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Main Plenary – Victory Room
9:40am
8:00am
Registration/sign-in
TBC
8:40am
Welcome to Country & Smoking Ceremony
Perry Wandin, Wurundjeri Elder
Main Plenary – Victory Room
9:15am
Opening Address
Bridget Hamilton, CentreMHN
Celebrating Mental Health Nurses Doing Extraordinary Things
Anna Love
KEYNOTE
Special Event:
Main Plenary – Victory Room
9:35am
ENTRY TO PRACTICE
Time
Block
Major Sponsor Introduction: CentreMHN – Bridget Hamilton
Plenary Space
Victory Room
Break Out 1
Location
Break Out 2
Location
B2
11:25am
TBC
Bronwyn Tarrant She/Her
(Uni Melb)
INNOVATION
Kindness, Knowledge and Collaboration: The Eating Disorder Liaison Model
Kate Lahiff She/Her (RMH)
INNOVATION
Consumer Support After Restraint or Seclusion – A Trauma-informed, Evidence-based Pilot Trial
Kirby Moerth (Grampians)
B10
4:40pm
ENTRY TO PRACTICE
Growing our Marvel-ous Peer Workforce; Collaborative Practices in Recruitment and Induction
Tom Pickup He/Him
(Monash Health)
day
one
The Effectiveness of Delivering Short and Sharp Safewards Training Sessions to the Medical Workforce
Katalin Pal She/Her (Eastern Health)
INNOVATION
Innovating Training for Mental Health Care: Motivational Interviewing in Practice
Seaton Charlesworthy He/Him
(Eastern Health)
INNOVATION
Beyond the Checklist: Innovating Risk Assessment in Mental Health Nursing
Glen Mangelsdorf-Collett
(Epworth Centre)
ENTRY TO PRACTICE
‘Phase 4’; a Regional Hospitals Approach to Providing Contemporary Mental Health Learning and Practice Development in 2025
A Harris
(Alfred)
B1
10:55am
RRI & SAFEWARDS
SYMPOSIUM
One Team, One Goal: Safer Wards Through Shared Learning, Empowering our Medical Workforce
Erynn McMillan She/Her (Eastern Health)
INNOVATION
Reimagining Mental Health Care: Reducing Compulsory Treatment Through Innovation and Collaboration
Ashley Leek She/Her
(Safer Care Vic)
SEXUAL SAFETY
From Post-It Note to Everyday Practice Across a Whole Health Service: Driving Change and Managing Scale and Spread in Victoria’s Improving Sexual Safety Initiative
Misha Adair He/Him
(Safer Care Vic)
B3
11:50am
Every Picture Tells a Story – Reducing Restrictive Interventions and Embedding Safewards Through Meaningful Data Storytelling
Jodie Ten-Hoeve She/Her
(Eastern Health)
KEY COMM CHILD
& FAMILY
Innovating Relational Care for Children and Families: The MERTIL Program Suite for Nurses and Parents
Zoe Cloud She/Her
(Bouverie Centre)
ELDER CARE
I Have the Right to Dignify Death!
