From Bump to Babes - client journey through an inpatient mother & baby mental health unit

Join us for an interactive and practical information session with Clinical Nurse Consultant, Carmen Xidis discussing how we work with perinatal women in an inpatient mental health setting, including case study review. Carmen will present the client journey from referral through to discharge and include information on attachment.

Carmen Xidis, Clinical Nurse Consultant, St John of God Burwood Hospital

Carmen has worked with St John of God Health Care for the better part of 25 years. During her time with the service, Carmen has moved through different roles including, ECT Coordinator, Acting Nurse Unit Manager of the General Psychiatric, Mother Baby Unit and the Mood Disorders Units and more recently Acting Clinical Lead and Patient Experience role.  Carmen completed the Graduate Diploma in Perinatal Infant Mental Health in 2018. Her current position is Clinical Nurse Consultant of the Mother Baby Unit. This position involves working closely with our Perinatal Research team on new and exciting projects in the field, including developing and establishing a clinical support network for integrated psycho-social assessment and development of referral and care pathways working collaboratively with maternity services. More recently Carmen has been involved in a project focused on the development of an online and telehealth perinatal program.