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The Gala Dinner will
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Date:
6th - 10th October, 2008
Location: The Sebel &
Citigate Albert Park Hotel, Queens Road, Melbourne
Sponsors and Exhibitors
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Astra Zenica - Silver Sponsor
Through
the research, development, manufacture and marketing
of pharmaceuticals around the globe, AstraZeneca
strives to achieve its mission to make the most
meaningful difference to patient lives through great
medicines.
With more than 60,000 employees worldwide, the
Company invests billions of dollars in research and
manufacturing. We spend over $16 million every
working day on the research and development of new
medicines that meet patient needs. (Total R&D spend
in 2006: $3.9 billion).
Our broad product portfolio includes many world
leaders and a number of high potential growth
products: Seroquel (schizophrenia and bipolar),
Arimidex (cancer), Crestor (cardiovascular), Nexium
(gastrointestinal disease) and Symbicort (asthma and
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
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Exhibitor and Internet Cafe Sponsor
Janssen-Cilag Australia is a leading research-based
pharmaceutical company, employing more than 330
staff in Australia. We provide prescription
medicines for a range of conditions in the areas of
mental health, neurology, women's health,
haematology, gastroenterology, and pain management.
Four Janssen-Cilag Pty Limited medicines are
included in the World Health Organisation's
Essential Drug list.
The research conducted by Janssen-Cilag Pty Limited
has resulted in a number of critical medicines being
developed and made available to the Australian
public. These include RISPERDAL®, used for the
treatment of schizophrenia, REMINYL®, for the
treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease, TOPAMAX®, used for
control of epilepsy, PARIET®, a treatment for
gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, EPREX®, for
anaemia in renal failure and oncology, PROGRAF®,
which is an immunosuppressant used in organ
transplants, DUROGESIC®, a transdermal patch for
relief from chronic and severe pain and CONCERTA®,
for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents aged 6 -
18 years.
www.janssen-cilag.com.au |
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 Eli Lilly - Dinner Sponsor
As a leading healthcare corporation,
Eli Lilly Australia is continually delivering
medical solutions that enable people to live longer
and healthier lives. For almost 50 years
Lilly has provided Australians with innovative
medicines to treat a number of serious health
conditions including depression, schizophrenia,
bipolar disorder, diabetes, osteoporosis, erectile
dysfunction and cancer.
With roughly $40 million spent every year on
research and development in Australia, Lilly is
committed to continually finding solutions for unmet
medical need to help provide answers that matter for
Australian patients.
www.lilly.com.au |
 Pfizer
Australia - ExhibitorWith a history
dating back to 1886, Pfizer Australia has grown to
become the nation’s leading provider of prescription
medicines.
Today, employing more than 1500 staff, and export
$A100 million worth of product around the region
annually from three manufacturing plants across the
nation. We take our individual leadership and our
commitment to the healthy future of all Australians
seriously. Aside from the direct benefits our
medicines make to the nation’s health, Pfizer
Australia works hard in the community to help make
our nation a happier, healthier place to live.
With many prescription medicines leading their
therapeutic areas, it’s easy to see why millions of
Australians trust Pfizer Australia everyday.
www.pfizer.com.au |
 Health
Super - ExhibitorWith over $7.6 billion in
assets, 210,000 members and 40 years experience in
providing superannuation services to the Health and
Community Services sector, we know you want
hassle-free superannuation solutions.
Health Super regularly provides:
• Personalised workplace and retirement planning
seminars
• One-on-one member consultations
• Support for processing payroll
• Factual information on all things super through
our Super Contact newsletter
For more information visit the Health Super booth or
contact our Freecall Employerline on 1800 133 050 or
our website at
www.healthsuper.com.au |
Queensland Health - Australia - Exhibitor
Queensland Health, Australia’s largest public
healthcare employer, has exciting careers and
lifestyles for skilled mental health professionals.
There are exciting opportunities for mental health
nurses throughout Queensland. As a professional
working in mental health, you can work in a range of
fulfilling inpatient and community environments,
including:
• Adult
• Child and youth
• Older persons
• Indigenous services
• Rehabilitation and extended treatment
• Secure and forensic mental health services, and
• Dual diagnosis – mental illness and substance
abuse
Flexible hours, enviable superannuation and tax
break options, career advancement and a sun-drenched
lifestyle. We’ll even help you make the move with a
conditional relocation package. Come visit our
Congress stand, or online
www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus |
Elsevier Australia - Exhibitor
For over 100 years, the Elsevier name has
represented a dedication to excellence in the
exchange of information. Today, Elsevier
remains committed to that mission and has grown into
an information provider of global proportions with
offices around the world. Elsevier has become the
undisputed market leader in the publication and
dissemination of literature covering the broad
spectrum of health and scientific endeavours.
Elsevier Australia is a dedicated publisher of
textbooks for the Australian and New Zealand market.
Our offerings include not only books, but assessment
solutions and an increasing volume of electronic
content.
