Miss Jessica Clack
Lecturer, Nursing
Campus
Biography
Jessica Clack is an Australian nursing academic, critical care specialist and health education leader whose work integrates burn injury research, simulation-based learning and clinical governance. She currently serves as Nursing Clinical Coordinator and a lecturer at Federation University, alongside online postgraduate facilitation roles in critical care, nursing informatics leadership and systematic chronic care coordination.
Jessica completed a Master of Health Science (Research) at Central Queensland University in 2020, investigating factors contributing to normothermia restoration in adults with major burn injuries during the first 24 hours of admission. Her research has been published in Australian Critical Care and in International Society for Burn Injuries journal Burns, contributing evidence to the understanding of thermoregulation during the emergent (ebb) phase of severe burn injury. Her earlier honours research at Australian Catholic University examined whole-body vibration and peripheral vascular circulation in older adults.
With postgraduate qualifications in intensive care nursing from La Trobe University and leadership studies from the University of Tasmania, Jessica’s academic focus spans critical care, student and graduate performance, simulation pedagogy and health systems leadership. She is an active member of the ACN and the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses, and continues to align her scholarly activity with advancing evidence-informed practice and workforce capability in complex clinical environments.
More about Jessica
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Nursing, Australian Catholic University
- Bachelor of Nursing Honours, Australian Catholic University
- Postgraduate Certificate in Nursing Science (ICU), La Trobe University
- Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Science (ICU), La Trobe University
- Masters of Health Science (Research), Central Queensland University
Areas of interest
- Graduate transition to practice and employability
- Mentorship/preceptor coaching
- Leadership
- Clinical placement and stakeholder partnership
- Quality and governance
- Simulation in education and practice
Grants
- 2024: Ramsay Healthcare postgraduate scholarship ($10,000)
- 2014: Burns Trust travel grant to attend International Society for Burns Injuries (ISBI) conference ($1,000)
- 2007: Australian Government Aged Care Research Scheme Grant ($10,000)
Awards
- 2025: Linc Education letter of recommendation for teaching practice with student engagements score above 4.5/5
- 2025: Linc Education teaching and student engagement postgraduate award
- 2022: Linc Education teaching and student engagement postgraduate award
- Transition to practice
- Clinical placement
- Simulation
- Nursing informatics
- Critical care
- Chronic health coordination
- Leadership and quality governance
- Neurodiversity
Specialist roles
- ACN leadership support role (Melbourne region)
- Critical care nurse (Ramsay Healthcare)
Publications
- 2024: BURNS: International Society for Burn Injury: An integrative literature review of factors contributing to hypothermia in adults during the emergent (ebb) phase of a severe burn injury. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2024.03.028
- 2020: Australian Critical Care: Manuscript number AUCC_2020_12 – Factors contributing to the restoration of normothermia following hypothermia in people with a major burn injury in the first 24 hours of hospital admission. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34167888/