ANDREA KIELY

• Work collaboratively with QAS/QPS to enhance the capacity of all services to effectively respond to individuals who may have a mental illness and come to the attention of emergency services.

• Complete independent complex mental health assessments with a focus on dynamic risks, providing brief interventions and making onward relevant referrals in collaboration with QAS/QPS.

• Empowering mental health consumers to utilise current strengths and supports, thus helping to alleviate need for EEA and ED presentations.

• Act as a reference point for other clinicians in the Mental Health Service regarding liaison with QAS/QPS and complex community mental health assessments and brief intervention.

• Work collaboratively with the Mental Health Intervention Coordinator (MHIC) to coordinate training opportunities for mental health staff, police, ambulance and other agencies.

• The role of Mental Health Clinician conducts triage, mental health assessment, short term treatment and recovery support to consumers accessing health services for acute mental health issues at an entry point to the mental health service. Also provision of therapeutic interventions.

• Collaborating with health care professionals and and other stakeholders to provide clinical leadership by offering advice on assessment, treatment options and risk management as required.

• Recovery/ Strengths focused delivery of care, working collaboratively with consumers and their families to promote self determination and enable progress towards reaching personal goals.

• Nurse specific duties include administration of medications within ethical and legal parameters as determined by Nurses Registration Board, Poisons Act, Mental Health Act and other relevant frameworks.

• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, including problem solving ability and conflict resolution skills, as well as sound oral and writing skills

• Working knowledge of the Queensland Mental Health Act 2016

• Working knowledge of CIMHA – Authorised Mental health Practitioner: exp March 2026

• Clinical lead for Queensland Health nursing staff.

• Working collaboratively with NGO- MIND to assess the suitability of clients to enter the ASUSD programme, utilising CIMHA, iEMR, liaising with inpatient staff, and bed managers, as well as CCT’s, including Cape, Tablelands , MIRT, ACT, ED MH CNC’s and providing timely appropriate assessments. Also using my knowledge and expertise in clinical lead to CN’s at ASUSD.

• Liaising with Treating Teams and ensuring consumers are receiving appropriate follow up during their admission to ASUSD.

• Engagement and discharge planning with the teams who are assigned to clients at ASUSD

• Promoted a culture of consumer safety by consistently following proper protocols for medication administration, falls prevention, and OHS requirements for ASUSD

• Supporting people who are at risk of frequent psychiatric crises which without the involvement of the ACTT service would require them to be otherwise frequently hospitalised n acute unit or to receive extended care within a non-acute inpatient service. Working intensively with clients with serious and enduring mental illness including Co-morbidity disorders i.e Drug and Alcohol, Personality Disorders, Eating Disorders.

• Intensive home treatment in order to treat client in least restrictive environment

• Recovery/ Strengths focused Case Management

• Engaging with clients, carers, NDIS and other stakeholders in order to offer optimum individualised care

• Administration and supervision of medication

• Advanced working knowledge of WA MHA as Authorised Practitioner.

• Providing clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team, and actively contributing to clinical practice within the service as a senior staff member.

• Nurse specific duties including administration of medications within ethical and legal parameters as determined by Nurses Registration Board, Mental Health Act 2014 and other relevant frameworks. Providing clinical services to consumers and carers including the provisions of high quality mental health assessments, case management and clinical interventions

• Liaising with other senior staff to provide effective leadership

• Contributing to the development of policies and procedures for the service, currently involved in community service mapping project, with particular reference to the NUA process, to ensure clinical governance and best practice.

• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, including problem solving ability and conflict resolution skills, as well as sound oral and writing skills

• Demonstrated ability to working collaboratively with clients and carers to promote self determination and enable progress towards reaching personal goals.

• Working within the recovery orientated practice using Strengths Model of Care

• First point of contact into NWMH services for all potential consumers, providing a single point of entry into the NWMH Adult Community Services, APMHP, Royal Melbourne Hospital Eating Disorders Program and after hours support for OYH Services: Telephone based service.

