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Community mental health (CMH) case management services in rural Australia are an important public sector mental health service, heavily relied upon by people living with serious and/or persistent mental ill-health. Chronic staffing shortages are widespread within these rural CMH services, arising from long-term vacancies and high staff turnover. This study aimed to investigate how employment and rural-living factors impacted the turnover intention of early career CMH professionals in their first few years working in rural services. Using a grounded theory methodology, the study aimed to produce a substantive theory explaining this turnover intention phenomenon as well as to identify the basic social process to assist with theoretical conceptualisation. Twenty-six in-depth interviews with early career health professionals who had worked for over 12 months for NSW Health in rural CMH positions were undertaken. |
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