Meet the Management Committee Members

Ron Campbell – Webmaster / Treasurer

Ron works in the health industry as a data analyst for Health Purchasing Victoria, a statutory body formed to provide Victorian public health with procurement services.

Ron’s speciality is data recording and reporting, and he has prior experience working with an accounting software package built for the building industry, providing technical support and report customisation. Ron also worked for six years for a regional water retailer, which included leading projects such as the creation of a reporting system for the consumption data collection process.

Ron has qualifications in electronics and communications engineering, computer systems engineering, bookkeeping and workplace training and assessment.

Ron is interested in giving back to the health profession by using his skills and knowledge of data management and bookkeeping and hopes to make a positive contribution to ACSA.

James Houghton – Membership

Originally, James completed two hospital based nurse training programmes in Auckland, New Zealand as a psychopaedic nurse (known in Australia as Div IV) 1980–1983, then psychiatric nursing in 1986–1988. He then completed his general nursing and the Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing) from 2000–2001.  He completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Child & Family Health (Nursing), 2002. James is the current chair of the Victorian Branch of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses.

James has worked in many different clinical settings before finding his niche in the nurse educator and training role. Throughout his career, he has received clinical supervision from some excellent mental health nurse-mentors, clinicians and academics. One powerful influence on his clinical supervision practice and his way of “being with” his supervisees, came from working alongside a consumer academic at the Centre for Psychiatric Nursing (CPN) at the University of Melbourne. He has also completed an assortment of practice development and clinical supervision training workshops both in New Zealand and Australia.

James has trained clinical supervisors for the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, the CPN and North Western Mental Health in Melbourne. In 2015, while working at the CPN, he authored an integrative literature review which was used to inform the development of the recently released Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) document, Clinical supervision for mental health nurses: A framework for Victoria.

When asked what he thought makes clinical supervision so powerful, so essential and so rewarding, James said he believed he can’t improve on the Maori proverb…

He aha te mea nui o te ao

What is the most important thing in the world?

He tangata, he tangata, he tangata

It is the people, it is the people, it is the people

Aroha nui.

Natalie Jack – President

Natalie has been a Registered Music Therapist with the Australian Music Therapy Association since 1999, having graduated from the University of Queensland with a graduate qualification in music therapy, and prior to that, a degree in music from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. While working with various populations as a new graduate and completing a Diploma of Business, Natalie reflected on her experience with supervision as a student, and became interested in deepening her knowledge in the area. She began training with Michael Carroll and Margaret Morrell. Natalie travelled abroad and lived in Canada for several years, becoming an Accredited Music Therapist and Accredited Supervisor with the Canadian Association for Music Therapists. While there, she began working in mental health, and discovered her passion for this area of clinical work, especially in the area of forensic mental health, working with offenders.

Natalie has presented widely at Australian and international conferences, been a guest lecturer at universities in both Australia and Canada, and served in various positions with both the Australian and Canadian music therapy associations. Natalie is currently a member of the Australian Music Therapy Association’s ethics committee and supervision working group. She graduated with a Masters in Mental Health Science in 2015 and retains a strong academic interest in forensic mental health, while operating a business that offers clinical supervision and professional development opportunities for health and helping professionals. Natalie also works with the Australian Music Therapy Association in policy development and project management. Natalie is currently completing a counselling qualification and is looking forward to expanding her clinical practice. Natalie is grateful for the opportunity to serve on the ACSA management committee, and is excited to be involved in the association’s growth over the coming years.

Brad Roser – Events

Bradley’s mental health nursing career spans 39 years and he holds a Masters Degree and a Diploma in Project Management from the Agency of Clinical Innovation.

He is a keen advocate for clinical supervision, preceptorship and mentorship to enable all nurses to reach their full potential. Brad brings solid training and experience in group and individual supervision as well as a varied career with substantive positions held in clinical, management, education and consultancy in the fields of mental health and forensic mental health.

Gisele Rossini – Committee General

Gisele has been a social worker for over 15 years practising mostly in the mental health sector; however, she also has experience working in palliative care and emergency department care. She has worked in both community and inpatient settings and in management and clinical roles at many times throughout her career.

More recently, Gisele has enjoyed project positions and policy development positions within the healthcare sector.

Her formal qualifications include a Bachelor of Social Work, Masters of Public Health, and a Graduate Certificate in Research Methods.

For Gisele, clinical supervision has been with her throughout all the changes in her career. She is passionate about the role clinical supervision plays in sustaining and supporting health professionals to do the important work they do each day in caring for others. Gisele believes that clinical supervision is a way of caring for ourselves so that we can continue to care for others.

Julie Skinner – Secretary

Julie is passionate about fostering sustainable self-care in the lives of her clients nurturing sustained personal and professional growth. With a background in mental health nursing she understands the connection our emotional and mental wellbeing has on our professional lives.

She is a credentialed coach, clinical supervisor, mentor and facilitator. Julie co-facilitates the role development model with Paul Spurr and led the training of an intake last year. She has experience in management in hospital settings. She has also implemented and managed several programs in the health setting both in leadership development and reflective practice including coordinating the clinical supervision program.

She is part of a small team delivering an internationally recognised Diploma Coaching, Mentoring and Interpersonal Facilitation. She supports and fosters the development of the students with individual and group mentoring sessions. She is also involved with the planning and delivery of course content as well as being responsible for assessing student work. Julie regularly presents at nursing, coaching and yoga conferences on the benefits of coaching, clinical supervision, reflective practice and self care.

Julie owns and operates her own business, CoreTrue. Her clients are from diverse backgrounds and she offers individual and group clinical supervision, coaching, mentoring and workshops including effective self-care and professional caring boundaries. Her first book, Nursing by Heart offering transformational self-care for health professionals was published in 2015. Julie believes whilst self-discovery is challenging it can also be fun.

Paul Spurr – Vice President

Paul, as a general registered nurse and a credentialed mental health nurse, recognises the importance of confidential reflection for health professionals to explore their practice and remain vibrant in their work.

Highlights of his career include appointments to psychiatric and general hospitals in Sydney in the capacity of Director of Nursing. Paul’s interest in providing clinical supervision training and facilitation led to forming his private business, Clinical Supervision Consultancy in 2002. He has since conducted over 200 workshops for government and non-government organisations, and privately funded courses in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, and continues to do so.

In 2013, the NSW Health Education and Training Institute (HETI) engaged Paul to focus-test the Superguide: A Supervision Continuum for Nurses and Midwives in NSW, in line with best practice. He was part of an expert group guiding its development, presenting at the HETI Clinical Supervision Masterclass Series across NSW in 2014.

Paul once ran a marathon, and Fargo is his favourite movie. Paul is currently the Vice President of ACSA.