Instructor Profile

I have been a MHFA Principal Master Trainer for over 12 years during which time I have delivered over 200+ courses. I am accredited to deliver Standard, Youth, Teen, Medical, Nursing Student, Blended, Suicide Prevention Mental Health First Aid courses along with Youth and Standard Mental Health First Aid Refresher courses. I am a Credentialed Mental Health Nurse (started as a Generalist Nurse and Mental Health Nurse), I have a Bachelor of Nursing and a Masters of Public Health.I have 30 years of experience across public and private health settings, having worked in Universities as a tutor and Research Nurse, as a Senior Policy Officer for Queensland Health, and as a clinician in the Government, Private Hospital and the criminal justice system. I now work in private practice at Tamborine Mental Health Nursing Services which I established in 2011, I also have my own mental health training business, DiH Mental Health Training (www.mhtraining.com.au). I have an NDIS agency established in 2018, Tamborine Health Services. I am passionate about mental health literacy and in 2001 I worked with the Queensland Police Service to develop Mental health training to police officers across the state also creating an on-line learning package. Since then I have trained Mental Health First Aid courses extensively in the community, government, non-government, and workplaces. I have been a past servicing member of the Quality and Safety Commission establishing risk management strategies in Primary Care. For more information email: admin@mhtraining.com.au, www.mhtraining.com.au, phone: 1300 668 089 Follow us on linkedin, facebook, twitter or phone me on my mobile 0428 668 089.