Stephanie Liao She/Her
(RMH)
CLINICAL SUPERVISION
Restorative Resilience Clinical Supervision: A Retention Strategy for Graduate Nurses in Mental Health Settings
Debra Klages
(Uni New England)
FRAME: A Digital Framework Supporting Entry-to-Practice and Novice Mental Health Nurses with Embedded Confidentiality Protection
Delta
Therapy Dogs
11:00am – 12:30pm
Main Plenary – Victory Room
1:20pm
Major Sponsor Introduction
Medallion Club Level 2
12:35pm
Lunch Break
Main Plenary – Victory Room
1:25pm
Decolonising the Mental Health System
– A SEWB & Lived Experience Perspective
Shibs Sharpe
KEYNOTE
tuesday 19 august
Medallion Club Level 2
3:25pm
Afternoon Tea
TBC
TBC
Special Event: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mental Health Nurses & Students to Come Together
Adi Lipscombe
Break Out 4
Danvers Room
Hero Room
Location
Break Out 3
Location Room
TEACHING & LEARNING
Laura Ritzert She/Her (Eastern Health)
Adoption of the Clinical Reasoning Cycle in Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Services
SIMULATION
Enhancing Mental Health Nurses' Confidence in Identifying and Responding to Clinical Deterioration
SIMULATION
Simulation-based Learning Approach
Claire Hayes She/Her (Deakin)
LEADERSHIP
Time in Motion Studies to Examine Effectiveness of Team Leaders in Public Health Crisis Mental Health Services
Euan Donley He/Him
(Eastern Health)
Time
Block
Plenary Space
Victory Room
Break Out 1
Location
Break Out 2
Location
Break Out 4
Danvers Room
Hero Room
Location
Break Out 3
Location
B4
12:15pm
ENTRY TO PRACTICE
Welcome to Mental Health Nursing – Incorporating Teachings and Reflections to Build Student Confidence within a Youth Specialist Program
Sal Hosking She/Her
(Orygen PYMHWS)
Towards the Elimination of Restrictive Practices Collaborative
Rebecca Britt She/Her
(Safer Care Vic)
INNOVATION
The Internship Model – Taking Walk-in Family Therapy to Mental Health Services
Martin Pradel (Bouverie Centre)
SEXUAL SAFETY
Promoting Sexual Safety in Acute Adult Care: A Priority in Our Practice
Brittany Williams She/Her
(Eastern Health)
PRACTICE UPHOLDING
Why Are We Still Doing This?: Reducing the Use of Restraint for the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa in Acute Paediatric settings
Naomi Brokenshire She/Her (UoM)
B5
2:15pm
UPHOLDING RIGHTS
Enhancing Therapeutic Engagement in the Acute Older Adult Mental Health Unit
Steven Yates He/Him
(Eastern Health)
CRISIS / ZERO SUICIDE
Adopting the Zero Suicide Framework Across Victorian Healthcare Services
Jezwyn Lapham He/Him
(Safer Care Vic)
WELLBEING
Practicing What We Preach: Practical Wellbeing Strategies for MHNs
Jennifer Love She/Her
(Austin Health)
INNOVATION
The HIPPO Project – Handover Involving the Person Promotes Opportunity
Nicola Cowling She/Her
(Austin Health)
COPRODUCTION
Partnering with Consumers: Co-designing a Nurse-led Groups Program with Lived Experience Experts
Natalie Nardella She/Her (Epworth)
B6
2:40pm
UPHOLDING RIGHTS
Everyone Deserves to Feel Heard, Understood and Supported – New Resource to Support the Deaf Community
Harry Singh He/Him
(Eastern Health)
CRISIS / ZERO SUICIDE
Can the Zero Suicide Framework Help Nursing Students to Support People with Suicidal Thoughts?
Samantha Scott She/Her
(Monash Uni)
WELLBEING
Supporting our Nurses: The Implementation of Evidenced Based and Nurse Identified Strategies to Improve the Wellbeing and Resilience of our Mental Health Workforce
Rose Nguyen She/Her
(Eastern Health)
INNOVATION
Enhancing Safety in Mental Health: Implementing a Tool to Predict and Mitigate Violence
Tom Wilson
(St Vincents)
COPRODUCTION
Integrating Lived Experience in Mental Health Education:
Co-designing Microcredentials on Youth Mental Health for Primary Care Practitioners
Christine Hughes She/Her
(Orygen / UoM)
Time
Block
Plenary Space
Victory Room
Break Out 1
Location
Break Out 2
Location
Break Out 4
Danvers Room
Hero Room
Location
Break Out 3
Location
B7
3:05pm
UPHOLDING RIGHTS
Designing for Change: Developing a Sustainable Mental Health & Wellbeing Act Education Hub at Mercy Health
