Investigating Attraction and Retention of Staff Within Public Mental Health Services in Victoria, Australia: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Kaitlyn Crocker   ^{1, 2} , BSc, BPsycHons ;   Inge Gnatt   ^{1, 3} , BDance, GradDipPsych, BPsycHons ;   Darren Haywood   ^{1, 4, 5, 6} , BSc, BPsychHons, PhD ;   Ravi Bhat   ^{7, 8} , MBBS, DPM, MD ;   Ingrid Butterfield   ^{9, 10} , BCom, MBBS, MHM ;   Anoop Raveendran Nair Lalitha   ¹¹ , MBBS, DPM, MD ;   Ruby Bishop   ¹² , BA, MBA ;   David J Castle   ^{13, 14} , MSc, MD ;   Zoe M Jenkins   ¹ , PhD

¹ Department of Mental Health, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia

² Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Australia

³ Centre for Mental Health and Brain Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

⁴ Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Science, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

⁵ Human Performance Research Centre, INSIGHT Research Institute, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, Australia

⁶ Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

⁷ Department of Rural Health, The University of Melbourne, Shepparton, Australia

⁸ Goulburn Valley Area Mental Health Service, Goulburn Valley Health, Shepparton, Australia

⁹ HER Centre Australia, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

¹⁰ Department of Psychiatry, Cabrini Health, Malvern, Australia

¹¹ Grampians Mental Health & Wellbeing Services, Grampians Health, Ballarat, Australia

¹² Mercy Mental Health & Wellbeing Services, Mercy Health, Melbourne, Australia

¹³ School of Psychological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia

¹⁴ Centre for Mental Health Services Innovation, Statewide Mental Health Services, Tasmania, Australia