Carol has been associated with the Auckland Heart Group in a part time capacity since its inception in 1997.  Before this she was employed by Drs Ted Clarke and Kevin O'Brien where she was the first cardiology nurse in New Zealand to do exercise stress testing in private practice in the 1980's.

She has worked in cardiology for almost all of her nursing career after graduating from Dunedin Hospital and completing the Green Lane Post Graduate Diploma in cardiothoracic nursing.  Her experience includes coronary care nursing at Gisborne Hospital and Middlemore Hospital where she was involved in setting up the rehabilitation programme for patients and their families after admission to the coronary care unit (CCU).  She has also worked in Green Lane and Mercy Hospitals' postoperative cardiothoracic intensive care units as well as in other intensive care units at Auckland Hospital.

Other experience includes fourteen years in a part time capacity at the Mercy Angiography Unit which has dovetailed very well with her work at the Auckland Heart Group.