• Shift leadership when Rostered to do so as, allocating work from the diary to clinicians for the shift

• CIRT calls (Critical Incident Response Team- Police)

• Assisting and secondary consult to more junior members of the team.

• Role of Senior Nurse was crucial within the multidisciplinary team- when dealing with the medical issues, i.e- medications, physical health- essential for assessments/referrals to APATT, BASICS and Eating Disorders Unit.

• The participation in the effective decision making within the community mental health team multidisciplinary team.

• Maintaining knowledge of current emergency procedures and other policies and procedures

• Providing individual PSOLIS care plans and maintaining appropriate records on PSOLIS and in the consumer medical records.

• Case management ; an allocated case load providing a range of therapeutic interventions, education, counselling and care of mental health consumers, their carers and family and care coordination with other services.

• Nurse specific duties include administration of medications within ethical and legal parameters as determined by Nurses Registration Board, Poisons Act, Mental Health Act and other relevant frameworks.

• Consumer assessment in the clinic and community.

• Comprehensive mental health assessment, risk assessment and identification of recovery needs.

• Providing assessment and treatment for adults aged 16 - 65 years who have a mental illness.

• Crisis responses within the community; Providing timely, appropriate, responsive and effective care to maintain safety, identifying the needs and most appropriate service responses for newly presenting consumers in crisis or for existing consumers demonstrating an increased need for support in the community.

• Targeted interventions (both brief and longer-term); within the targeted brief and longer term intervention pathways, after the face to face assessment, development of a joint recovery plan which is based upon the needs and preferences of the consumer and their family/carers.

• Consultative responses to primary care providers in order to recognise

• and treat mental health disorders in the community, through specialist assessment,

• Consultation,provision of advice, education and facilitating the linking with other service providers.

• Senior Clinician role; Management and clinical supervision of junior clinicians

• working within the team.

• Lead role in Nursing specific interventions including education and monitoring of administration of medication in accordance with policies and procedures and within the legislation pertaining to the Nurses Act (Drugs, Poisons and controlled Substances Regulations 1995) and working knowledge of the Mental Health Act Victoria

• Working intensively with clients with serious and enduring mental illness including Co-morbidity disorders i.e Drug and Alcohol, Personality Disorders.

• Home treatment in order to treat client in least restrictive environment

• Recovery focused Case Management

• Engaging with clients, carers and NGO services in order to offer optimum individualised care -Administration and supervision of medication

• Working knowledge of the Queensland Mental Health Act

• Working knowledge of CIMHA

• Working intensively with clients with serious and enduring mental illness including

• Co-morbidity disorders i.e Drug and Alcohol, Personality Disorders.

• Home treatment in order to treat client in least restrictive environment

• Recovery focused Case Management, utilising Wellness Plans and Needs for Service

• Engaging with clients, carers and PDRS services in order to offer optimum individualised care

• Administration and supervision of medication

• Assessment and treatment of clients in Crisis

• ECATT- working in Sunshine Emergency department

• Home treatment to provide care in least restrictive manner

• Organisation of Acute admissions

• Triage

• Working with clients with serious and enduring mental illness

• Working with clients with co-morbidity disorders i.e Drug and Alcohol, Personality disorders.

• Home treatment in order to treat client in least restrictive environment

• Recovery focused Case Management, utilising Wellness Plans and Needs for Service

• Engaging with clients, carers and PDRS services in order to offer optimum individualised care

• Administration and supervision of medication

• In charge responsibility on Adult Acute wards.

• Coordinating staff to ensure best care for clients.

• Emergency Controller

• Liaising with Community and Emergency departments to ensure effective Discharge and Admission planning.

• Acute mental health ward serving aged 16-65.
• Link nurse to adolescent team.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic, and cognitive status of patients.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Directed patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care, continuing care, and discharge instructions.
• Developed and implemented individualized patient care plans for optimal outcomes.