Master of Mental Health Nursing

Do you want an in-demand career?

Study our Master of Mental Health Nursing program and join the largest cohort of mental health nursing students in Australia. We offer flexible learning to help you develop the specialised skills and knowledge to advance your career.

You could save up to 70% with a Commonwealth-Supported Place.

Graduates of this program are eligible to apply for credentialling with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses.

As a qualified mental health nurse, you will be highly sought after in this challenging and rewarding area of healthcare.

You will become diligent in the latest models of care established to meet the specific needs of people experiencing mental illness.

what you will study

Key areas of study include:

• Talking therapies
• The delivery of psycho-social and psycho-educational interventions
• Mental health care for older people,
• Illness management and recovery
• Mental health in primary care
• Forensic mental health
• Youth and young adult mental health.

Domestic Applicants

Applicants must be a Registered Nurse with:

• Honours; or
• A postgraduate qualification; or
• A minimum of one year's practice in nursing; or
• A minimum of one year's practice in another health profession.

International Offshore Applicants

Applicants must be a Registered Nurse in their own country, with

• A postgraduate qualification (equivalent to AQF level 8 or higher); or
• A minimum of one year's practice in nursing; or
• A minimum of one year's practice in another health profession.

Accepted work experience may include pre-registration experience and is not required to be undertaken full time and can be undertaken as an Enrolled Nurse, or Registered Nurse or any health profession.

Work experience can be identified through: a detailed Curriculum Vitae, and a statement of service or signed letters from employers confirming role, duties and period of employment.

Overall minimum: 6.5

Sub test minimum: 6

Possible career paths may include: