Mental Health Professional Online Development

Mental Health Professional Online Development MHPOD is an online learning resource that has been developed for people working in mental health. Based on the national practice standards for mental health, it draws on the evidence base for mental health care and contemporary practice wisdom.

There are about seventy hours of material on forty five topics, written and produced in Australia. The topics range from recovery to legislation and dual disability. All topics have strong links to the National Practice Standards for the Mental Health Workforce.  The modules have been developed with new graduates/entrants into the mental health field in mind, but will also be useful for more experienced practitioners. 

Nurses working in mental health in the public sector will have access to MHPOD through their workplace.  Each state and territory jurisdiction is responsible for implementing MHPOD in their mental health services.  If you are working in a mental health service, you should contact your service’s mental health educator or the local MHPOD site coordinator to access MHPOD.

The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses can provide access to MHPOD for nurses working in primary mental health care and other settings where they may not have access via their employer.

If you would like to sign up for MHPOD via the College, you need to complete the registration form which can be found on the Member News page of the College's website. You will need to login to access this page.

If you have any questions about MHPOD, please call the College on 1300 667 079 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

ACMHN Submissions

Representing the profession to politicians, policy makers and health care organisations is an important part of the work of the ACMHN national office. One way in which we ensure the profession's views are heard is by making submissions to consultation processes and inquiries.  Recent submission made by the College are:

2012 Submissions

10 Year Roadmap for National Mental Health Reform Draft, providing feedback on the Roadmap Consultation Draft (January 2012)

2011 Submissions

Mental Health Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, providing feedback on the consultation draft (September 2011)

Tasmanian Mental Health Bill 2011 Exposure Draft, responding to the Tasmanian Draft Mental Health Bill (September 2011)

Commonwealth Funding and Administration of Mental Health Services, submission to Senate Community Affairs Committees Inquiry (August 2011)

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), consultation on a draft policy for re-entry to practice for nurses and midwives’ (August 2011)

National Clinical Supervision Support Framework, responding to the draft Framework (May 2011)

Administration of health practitioner registration by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), submission to Senate Inquiry (April 2011)

ATAPS Flexible Care Packages Consultation, relating to the consultation process and discussion paper outlining that Flexible Care Packages are an attempt to address some of the primary needs identified by the mental health sector (February 2011)

Exposure Draft Mental Health Bill 2010, responding to the Victorian Draft Mental Health Bill and following on from the ACMHN Victorian Branch written response to the review of the Mental Health Act 1986 Consultation Paper (February 2011)

Budget Submission 2011-2012 setting out the College's views on the priorities for the 2011-2012 Federal Budget. (January 2011)

2010 Submissions

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia English Language Standard for nurses, responding to the consultation process reviewing the English language standard nurses must meet to become registered. (December 2010)

Medicare Locals Governance and Functions responding to a discussion paper on the governance arrangements and proposed functions for Medicare Locals. (November 2010)

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia Nurse Practitioner Endorsement, responding to the draft Nurse Practitioner Endorsement standard and requirements.   (November 2010)