Dr Grundy is the Clinical Director of the Canterbury Integrated Palliative Care Services which incorporates the Nurse Maude Hospice Palliative Care service, as well as Clinical Senior Lecturer at Christchurch School of Medicine (University of Otago ). She was also Chair of the Palliative Care Council of New Zealand from 2008 to 2014 and is currently a board member of Cancer Control New Zealand as a representative of the palliative care sector.