Professor Hendriks holds a Chair in Cardiovascular Nursing at Flinders University and the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Adelaide, Australia. He is also affiliated with the Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (Adelaide) and the Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden.
His doctoral studies focused on developing Integrated Care in terms of specialised AF-clinic. Over the past 10 years, he has developed an International reputation in the field of integrated care management of cardiac arrhythmias and associated conditions as well as the redesign of current practices and reform of health care systems.
Currently, he is the President of the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (SA/NT) and Deputy Chair of the Science Committee of ESC's ACNAP. He is the Past-president of the Dutch Society of CV Nurses and past Communication Officer of the ESC's CCNAP.