Lead Clinician

**Work in an environment that offers**:

- Support for career progression and development
- An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
- An ability to live and work in a vibrant regional setting

**The Position**

**Job Reference**: 1707

**Position Title**: Lead Clinician - Mental Health
**Classification**: Registered Nurse Gr3, Social Worker, Gr2, Occupational Therapist Gr2.

**Salary per fortnight (exc. super)**:$3,319.40- $4,247.40
**Hours per fortnight**: up to 80 hours (includes ADO every 4 weeks)
**Employment Status**: Ongoing Full Time and Part time hours available

**Closing date**:**16/02/2025

**The Role**

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.

In the context of an integrated community mental health team, and under the direction of the Manager and team Psychiatrist, Community Mental Health Clinicians provide psychiatric triage, intake, assessment and treatment, psycho-education and support for patients of Psychiatric Services and their families /carer(s).

Treatment and support is recovery focused and provided during all stages of illness. While these rural teams provide assessment, treatment and short-long term interventions Monday to Friday, out of hours and weekend crisis assessment and treatment is managed through the Regional Psychiatric Triage Service.

As with the Bendigo Adult Community Mental Health Team (BACMHT), as well as providing proactive treatment and support in the community setting, lead clinicians remain involved in the care, treatment and discharge planning of their patients throughout any inpatient and/or residential admissions. Referral to any of the regional adult community mental health teams is typically through Bendigo Health's Regional Psychiatric Triage Service.

**Working with Bendigo Health**

Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture.

Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community.

Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time.

Bendigo Health has around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.
- We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including: Staff health and wellbeing programs
- Career development and education opportunities
- Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take-home pay each fortnight
- Flexible Working Arrangements
- Use of staff gym and pool and access to other fitness facilities through fitness passport program

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

**Your New Division**

The Mental Health Service provides psychiatric care and treatment across a large catchment area in Victoria stretching from Swan Hill in the north of the state to Gisborne in the south. Family sensitive practice is central to our models of mental health care and best practice ensures the identification, inclusion and support of families, carers and children.

**Living in Echuca**

Echucha offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting and recreational facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and recreational activities within our region.

**Interested?**

We’d love to hear from you Please ensure that you attach a cover letter and an up-to-date copy of your resume.

Need more information? Please contact** Samantha Johnson Manager** on** (03) 5481 0700** for a confidential discussion.

**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.

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