Kelly Eyre born in Sydney Australia is a Critical Care Nurse who has held the position of Director of Clinical Practice in the Faculty of Health UTS for the last four years. Kelly’s passion to identify innovative ways to improve patient outcomes has directed her towards a career in academia, where she has developed a genuine interest in identifying ways nurses are able to fulfill the ‘inherent requirements’ of the nursing profession at an undergraduate level and improving student clinical experiences. Kelly is embarking on her Ph.D. in 2018 where her focus will be looking at innovative ways to identify leadership within nursing from the ground up. This will be focused on the predicted nursing shortages for Australia in the near future. The outcome of the research would endeavor to have a positive outcome to patient safety and the patient's hospital journey.  Kelly will use her experience in change management and performance improvement to cultivate a change within the nursing sector at all levels of the nursing profession.

Kelly is an energetic and highly motivate academic, practitioner and change consultant who is inspired to cultivate change in the nursing environment through developing nursing leaders who are not only in management positions; rather practitioners who work at the bedside with patients.

Kelly's research will look at different levels of nursing and how introducing leadership from the ground up can have a positive impact on patient outcomes. Everyone can and should be a leader

Kelly’s positions include; Tutor/Academic for Australian College of Nursing, Nursing Unit Manager, Patient Representative, Investigator for the Health Care Complaints Commission,

Project officer for Australian Commission on Quality and Safety in Health Care and Professional Panel Member for the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NSW).