Simerpreet Singh PLane He/Him
(Mercy Health)
WELLBEING
More Than a 'Self-Care' Problem: Organisational Solutions for Nursing Burnout
Luka Stefani They/Them
(Orygen)
INNOVATION
New Frontiers for Nursing in Innovative Youth Inpatient Care: The Hospital in the Home Model
Emma Pettigrove She/Her
(Orygen)
COPRODUCTION
Breaking the Silence: Engaging Fathers in the Eating Disorder Treatment Journey
Andrew Jong He/Him
(Alfred Health)
B8
3:50pm
CRISIS / ZERO SUICIDE
A State-wide Victoria Ligature and Anchor Point Risk Assessment Audit Tool
Anna Love
(Safer Care Vic)
KEY COMM CHILD
& FAMILY
The Booboop Centre: Transforming Child and Family Mental Health Care
Christine Denton She/Her
(Austin Health)
ELDER CARE
Cultivating Person-Centred Care with the Sunflower Tool in Older Adult Mental Health
Shanelli Mendis
(Eastern Health)
CLINICAL SUPERVISION
The Role of Mental Health Placement Fellows in Shaping Nursing Students' Experiences and Capacity of Clinical Preceptorship
Dhanpreet Kaur She/Her
(RMIT)
LEADERSHIP
Empowering Heros: Strategic Leadership in Nurturing a Marvel-ous Workforce Through Benner’s Helping Role
Monika Drew
(Austin Health)
B9
4:15pm
CRISIS / ZERO SUICIDE
Crisis Containment through Connection: Mental Health Nursing and Single Session Thinking
Jessica Legge She/Her
(Alfred Health)
KEY COMM CHILD
& FAMILY
Supporting Children and Families Where Parents Have Mental Illness with EASE
Kim Foster
She/Her
(ACU)
ELDER CARE
Improving Quality of Life in Psychogeriatric Care
Caroline Coleby
(GV Health)
CLINICAL SUPERVISION
Organisation-wide Peer-group Nurse Unit Manager Clinical Supervisor Training and Practice – Considerations for Mental Health Nursing
Emma Barker She/Her
(Austin Health)
5:00pm
Conference Closes Day 1
EARLY CAREER
Growing Your Early Career to Become a Future Nursing Academic
Brent Hayward He/Him
(Monash Uni)
Liz Mushangwe
(Barwon Health)
CRISIS / ZERO SUICIDE
Enhancing Suicide Prevention & Response Training for Victoria's Healthcare Workforce: Promoting Consistent and High-quality Care Aligned to the Zero Suicide Framework
Shaina Serelson She/Her
(Safer Care Vic)
Medallion Club Level 2
10:25am
Morning Tea Break
The Tapering of Safewards Knowledge in Victoria: Quiz Results Over 4 Years
Bridget Hamilton She/Her (CentreMHN)
Restrictive Intervention- How we Have Collaboratively Changed our Practice
Mandy Kadish She/Her
(Alfred Health)
Reducing Restrictive Interventions
Claudia Perkins She/Her (PRM)
Questions
Jennifer Holmes She/Her
(Safer Care Vic)
Safety for All
Safewards: Empowering Staff Through Transformational Learning
Sarah Benson She/Her
(Austin Health)
Delta
Therapy Dogs
11:00am – 12:30pm
Main Plenary – Victory Room
9:00am
TBC
8:00am
Registration/sign-in
Main Plenary – Victory Room
8:45am
Acknowledgement of Country
Welcome & Major Sponsor Introduction
MHNs Challenging the Narratives That Limit
and Lessen Our Contribution
Dr Haley Peckham
KEYNOTE
day
two
Special Event: Nursing Students Unite
wednesday 20 august
Medallion Club Level 2
11:00am
Morning Tea Break
Main Plenary – Victory Room
2:00pm
Main Plenary – Victory Room
4:15pm
Major Sponsor Introduction
Main Plenary – Victory Room
4:20pm
Awards & Presentation
4:50pm
Conference Closing Day 2
TBC
Time
Block
Plenary Space
Victory Room
Break Out 1
Location
Break Out 2
Location
Break Out 4
Danvers Room
Hero Room
Location
Break Out 3
Location
B13
10:40am
LEADERSHIP
Working with Anxious Learners - Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration Within Healthcare
Rebekah Hales She/Her
(St Vincents)
Realigning Mental Health Nursing TSP to Domains of Practice at Eastern Health
LIVED EXPERIENCE
Are we Experiencing a Clinical Ceiling? Barriers to Lived Experience led Approaches in the Mental Health Sector
Deb Carlon She/They
(Mind Aus)
INNOVATION
Marvellous Family Gains in Extraordinary Times, the Power of Running a Multiple Family Groups [MFG] for Consumers, Families and Staff
Alison Lewis She/Her
(RMH)
PHYSICAL HEALTH
Equally Well in Victoria
Rebecca Helvig She/Her
(Safer Care Vic)
B11
9:50am
LEADERSHIP
The Glue that Binds it All
