Lead Clinician

**Enterprise Agreement / Classification**

Individual Contracts - VARIOUS - XXXX

**Hours per Fortnight**

**Position Summary**

**Work in an environment that offers**:

- An opportunity to further your career
- An opportunity to support the growth in demand for services
- A dynamic and growing health service that embraces new technologies

**The Position**
- Position Title: Lead Clinician - Castlemaine Community Mental Health
- Classification: NP81 - NP74, YC42 - YC45, YB20 - YB23
- Salary per hour (exc. super): $42.82 - $ 54.26 dependent on qualifications
- Hours per fortnight: 56
- Employment Status: Part-time fixed-term
- Other requirements: COVID-19 Vaccination

**Role Description**
- In the context of an integrated community mental health team, and under the direction of the Manager and team Psychiatrist, the Community Mental Health Lead Clinician will provide assessment and treatment, psycho-education and support for patients of Psychiatric Services and their families /carer(s).

**Bendigo Health**
- Our 700 bed state of the art hospital was built in 2017. We are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture. We have all of the latest technologies allowing our 5000 staff to deliver
- _Excellent Care to Every Person, Every Time._ Remuneration is in accordance with Victorian Public Health Enterprise Agreements and generous salary packaging arrangements are offered to all staff. Bendigo Health offer:

- Flexible Working Arrangements
- Salary Packaging
- Financial relocation support available for eligible applicants
- Reimbursements for the cost of obtaining any required pre-employment checks (Police Check, WWCC and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check)
- Staff health and wellbeing programs
- Access to recommended immunisations
- Smoke free environment
- If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

**The Team**
- The team is part of Bendigo Health’s Mental Health Department. As well as providing a community based adult mental health service in Bendigo, psychiatric services also has community based teams located in 5 rural areas throughout the region - Castlemaine, Kyneton, Maryborough in the South and Echuca and Swan Hill in the North. These multidisciplinary teams provide care to persons living in their communities experiencing mental illness 16 - 64 years.

**Bendigo Region**
- Bendigo is one of Victoria’s fastest growing regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 300,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.
- Castlemaine is an historic bustling town renowned for its eclectic arts scene, rich gold rush history, and growing reputation as a fine food destination

**Diversity and Inclusion**
- Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

**Selection Criteria**
- Essential : Bachelor of Nursing, Social Work or Bachelor of Applied Science plus post graduate qualifications in Occupational Therapy. Post graduate diploma in psychiatric/mental health nursing or related field; or completed a specialist undergraduate psychiatric nursing program or a specialist post basic
- Essential : Relevant work experience, usually at least two years, in a variety of mental health settings
- Essential : Knowledge in community based psychiatric triage, assessment, support and treatment of people with a mental illness and associated complex issues and demonstrated commitment to, an integrated community based treatment model
- Essential : Knowledge and experience working with the Mental Health Act 2014, and knowledge of relevant state-wide Psychiatric Service Frameworks Procedures and Guidelines and Bendigo Health policy and procedures
- Essential : Experience in liaising and consulting with relevant family members, team members, and a broad range of health professionals and community agencies
- Essential : Demonstrated evidence of participation in education and training to other staff, and commitment to ongoing professional development
- Essential : A personal approach which is positive, enthusiastic, friendly and helpful with the ability to develop effective working relationships with a broad range of health professionals and community agencies, strategically prioritise work demands, and high level organisational, leadership, communication