Mental Health Registered Nurse — Compassionate Community Care
All Services Compassionate Community Care Service

Mental health registered nursing support.

Mental health nursing for participants with psychosocial disability — clinical oversight, early recognition when things are deteriorating, and support that does not fall apart during a bad period.

Delivered By

Registered Nurses with mental health qualifications.

Focus

Psychosocial disability and complex mental health needs.

Works With

Treating teams, psychiatrists, community mental health services.

Alongside

Daily living and community supports from the same organisation.

Service overview

Support that holds when a participant is unwell.

Psychosocial disability is not steady. A participant can be managing well for months and then have a period where everything is harder, and it is exactly then that a support arrangement built for the good months falls over.

Having mental health nurses in the team means the arrangement can flex: recognising deterioration early, adjusting the support, liaising with the treating team, and keeping the daily living supports going through a period when they matter most.

Who This Service Is For

Participants living with psychosocial disability or complex mental health needs, and referrers who have seen supports break down during a period of unwellness.

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Early Recognition

Noticing deterioration before it becomes a crisis.

Clinical Liaison

Working with psychiatrists, community mental health and treating teams.

Continuity

Daily supports continuing through unwell periods rather than stopping.

What's included

What mental health nursing support covers.

This support pairs closely with our behaviour support and complex supports, and often with Support Coordination.

01

Clinical Oversight

Mental health nursing assessment, monitoring and review.

02

Medication Support

Administration, monitoring and liaison about psychotropic medication.

03

Deterioration Planning

Early warning signs identified and a plan for what happens when they appear.

04

Staff Supervision

Guiding support workers on how to work well with the participant.

Referral steps

From referral to first shift, step by step.

No mystery, no black hole. Here is exactly what happens after you get in touch.

  1. 1

    Referral

    A participant, family member, Support Coordinator or hospital team sends through the enquiry.

    Form, email or phone

  2. 2

    Immediate screening

    We check the request against our current capability, capacity and staffing.

    Same day where we can

  3. 3

    Funding & support needs review

    We look at the plan, the support hours and what the participant actually needs day to day.

    Plan and hours checked

  4. 4

    Risk & compatibility assessment

    For shared arrangements this step is never skipped, however quickly a placement is needed.

    Never skipped

  5. 5

    Options & stakeholder discussion

    We present the accommodation or support options and talk them through with everyone involved.

    Everyone at the table

  6. 6

    Consent & service agreement

    A Service Agreement and Schedule of Supports are prepared once a direction is agreed.

    Prepared promptly

  7. 7

    Transition

    Rosters, handovers and any clinical plans are set up before the first shift.

    Sorted before day one

  8. 8

    Commencement

    Supports begin, with a named contact for the participant, family and referrer.

    You get a named contact

Urgent referrals: Urgent referrals can be escalated directly to management so we can determine quickly whether we have the appropriate property, staffing and capability.

Where we deliver it

Where mental health nursing support is delivered.

Follows our clinical staffing capacity across Far North Queensland.

Common questions

Questions families and referrers ask about this service.

Related services

Services that often sit alongside this one.

Talk to our team

Tell us what the participant needs and we will tell you what we can do.

Call us, send an enquiry or start a referral. We will come back to you with a clear answer about capability, capacity and the next step.

info@carecompassion.com.au