The Mental Health Hospital in the Home (MH HITH) service offers an innovative alternative to inpatient care, delivering specialist mental health treatment in the comfort and familiarity of a person’s own home.
Our multidisciplinary team, comprising experienced clinicians and peer workers with lived experience, delivers intensive, recovery-focused support for adults aged 18 years and older experiencing acute mental illness. This diverse team – including registered nurses, psychiatrists, medical registrars, occupational therapists, psychologists, social workers, peer and carer support workers, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers – provides expert clinical support, evidence-based therapies, functional and psychosocial assistance, and culturally safe, person-centred interventions to promote independence and wellbeing.
The MH-HITH team delivers hospital-level mental health care in the home across the Gold Coast region through a collaborative, recovery-oriented approach. Key responsibilities include:
- Providing evidence-based treatment and clinical support at home, ensuring safety and continuity of care
- Developing individualised care plans tailored to each person’s needs and recovery goals
- Engaging families and carers as active partners to strengthen support networks
- Coordinating follow-up and transition planning post-discharge, ensuring seamless integration with community and outpatient services
Gold Coast Health is recognised for quality patient care, nursing and midwifery excellence and innovations in professional nursing and midwifery practice under the Magnet® Recognition Program.
"Walking together in kindness" artwork produced for Gold Coast Health by Riki Salam, We are 27 Creative.