Instructor Profile

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 been a MHFA Principal Master Trainer for 10 years during which time I have delivered over 130 courses. I am accredited to deliver Standard, Youth Mental Health First Aid and Teen, Medical and Nursing Student MHFA courses, Blended and Suicide Prevention courses. I have 30 years 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 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, creating an on-line learning package. Since then I have trained Mental Health First Aid courses extensively in community, government, non-government and various workplaces. For more information email us at: admin@mhtraining.com.au or go to: www.mhtraining.com.au phone me at: 1300 668 089 Follow me on linkedin, facebook, twitter or phone me on my mobile 0428 668 089.