Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing

The Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing aims to expand nursing clinicians' knowledge and skills in mental health practice with evidence-based knowledge and practice enabling immediate application/translation in the workplace.

Graduates of the program should be able to:

• evaluate issues and challenges confronting mental health practice
• conceptualise new and creative approaches to clinical practice to support service delivery in culturally diverse health care contexts
• connect theory, practice and research with regard to mental health practice
• understand and use innovative solutions in contemporary health care
• contribute to values based professional practice in dynamic and challenging environments.

Graduates will be able to apply their theoretical and practical learning in a range of mental health settings.

Examples of potential employment settings include:

• Public and private health care organisations
• Child and adolescent, adult and older person mental health services
• Acute, community, rehabilitation and long term care focused settings
• Local, State and Commonwealth Government policy
• Consumer and carer groups
• Mental health based research

Examples of potential employment roles include:

• Clinician
• Case manager/worker
• Team leader
• Service manager
• Triage manager
• Psychiatric consultation and liaison nurse
• Nurse practitioner