Members of Eastern Health: Angliss Hospital, Box Hill Hospital, Healesville & District Hospital, Maroondah Hospital,

Peter James Centre, Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre, Wantirna Health, Yarra Ranges Health and Yarra Valley Community Health

Members of Eastern Health: Angliss Hospital, Box Hill Hospital, Healesville & District Hospital, Maroondah Hospital,

Peter James Centre, Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre, Wantirna Health, Yarra Ranges Health and Yarra Valley Community Health

Beginnings to Future

Building a Sustainable Nurse Practitioner

Workforce in Mental Health

Rebecca Johnson, Director of Nursing (Mental Health)

Eastern Health

Session outline

Background

Scope

Establishing the case

Clinical Leadership

Clinical Governance

Supervision and support

NEAT

Future

Background

Scope

Establishing the case

Gap analysis of existing service system

Marketing strategies:

• Extension of nursing practice framework

• Addition of diagnostic reasoning, therapeutic

interventions

• Potential consumer outcomes

Clinical Leadership

• Identified skill of the NP

• Complimentary to Lead Consultant

Psychiatrist role

• Supports Team Leader/Manager role

• Professional development to other nursing

staff

Clinical Governance

• Service structures

• Range of roles

• Oversight – Program and Organisational

Supervision and support

• Clinical

• Professional

• Operational

• Networks

NEAT

• HWA funded project

• NP embedded into ED response service

• Two Emergency Departments

• Outcomes

Future directions

• ED

• CATT

• BIT

• PAPU

Session close

Background

Scope

Establishing the case

Clinical Leadership

Clinical Governance

Supervision and support

NEAT

Future