Working with the most respected researchers,
academics and professionals in Australia and New
Zealand, Elsevier Australia has set a high standard
for quality.
This is today's Elsevier: innovative, experienced
and uniquely positioned to continue leading health
and science publishing.
www.Elsevier.com |
 PCC
Nurses Agency is pleased to support the Australian
College of Mental Health Nurses International
Conference.
Founded and managed by Mental Health Nurses , we
continue to offer extensive experience and knowledge
of Mental Health nursing to our nurses and clients
throughout Australia.
As part of the Healthcare Australia group, we offer
a wide range of varied opportunities to work in all
mental health areas and specialties nationally.
PCC is committed to ongoing education, development
and support of its nurses. PCC recognises and
actively promotes the specialist nature of Mental
Health Nursing.
Given our specialist nature, PCC appreciates the
importance of matching nurse skills and expertise to
clients needs, with the view to offering our nurses
interesting and varied work in the Mental Health
field of their choice.
Where would we all be without the skills and
dedication of Mental Health Nursing specialists |
 The
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of
Psychiatrists (the RANZCP) is the principal
organisation representing the medical specialty of
psychiatry in Australia and New Zealand and has
responsibility for training, examining and awarding
the qualification of Fellowship of the College to
medical practitioners.
The RANZCP’s vision is ‘a fellowship of
psychiatrists working with and for the general
community to achieve the best attainable quality of
psychiatric care and mental health’.
A major goal of the RANZCP is to take an active role
in collaborating with professional colleagues and
others across the mental health sector.
www.ranzcp.org |
Wiley-Blackwell is the proud sponsor of the 2008
Mental Health Nurse of the Year award and we also
publish the International Journal of Mental Health
Nursing on behalf of the ACMHN. Wiley-Blackwell was
created in February 2007 by merging Blackwell
Publishing with Wiley's Global Scientific,
Technical, and Medical business. We are now one of
the world's foremost academic and professional
publishers and the largest society publisher. With a
combined list of more than 1,400 scholarly
peer-reviewed journals and an extensive collection
of books with global appeal, this new business sets
the standard for publishing in the life and physical
sciences, medicine and allied health, engineering,
humanities and social sciences.
www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell
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 The
Nursing Review is essential reading for anyone
involved in the healthcare sector in Australia. It
continues to provide our nurses with all the latest
news and developments in the health care industry
and is the only independent newspaper dedicated to
reporting issues of importance to nurses.
Nursing Review provides unrivalled coverage of
specialist topics in a range of regular monthly
features as well as topical opinion pieces,
international news, recruitment, plus the latest in
education, training and employment.
www.nursingreview.com.au |
Mental Health and Drugs Division is responsible for
mental health and drugs policy, planning, strategy
and programs that deliver prevention, early
intervention, treatment and support to Victorians
experiencing mental health or substance misuse
issues, and their carers or other family members.
The work of the division includes a range of
statutory responsibilities including regulation and
monitoring, the development of policy and quality
standards, workforce development, and the delivery
and monitoring of specialist mental health and
alcohol and other drug services. Programs are
delivered in partnership with health service
providers, non-government organisations, and other
public sector agencies. |
Pursuing excellence in practice, teaching and
research
The School of Nursing and Midwifery at Monash
University offers an innovative, flexible range
of courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate
levels, which encourage students to explore all
facets of nursing and midwifery practice.
Undergraduate courses include the extended degree
Bachelor of Nursing (Psychological Studies), and
double degrees including the Bachelor of
Nursing/Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic),
Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery (Gippsland)
and the degrees of, Bachelor of Nursing (Rural
Health Practice), Bachelor of Nursing and the
Bachelor of Midwifery.
Our Master of Nursing and Clinical Midwifery degrees
offer flexible study pathways with research or
specialty course work options. Specialist majors in
the Master of Nursing degree include areas such as
practice development, mental health, critical care,
emergency, medical surgical and palliative care.
Successful applicants are offered individual course
and career path planning and a variety of fee
options. Students in the Master of Nursing have exit
options at graduate certificate and graduate diploma
levels.
The Master of Nursing (Mental Health) has three
broad themes:
a. specialisation and advanced practice in mental
health nursing;
b. professionally broadening studies (for example, a
socio-political perspectives, and information
technology/literacy; and
c. research preparation (for students intending to
complete a 24 credit point research project in year
3.
The Master of Nursing (Mental Health) is suitable
for nurses wishing to provide mental health care in
a variety of clinical settings including those where
primary healthcare is provided. The care is
underpinned by the professional skills of
innovation, problem solving, evidence –based
practice and social awareness and justice.
Research Degrees at both Masters and PhD level are
available.
For further information visit our website at:http://www.med.monash.edu/nursing/postgraduate/
or email
nursing.enquiries@med.monash.edu.au (Peninsula)
nursing.enquiries-gippsland@med.monash.edu (Gippsland) |
The Nurses Board of Victoria is a self-funded
statutory authority incorporated under the Health
Professions
Registration Act 2005. Now in its 14th year of
operation, nurses have been regulated in Victoria
for more than 80 years.
