Mental Health Nursing Australian Catholic University (ACU)

Overview

Please note that this online programme is not valid for Student Visa applications in Australia. However, it are available to international students in Australia on other visa types or to students studying from overseas.

The Mental Health Nursing , Postgrad.Cert. from Australian Catholic University (ACU)  course is targeted to new nursing graduates and those working in mental health but who have no formal postgraduate mental health qualifications. You will gain knowledge and skills across a range of mental health settings, including acute care, community mental health, and psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery services. Develop advanced leadership skills while you gain a more comprehensive understanding of the health care system and use your expertise to become a change agent.  Top 50 worldwide in Nursing Shanghai Ranking, Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2024

The Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Nursing addresses current mental health perspectives and practices and gives you a comprehensive understanding of illness as well as wellness. The inclusion of diversity and lifetime perspectives will ensure that you are practice ready. In the Graduate Certificate you will undertake units in recovery-oriented mental health, holistic individual centred mental health practice, health promotion and social inclusion along with a unit to develop an in-depth understanding in practitioners of their practice.

Current mental health postgraduate programmes in Australia focus on either acute mental health care settings or generic mental health. ACU’s Master of Mental Health Nursing has been developed specifically for nursing clinicians entering into the specialist area of mental health. The course is targeted to new nursing graduates and to those working in mental health but who have no formal postgraduate mental health qualifications.

In the current period of mental health service provision reform, there has been a shift in focus from acute inpatient treatment to recovery-oriented practice, so the workforce requires professional development opportunities to keep pace with such changes.

Career opportunities:

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