Statewide Mental Health Enrolled Nurse Educators
As key members of the CMHL, the Educators work to facilitate connections between MHENs across the state, and provide the most up-to-date training to progress the workforce.
A flyer with information about our work has been created to help connect us with the sector.
A colour A5 poster can be printed for displaying in your services.
Training and Events
Enrolled Nurse Introduction to Mental Health Day
This training day is for Enrolled Nurses newly entering the Victorian public clinical mental health workforce, and provides an opportunity for attendees to connect with peers and develop introductory knowledge in the following topics:
- the EN role in mental health
- the Mental Health System
- the Mental Health Act including Supported Decision Making
- Trauma Informed Care
- Consumer Perspective
Upcoming training dates:
24th April 2024
27th August 2024
30th October 2024
Registrations open approximately 2 months before each training on our AMHS Training Calendar.
You can view the flyer for these events here: 2024 MHEN Introduction to Mental Health Day Flyer
Mental Health Enrolled Nurse Video Series
The Mental Health Enrolled Nurse Educator team have developed an ongoing video series that will cover a variety of topics around the interests of the enrolled nurse workforce. These are designed to be short, bite sized videos that can be accessed easily on the CMHL website.
You can access these via the Learning & Resources tab from the home page, then into CMHL Recorded Sessions, under Topic 5. EN Video Series.
Videos that are currently available:
- Intro to Clinical Supervision for Mental Health Enrolled Nurses
- MHEN Clinician Wellbeing
- Psychiatric Enrolled Nurse (PEN) Level 3 Advancement on bed base services
- Dual Disability
Enrolled Nurses - Finding Your Voice
The EN team have developed a new training to support Enrolled Nurses working in mental health. This training will be delivered in person at services with EN teams. The day will include:
- Unpacking challenges of the EN role
- How to have difficult conversations
- Building resilience
- Finding joy in work
If you are interested in having the EN educators deliver this training at your service email us at en.educators@cmhl.org.au.
Meetings and Collaboration
Mental Heath Enrolled Nurse Practice Network
We have moved into the second year of the MHENPN, and we look forward to growing our membership and evolving with the group. The Network is open to all experienced mental health enrolled nurse. We meet to reflect and hear from key members of the mental health workforce.
The Objectives of the MHENPN group are:
- to ensure that timely and relevant two-way sharing of knowledge and expertise occurs between Mental Health Enrolled Nurses (MHEN) and the CMHL,
- to identify opportunities for partnership and collaboration
- to ultimately support the professional development of the Victorian MHEN workforce.
- to improve transparency of opportunities for growth making the mental health enrolled nurse a valuable employment option to maintain long-term (including support for EN3 promotion and specialty role development).
If you would like to know more or join the MHEN practice network please email us at en.educators@cmhl.org.au.
Mental Health Enrolled Nurse Educator Meeting
MHEN Educators from across the state come together bi-monthly to facilitate networking, share educator resources, and identify opportunities for partnership and collaboration.
If you would like to know more or you are an MHEN Educator who would like to attend, please email us at en.educators@cmhl.org.au.
For information on past CMHL MHENs educator work:
2021 page visit here
2022 page visit here
2023 page visit here
Enquiries
Statewide Mental Health Enrolled Nurse Educator
