Matthew Welch

Experience

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  Capital & Coast and Hutt Valley District Health Boards

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2003

  Senior Clinical Nurse

  Leading the development and implementation of Home-Based crisis intervention service as an alternative to inpatient admission.

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  Queensland Health Metro South Acute Crisis Team

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2005

  Clinical Nurse Consultant Acute Crisis Team

  Clinical Nurse Consultant leading community Crisis intervention within an acute crisis team responding to MH crisis across the Brisbane Metro South Catchment area.

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  Queensland Health.

  Nov 2005 - Oct 2013

  CNC Suicide Risk Assessment and Management PEC

  Psychiatric Emergency Centre Acute Crisis Assessment and suicide prevention project initiatives.

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  Dandenong Health

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  After Hours Nurse Manager

  After hours crisis assessment in Dandenong Emergency Department and Nurse Manager covering inpatient and community MHS.

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  Queensland Health Mental health and Other Drugs Branch

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  Principle Policy Officer Statewide Suicide Prevention

  Statewide coordination and development of the then proposed Reducing Suicide and its impact.Queensland Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2015-17.

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  Gold Coast Mental Health and Specialist Services Queensland Health

  Oct 2013 - now

  Clinical Nurse Consultant - Suicide Risk Assessment and Management

  Leading the development and implementation of suicide prevention strategies across a large mental health service and HHS.Over 20 years front line crisis intervention experience, suicide prevention expertise, change management, research and innovation, corporate experience, expert suicide prevention advice to government and non government organisations, education and training, management, quality and clinical re design working autonomously and as a part of multi disciplinary teams both internationally and within Australia. Show less

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  Queesnland Mental Health Commission

  Apr 2019 - Sept 2019

  Manager Suicide Prevention Queensland Mental Health Commission

  Seconded to the Queensland Mental Health Commission for 5 months to lead the development of a new Queensland Suicide Prevention Plan within a 3 month timeline.Every Life The Queensland Suicide Prevention Plan was successfully endorsement by cabinet and released within the 3 month timeline.