As an organisation responsible to a Board, we are
all aware of our legislative commitments and
functions as well as our role within the greater
Victorian community, our largest stakeholder. Other
stakeholders include all registered nurses,
education providers, Directors of Nursing, unions,
the Department of Human Services and the Minister
for Health.
The Board regulates and promotes nurses in the
interests of the Victorian public and the nursing
profession as a whole. We are proactive in our
communications with the public and other bodies,
both in Australia and overseas, as we constantly
monitor the trends affecting the profession and
their delivery of healthcare. All our functions are
open and transparent, showing ethical, responsible
and accountable management of our role. We take a
leadership role and are actively involved with
projects around Australia and overseas, particularly
those relating to education and regulation. We
continually support nursing research for the
betterment of the profession and public.
We protect the Victorian public by regulating all
fields of nursing, ensuring those using the
healthcare system can be confident that anyone
bearing the title of registered nurse (RN) is
educated and competent, meeting the high standards
required by us for registration. |
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Mackay Integrated Mental Health and ATOD’S Service is
part of the Mackay Health Service District which
comprises a wide range of acute, community and rural
services.
The service has over 120 staff across the various
centres in Mackay and the Whitsunday area and is
also professionally responsible for staff in the
more remote Hinterland region.
Inpatient, Case Management, Intake and Assessment,
Forensic, Child and Youth, Rehabilitation, ATOD’s,
Older Persons and Outreach are but some of the teams
that make up a busy, innovative Mental Health
Service.
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Health and Community
Services Union
The Health and Community
Services Union (HACSU) is the only specialist union
in Australian that represents the unique
professional, industrial and service delivery
interests of Mental Health Nurses.
HACSU advocate for improvements
in Mental Health policy including a growth and
improvement in the resources available to Mental
Health services, improvements in undergraduate
curriculum and support for access to ongoing
professional development and support.
HACSU members enjoy support in
a range of circumstances including individual
support and protection on grievances, discipline,
and return to work after injury. Groups of members
also enjoy support and assistance in dealing with
workplace and service changes.
In 2007 HACSU were successful
in winning major gains for Mental Health Nurses
through our EBA negotiations. In addition to
significant pay increases, we managed to secure
additional positions, improved career paths,
childcare expenses for some members, increases in
paid maternity and adoption leave as well as a range
of other entitlements.
If you are not a HACSU member,
go to
www.hacsu.asn.au to find more about the benefits
of membership and join up for under $10 a week! |
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The
Townsville Institute of Mental Health Services (TIMHS)
is part of the Townsville Health Service District (THSD)
and comprises of four core services as follows:
• Adult Mental Health Services
• Northern Area Secure & Forensic Mental Health
Services
• Kirwan Rehabilitation & Extended Treatment
Services
• Child & Youth Mental Health Services
The Institute of Mental Health Services embraces the
concept of Recovery. Recovery acknowledges that
people with a mental illness can and do recover and
they have the same needs and aspirations as anyone
else. Recovery has the common themes of hope,
meaning, purpose and direction, equality and
respect, empowerment, social inclusion and
connectedness.
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 Global
Health is a leading provider of e-health
solutions to the Australian Healthcare industry,
covering over 25% of Australian hospitals, General
Practice and specialist clinics. Global Health
products support the clinical, consumer and
operational needs of Healthcare providers committed
to the effective management of chronic disease and
health promotion programs for consumers. Internet
connectivity is embedded in Global Health
applications to promote secure information sharing,
financial transactions and the use of technology in
ways that transform the way healthcare is delivered.
Global Health is listed on the Australian Stock
Exchange and operates from offices in Melbourne,
Perth and Malaysia. For further information about
Global Health and its' products, visit
www.global-health.com. |
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 SwingShift
Nurses was established in 2000 and since that time
the agency has earnt an enviable reputation for its
supply and post graduate training of mental health
nurses. SwingShift Nurses is solely owned and
managed by a mental health nurse with over 30 years
experience in the industry who remains passionate
about mental health nursing. SwingShift Nurses is a
truly specialist mental health agency which
continues to make a difference by its
contributions. SwingShift Nurses:
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Was established and is managed on a premise of
strong ethical business principles and practices
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Supplies only properly trained, experienced and
qualified mental health nurses
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Reinvests in the continuing professional
development of mental health nurses
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Provides sponsorship to a range of mental health
conferences, scholarships and events
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Established a selection of post graduate mental
health education and training programs
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Assists mental health nurses with credentialing
and supplies credentialed nurses to a wide range
of inpatient and community based services
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Provides mental health nursing consultancy
services
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Constantly receives requests from all over
Australia for quality nurses on casual, short
term and locum placements
SwingShift Nurses is proud to support and
participate in the International Conference of the
Australian College of Mental Health Nurses.
www.swingshift.com.au |
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