11362NAT is the nationally accredited Course in Observing and Documenting the Mental State Examination. It prepares you for work as a registered nurse (mental health). It has been the current version on the national register since 2025, when it replaced 10881NAT. Employers posted about 7,146 registered nurse (mental health) jobs in June 2026, up 19.8% on a year earlier.
The independent signals behind the Course in Observing and Documenting the Mental State Examination line up. Registered nurse (mental health)s are in national shortage, employment is projected to grow through 2035 and job ads in June 2026 were up 19.8% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting more registered nurse (mental health) jobs than a year ago. About 7,146 registered nurse (mental health) jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 19.8% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 80,700 job ads, while 95 people were training in the course nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates nurse practitioners, registered nurse (aged care)s, registered nurse (child and family health)s, registered nurse (community health)s, registered nurse (critical care and emergency)s, registered nurse (developmental disability)s, registered nurse (disability and rehabilitation)s, registered nurse (mental health)s, registered nurse (perioperative)s and registered nurse (paediatrics)s as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Nurse Practitioner, Registered Nurse (Aged Care), Registered Nurse (Child and Family Health), Registered Nurse (Community Health), Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergency), Registered Nurse (Developmental Disability), Registered Nurse (Disability and Rehabilitation), Registered Nurse (Mental Health), Registered Nurse (Perioperative) and Registered Nurse (Paediatrics) as in national shortage; Registered Nurse (Medical), Registered Nurse (Medical Practice) and Registered Nurse (Surgical) as in shortage in regional areas; Registered Nurses nec as not in shortage.
Registered nurse (mental health) jobs are projected to keep growing strongly. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 363,766 workers in May 2025, 413,482 by May 2030 (up 13.7%) and 458,643 by May 2035 (up 26.1%).
National enrolment data for 11362NAT starts in 2025: 95 people enrolled that year. There is no earlier year to compare yet.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 11362NAT is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
Finishing the course is not the licence.
To work as a registered nurse you also register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), and your course must be ANMAC accredited. Not every provider’s course is. Check your provider and course on ahpra.gov.au before you enrol.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps 11362NAT to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 2544) so the mapping can be checked. Job advertisement counts come from the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index and count online ads, not vacancies filled. Enrolment counts come from NCVER Total VET Activity and count people in training, not completions. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.