Jacqui Bailey is a Registered Nurse with over thirty years of clinical experience across public and private hospitals, community settings, and specialised services. Her background spans pre‑ and post‑anaesthetic care, medical and surgical nursing, orthopaedics, neurology, ophthalmology, day surgery, complex wound care, rehab, community nursing, infusion therapies (including iron, nutritional support, anticoagulants, pain management and epidural care), oncology (including chemo/immunotherapies), palliative care, blood donation services, and general practice.
Jacqui holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Nursing) from La Trobe University, is a Nurse Immuniser (Australian College of Nursing), a trained Health and Safety Representative, and a Crisis Support Worker. She has worked as a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Associate Unit Manager in general medicine, oncology, and palliative care and has contributed extensively to patient, nursing, and disability‑support staff education. She maintains active membership with the Australian College of Nursing, reflecting her commitment to high standards and evidence‑based practice.
Jacqui’s work as a Health and Safety Representative strengthened her skills in risk assessment, clinical and documentation audits, clinical incident reviews, and sentinel event analysis, and gave her a strong understanding of workplace legislation and duty‑of‑care requirements. Through her participation in Enterprise Bargaining Agreement negotiations at the Fair Work Commission, she gained further insight into organisational decision-making, including how leadership balances competing operational, safety, and workforce priorities while meeting compliance obligations. This governance background directly enhances her medico‑legal capability, particularly in matters involving workplace injury, procedural compliance, and individual or organisational accountability.
Jacqui brings strong clinical assessment skills, analytical precision, and a deep understanding of healthcare documentation and safety systems to medico-legal case review. Her experience in leadership, acute clinical care, case management and complex wound assessment enables her to interpret care pathways, identify deviations from expected practice, and evaluate the clinical relevance of documentation with clarity and objectivity.
She is known for her clear, structured communication, her ability to distil complex medical information, and having a strong commitment to accuracy, integrity, and evidence‑based reporting.
To book a MedicoLegal appointment with Jacqui, please call (02) 8090 7611 or click the link below to book online.