Ashmi Panta She/Her
(Orygen)
CAREER PATHWAYS SYMPOSIUM
Supporting Graduates & Nurse Educators to Navigate a New Area of Mental Health Service: The GGQ Local
Alexandra Martin She/Her
(Barwon Health)
LIVED EXPERIENCE
Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: Building a Lived Experience Workforce & Reflections from Year One
Leonardo Portillo
(Eastern Health)
WELLBEING
Today I have Exceeded my Expiry Date. How Workplace Support Improves Worker Wellbeing
Helena DeCosta
(Monash Health)
SEXUAL HEALTH
Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health of Those with Serious Mental Illness: Scoping Review
Trudy Brown She/Her (Federation Uni)
B12
10:15am
LEADERSHIP
Purpose-Built, People-Focused: Innovation in a New Mental Health Inpatient Unit
Daniel Darmanin He/Him
(Western Health)
LIVED EXPERIENCE
Transforming Systems: Empowering Change through Lived Experience Roles in Government Leadership
Amanda McCartney She/Her
(Safer Care Vic)
WELLBEING
Nurses Need Care Too: Shining a Light on Mental Health Nurses' Daily Workplace Challenge
Ravneet Kaur She/Her (Northern Health)
PHYSICAL HEALTH
Equally Well in Victoria Framework Update
Anna Love
(Safer Care Vic)
Time
Block
Plenary Space
Victory Room
Break Out 1
Location
Break Out 2
Location
Break Out 4
Danvers Room
Hero Room
Location
Break Out 3
Location
B17
12:45pm
DIGITAL HEALTH & AI
INTERDISCIPLINARY STRENGTH
Building an Orientation Platform for Marvel-ous People
EARLY CAREER
Kate Lumden
She/Her
(Eastern Health)
B14
11:30am
INNOVATION
Building Capability in Mental Health Deterioration Within Non-mental Health Services
CAREER TRANSITIONS
Beyond the Inpatient Walls: Transitioning from Inpatient to Community Mental Health Nursing Caring for Young People with Dual Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities
Shannon Mullins He/Him
(Alfred Health)
Stuart Wall
He/Him
(Peninsula Health)
B15
11:55am
INNOVATION
INTERDISCIPLINARY STRENGTH
Interprofessional Superpowers: Equipping Graduates for Collaborative Mental Health Care
POLICY & CHALLENGES
The Taking it Forward Alliance - Coming Together to Transform Services in a Regional Area
CAREER TRANSITIONS
Choosing Mental Health Nursing: What are Transition Nurses’ Experiences and Psychosocial Outcomes?
Johanna Boardman She/Her
(ACU)
Transforming Mental Health Service Crisis Response Through Immersive Co-design and Community Social Impact
Elise Pointer
(Peninsula Health)
Rohan De Mel
(Pensinsula Health)
Margaret Clarke (Grampians MHWB)
B16
12:20pm
DIGITAL HEALTH & AI
INTERDISCIPLINARY STRENGTH
Interdisciplinary Strength to Bridge the Gap in Mental Health Nursing Care
POLICY & CHALLENGES
Creating and Implementing Australia’s First Specialist Youth Mental Health Nurse Program for Early Career Nurses
FUTURE MOC
Crisis in the Cloud: Can Virtual EDs Truly Deliver in Mental Health Emergencies?
Shin Lim
She/Her (Northern Health)
AI and Family/Carer Inclusive Support in Mental Health Crisis Care
Ravinder Kumar
He/Him
(Northern Health)
Regina Cai
(Eastern Health)
Lucy Graham
She/Her
(Orygen)
Time
Block
Plenary Space
Victory Room
Break Out 1
Location
Break Out 2
Location
Break Out 4
Danvers Room
Hero Room
Location
Break Out 3
Location
B20
3:55pm
INN / HR & YOUNG NEURO DIV
Adopting a
Co-Design Approach to Develop High Quality Preceptor Modules for Enhancing Support of Undergraduate Nursing Students in Mental Health Placements
YOUTH & NP
Gujuna Meeting on the Banksia Adolescent Inpatient Unit
Yoges Annavee
She/Her
(Mercy Health)
Shingai Mareya
He/Him
(RMIT/RMH)
Carla Martins
She/Her
(Royal Childrens)
B18
3:05pm
EARLY CAREER SYMPOSIUM
FIRST NATIONS
Peer Workers’ Grounded Praxis of Systemic Change to Re-centre People with Lived and Living Experience in the Public Mental Health System Currently Imposed Upon Unceded Aboriginal Land
Mike Sweeney
He/Him
(St Vincents)
Jordan Brown
She/Her
(Barwon Health)
Human-in-the-Loop: AI as the Nurse’s Ally in Delivering Marvellous Care
Time Flies When You’re Having Fun(ctional Nursing Shifts) – How can we Increase Nursing Time Spent with Consumers in our Mental Health Unit?
