Associate Professor Martin Jones

Martin Jones joined the University of South Australia in 2013 as Associate Dean Research for the Centre for Regional Engagement and the University Department of Rural Health. In May 2014, Martin became the Director of the University Department of Rural Health.

Previously Martin has worked in the National Health Service, in the United Kingdom having pursued a career in mental health. He has specialist experiences in leading and developing mental health services for people with Serious Mental Illness. He has actively led Mental Health Nurse prescribing in the UK and developed models of care to enhance the acute inpatient service experience.

Recently he has developed systems to provide assurance about the quality of health care. During the past ten years Martin has developed a research portfolio in the areas of preparing Mental Health Nurses to undertake new roles, helping people with schizophrenia to adhere with medicines, improve the physical health wellbeing of people living with Serious Mental Health problems. His current area of interest and is to develop workforce development programmes to improve the health and wellbeing of Regional Australians.

Current Active Research

2015-16 Assoc Prof Martin Jones, Dr Fedous Alam and Kari Vallury Understanding the needs of families living with Cardiac Vascular Disease and Depression in Rural South Australia:

2015-16 Assoc Prof Martin Jones, Ms Lee Martinez Nurses Memorial Fund, Preparing A Community Mental Health Team To Practice Adherence Therapy In Regional Australia, $24,000

2015-2016 Assoc Prof Jones M, Misan G, Muyambi K and Martinez L, Country Health South Australia Evaluating the impact of new regional mental health rehabilitation service $70,000

2015-2018 Assoc Prof Jones M, Martinez L, Muyambi K, Evaluating the impact of Roxby Downs Public Health Programme $70,000

2015-2016 Assoc Prof Jones M, Vallury K and Alam K Systematic Review: Does Working With Families Reduce Depression In People Living with CVD

2015-2016 Assoc Prof Jones M and Krugger M, Evaluation of the impact of preparing Non-Government Workers to conduct physical health checks with people with a Serious Mental Illness, University Department of Rural Health $10,000

2015-16 Prof Nicholas Procter and A/Professor Martin Jones, Dr Monika Ferguson, Ms Lee Martinez, Ms Kathryn Cronin, Ms Lynne James, and A/Prof Jim Dollman. Distress Management, Mental Deterioration and Suicide Risk: A Rural and Regional Intervention and Workforce Development Initiative. University of South Australia University Department of Rural Health, $120,000. 2015-2017 Assoc Professor Martin Jones and Professor Robyn

2015-2016 Prof Robyn Clarke and Assoc Prof MartinJones M and Assoc Prof James Dollman Rural clinician attitudes to cardiac rehabilitation enabler or barrier $20,000

2015-2016 Assoc Prof Martin Jones M, Myambi K and Martinez L Examining Rural clinician attitudes toward extending their mental health roles

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Nursing University of Essex

• Master of Science in Mental Health Interventions Middlesex University London