Jayne started her career in local government in 1987 and has since worked in a variety of local authority and NHS organisations in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. After originally qualifying as an Environmental Health Officer, she gained her Masters in Public Health in 2007 and became registered as a Consultant in Public Health in 2009. Jayne began working at DCHS in 2014, initially as the Divisional Director for one of the three operational divisions before taking on the role of Director of Strategy, Partnerships and Population Health in May 2022 and then more recently Executive Director for Strategy, Transformation and Digital. In this role Jayne leads on the development and delivery of the Trust strategy, operational planning, transformation, digital and data work. Jayne is the Trust SIRO and CIO and is the Senior Responsible Officer for Stay Well for Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

From the very early part of her career Jayne saw the impact of poverty and inequality on health and her passion to continue to address these issues remains as strong. She has successfully led teams to gain recognition in these areas in a number of national awards including the Health Service Journal, the Municipal Journal and the Nursing Times.

Away from DCHS Jayne spends time as a volunteer at her local Parkrun and is an Associate Lecturer in Public Health for the Open University.