Marcie Regester
She/Her
(St Vincents)
Note: Therapy Dog Present.
A certified therapy dog will be present at this session. Please let staff know if you have any concerns or allergies.
COPRODUCTION
How the Move for Mental Health Program is Empowering Collaboration in the Workforce and Strengthening the Consumer Voice
FUTURE MOC
Panarchy Theory: an Ecological Model for Mental Healthcare
Cathy Francis
She/Her
(RMIT)
FUTURE MOC
Neuro Surgery for Mental Illness 2025 – Deep Brain Stimulation for OCD
Helen Kelly She/Her
(RMH)
Medallion Club Level 2
1:05pm
Lunch Break
Puneet Sansanwal He/Him
(CentreMHN)
COPRODUCTION
Co-creation of a Support Program for Lived Experience Workforce Members Undertaking Tertiary Studies: Approach and Methodology
Expanding Horizons: The Benefits and Impact of Secondment Opportunities on Professional Development for Mental Health Nurses
Shaina Serelson She/Her
(Safer Care Vic)
How Mental Health Clinical Nurse Educators are Responding to the Needs of an Emergency Department Workforce
Freya Lance
She/Her
(RMH)
INTERDISCIPLINARY STRENGTH
Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Increasing Options and Participation in Physical Activity: a Prospective Audit to Develop Trauma-informed Programs in Inpatient Adult Mental Health Settings
Nicholas Jacklyn He/Him
(St Vincents)
Mindful
Doodling
11:00am – 12:30pm
CAREER TRANSITIONS
A Positive Consumer Journey: Embracing Innovation in Eating Disorder Recovery
Natalie Sacco She/Her
(Austin Health)
FUTURE MOC
Judy Hogan She/Her
(Monash Health)
Mental Health Nurses Providing Marvel-ous Leadership in Behaviour Support Across Healthcare Settings
Nicole Edwards
She/Her
(Monash Health)
Main Plenary – Victory Room
2:00pm
Major Sponsor Introduction
Marvelous Models and More
Dr Tessa Maguire
KEYNOTE
CLINICAL SUPERVISION
St. Vincent's POP Pathway for Early Career MHN Growth in a Changing Landscape
B19
3:30pm
CLINICAL SUPERVISION
FIRST NATIONS
COPRODUCTION
Strengthening Clinical Supervision Access for Enrolled Nurses in Mental Health Services
Deandra Coleiro
She/Her
(Peninsula Health / Monash Uni)
We Can See the You Yangs’ - Mental Health Nursing in a Youth Justice Setting
Rebecca Corbett
She/Her
(Barwon Health)
Meeting the Unique Physical Health Concerns of Young People With a Mental Illness: Enablers and Barriers of Implementing a new Nurse Practitioner Model of Care
Alexis May
She/Her
(Orygen/RMH)
A Relational, Experiential, and Translational Approach to Growing Clinical Supervisors: A Clinical Supervisor Development Program for Mental Health Nurses
Teresa Kelly
She/Her
(CentreMHN)
Maddison Adams
She/Her
(Barwon Health)
The Positive Impact of a Good Mental Health Placement – A Roadmap from Undergraduate to Graduate Mental Health Nurse
Ogechi Oluwa
She/Her
(Northern Health)
Digital Frontiers in Mental Health Nursing: Expanding Early Career Opportunities
Siobhan Gurry
She/Her
(Eastern Health)
Our Junior Workforce – Cultivating Leaders & Sustaining a Positive Workplace Culture for the Growth and Development of Early Career Nurses
Hamanbeer Singh
He/Him
(Alfred Health)
Strengthening Undergraduate Mental Health Nursing Education Through Collaboration with the Lived Experience Workforce
Tom Pickup
He/Him
(Monash Health)
Growing our Marvel-ous Peer Workforce; Collaborative Practices in Recruitment and Induction
Rachel O'Neil
She/Her
Bendigo Health
