JACQUINE DARBY MATHEW
Summary
Registered Nurse with over four years of experience delivering recovery-oriented, evidence-based mental health care across inpatient and community settings. Skilled in mental health assessment, risk management, care planning, medication management and therapeutic interventions for adults with severe mental illness. Demonstrated leadership through shift coordination, after-hours clinical management, delegation and support of junior staff within multidisciplinary teams. Committed to consumer and family-centred care, promoting recovery, safety and positive outcomes while upholding Queensland Health values and professional standards.
Overview
1
1
Certification
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Mental Health Inpatient Unit
Rockhampton, Australia
06.2023 - Current
- Coordinated shifts, delegated workload and ensured safe staffing and quality patient care.
- Provided clinical leadership, mentoring and support to nursing staff, graduates and students.
- Conducted comprehensive mental state, physical health and risk assessments, including suicide and self-harm.
- Developed, implemented and evaluated individualised recovery-oriented care plans.
- Administered and monitored psychotropic medications, ensuring safe practice and timely escalation of concerns.
- Managed behavioural disturbances using evidence-based de-escalation strategies and restrictive practices in accordance with legislation and policy.
- Delivered therapeutic interventions, psychoeducation and emotional support to consumers and their families.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to optimise care, referrals and discharge planning.
- Maintained accurate clinical documentation and ensured compliance with Queensland Health policies and legislative requirements.
- Participated in clinical audits, quality improvement and risk management initiatives.
Registered Nurse
Ramsay Clinic Rockhampton
Rockhampton, Australia
07.2022 - Current
- Coordinated shifts, prioritised workloads and delegated tasks to deliver safe, high-quality patient care.
- Provided clinical leadership and managed after-hours clinical issues within a safe, therapeutic ward environment.
- Conducted mental state, physical health and risk assessments, including suicide and self-harm risk.
- Developed and evaluated individualised care plans in collaboration with consumers and the multidisciplinary team.
- Administered and monitored medications, escalating clinical deterioration and complex concerns promptly.
- Collaborated with psychiatrists, GPs and allied health professionals to support treatment and discharge planning.
- Coordinated referrals and continuity of care with community and external health services.
- Maintained accurate clinical documentation and contributed to quality improvement and risk management initiatives.
Education
Bachelor of Nursing Science -
University of Sunshine Coast
QLD11-2021
Skills
- Comprehensive mental health and risk assessment
- Mental state examination and clinical formulation
- Early identification of deterioration and crisis management
- Individualised care planning and evidence-based interventions
- Therapeutic engagement, rapport building and recovery-focused care
- Motivational interviewing and brief therapeutic interventions
- Medication management and monitoring of therapeutic response
- De-escalation strategies and behaviour support planning
- Shift coordination, clinical leadership and delegation
- Workload prioritisation and time management
- Multidisciplinary team collaboration and care coordination
- Clinical documentation, confidentiality and professional standards
Certification
- Standard Mental Health First Aid, Completed (Refresher 2026)
- Spravato Readiness Program, (Esketamine, Nasal spray)
- ECT Advanced/Refresher Course, Completed (2023)
- AHPRA Registration, Current
REFERENCES
Nabhneet Jha
Clinical Nurse (AMHIU, Rockhampton)
Email: Nabneet.Jha@health.qld.gov.au
Phone: +61 431 093 658
Jodie Woodhouse
Clinical Nurse (AMHIU, Rockhampton)
Email: Jodiewoodhouse71@gmail.com
Phone: +61 427 324 763
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Mental Health Inpatient Unit
06.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse
Ramsay Clinic Rockhampton
07.2022 - Current
Bachelor of Nursing Science -
University of Sunshine Coast