Jane trained as a general and obstetric nurse at the Palmerston North Hospital School of Nursing, then worked in Palmerston North as a staff nurse in CCU and ICU for the next three years. She subsequently worked for four years outside the hospital, first as a practice nurse, then as a district nurse.
 
Jane and her husband, Lester, came to Auckland in 1984 following the birth of their son Chris. She has worked part time in CCU at North Shore Hospital ever since. In that CCU role she has trained other nurses to perform exercise testing at Waitakere Hospital, and was Acting Team Leader of the Cardiology Procedures Department at North Shore Hospital.
 
In addition to her hospital roles, Jane worked on a casual basis for Ted Clarke and Kevin O’Brien from 1995 until the formation of the Auckland Heart Group. Currently she does three days per week at North Shore Hospital, alternating between CCU and the Cardiology Procedures Department, and works the rest of the week as a cardiology nurse for Malcolm Legget and Nezar Amir.
 
Jane completed a post graduate course in Coronary Care Nursing at Greenlane Hospital 1987. Further training has led to a Certificate of Health Sciences in Cardiac Nursing at the University of Auckland 2004, and Health Assessment of Adults through Christchurch Polytechnic in 2007.

Jane has a particular interest in the nursing aspects of exercise stress echocardiography, transoesophogeal echocardiography and tilt table testing.
 
 
Away from the workplace Jane enjoys tramping, skiing, golf and music. She and Lester are members of the Alfa Romeo Owners Club and the Sunbeam Car Club, and enjoy “classic car weekends away”.