Myles Ojabo
Melbourne,VIC
Summary
I am a Registered Mental Health Nurse, a Sessional Academic and a Writer. My clinical practice has a strong influence on my writings. I have extensive Mental Health experience in Inpatient, community and forensic settings in New Zealand and Australia.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Casual Academic - Mental Health Nursing + Nursing
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Victoria (VIC)
11.2023 - Current
- I am privileged to facilitate crucial undergraduate courses and fulfill the responsibility of evaluating students' performance in the field of Mental Health Nursing
ACIS Mental Health Clinician
Northern Health
05.2023 - Current
- Acute community intervention service (ACIS) provides urgent advice, referral and treatment to people with a mental illness who are acutely ill or in crisis
- The service is provided through telephone triage, in person via outreach and in the walk-in clinic.
Mental Health Case Manager
Eastern Health
01.2023 - 05.2023
- Worked in partnership with consumers, carers, families and other service providers in order to provide high quality case management and discipline specific mental health assessment, treatment, consultation and community linkage services within a recovery-oriented framework
- Connectedness, hope, identity, meaning, empowerment - all principles of recovery, are employed in this role to support the consumer in achieving their goals.
Registered Psychiatric Nurse
Eastern Health
01.2023 - 05.2023
- Nurse Pool: Box Hill Hospital (One East, Upton House & Adolescent IPU), Maroondah Hospital (IPU 1 & IPU 2).
Registered Nurse + Psychiatric Assistant
Health New Zealand | Waitematā
10.2016 - 01.2023
- 2022 - 2023 (RN Inpatient Psychiatric Unit) Waiatarau | West Auckland Acute Inpatient Mental Health Unit, 2016 - 2022 (Forensic Psychiatric Assistant) Mason Clinic: Inpatient Forensic & Psychiatric Nursing - Regional Forensic Psychiatry Services.
Founder
K & L Prize
09.2018 - 12.2021
- The K & L Prize for African Literature, founded in 2018, is awarded yearly for the best piece of unpublished short fiction by an African resident, age 18 to 25
- It considers short stories between 1,000 and 2,000 words on a chosen theme.
Education
Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Curriculum, Teaching and Learning -
La Trobe University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) -
Auckland University of Technology
Master of Nursing Science -
Auckland University of Technology
Master of Creative Writing -
Auckland University of Technology
Postgraduate Certificate, Mental Health and Addictions -
Auckland University of Technology
Skills
- Interactive Storytelling
- Risk Assessment
- Clinical Research
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
- Clinical Assessment
- Discharge Planning
- Discharges
- Admissions
- Referrals
- Family Engagement
Certification
- Registered Nurse - Nursing Council of New Zealand
- Registered Nurse - AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency)
Honors Awards
- Conference Presentation, Auckland ACLALS Conference 2018: No Sanctuary Across the Border: Otherness and Abjection in Jane Urqruhart's Sanctuary Line.
- Nominated / longlisted for the 2020 Ilube Nommo Award - African Speculative Fiction Society, Novel, Black River, was longlisted for the award., 04/01/20
Timeline
Casual Academic - Mental Health Nursing + Nursing
La Trobe University
11.2023 - Current
ACIS Mental Health Clinician
Northern Health
05.2023 - Current
Mental Health Case Manager
Eastern Health
01.2023 - 05.2023
Registered Psychiatric Nurse
Eastern Health
01.2023 - 05.2023
Founder
K & L Prize
09.2018 - 12.2021
Registered Nurse + Psychiatric Assistant
Health New Zealand | Waitematā
10.2016 - 01.2023
Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Curriculum, Teaching and Learning -
La Trobe University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) -
Auckland University of Technology
Master of Nursing Science -
Auckland University of Technology
Master of Creative Writing -
Auckland University of Technology
Postgraduate Certificate, Mental Health and Addictions -
Auckland University of Technology
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