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
