Project Officer: Karen Frost
Phone: 8752 4910

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The Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program

The Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program (MHNIP) provides a non-MBS incentive payments to community based general practices, private psychiatry services and other appropriate organisations (including divisions of general practice) who engage mental health nurses to assist in the provision of coordinated clinical care for people with severe mental disorders in the community.

Mental health nurses work in collaboration with psychiatrists and general practitioners to provide services such as monitoring a patient’s mental state, medication management and improving links to other health professionals and clinical service providers.

For more information including brochures and fact sheets and advice on recruiting mental health nurses please call Karen Frost on 8752 4910 or visit www.acmhn.org.

Resources

• Medicare Australia has a variety of resources available for the MHNIP, including:
  • Program overview
  • Eligibility
  • Payments
  • Application details
  • MHNIP documents

• The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses website has information regarding:

  • Credentialing for nurses
  • Recruiting nurses
  • Fact sheets on the MHNIP