Master of Health and Clinical Research.

Toni provides healthcare to people with Diabetes and transgender and gender diverse healthcare. In 2023, she was a finalist for the Health Ministers Trailblazer award for her work in Transgender healthcare. Toni is a Senior Lecturer and endorsed Nurse Practitioner at the University of South Australia Clinical and Health Sciences. She is Co-Chair of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) NP education subgroup. Toni is also on the NP committee of the Australian Nursing and Membership Committee Council (ANMAC) and is a member of the Australian NP academics collaborative (ANPAC) and  ACNP committee member.

I am an endorsed Nurse Practitioner, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and have graduate qualifications in Child, Adolescent and Family Health Nursing.

I enjoy making families feel comfortable and encouraged in their life stage journey and work with families to support them reaching their goals. I have a non-judgemental approach and prefer to support families to optimise their preferred way of parenting, rather than imposing my own beliefs and opinions

I have many years’ experience in supporting families in the areas of: feeding issues from babies through to children and adolescents, sleep problems for families, considering the sleep needs of all family members and well as mother and child/babies mental health needs. I have certification in Perinatal Mental Health and many years’ experience working with women struggling with their mental health in the parenting journey

Having worked in child health and Paediatrics over many years, I have many skills in relating to children and adolescents and have had a lot of education and clinical experience working with families who are struggling with their child’s behaviour and how to approach parenting children with different temperaments or other challenges

I am happy to support families where there are concerns of, or active allergies, asthma, eczema to create a plan to maintain optimal health, I am up to date with immunisations provision and catch up schedules, and always enjoy discussing and checking out various rashes and childhood illnesses.

My advice is usually a mixture of common sense, medical and pharmacological knowledge and a touch of honey and lemon tea!