Lead Clinician

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Full-time

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Grade not specified

**Occupation**:Health and allied health

**Location**:Loddon Mallee - Greater Bendigo

**Reference**:2906

**Work in an environment that offers**:

- Located at the John Bomford Centre
- An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
- 5 Weeks Annual Leave

**The Position**

**Job Reference**: 2906

**Position Title**:Lead Clinician
**Classification**:Registered Nurse Grade 3, Social Worker Grade 2, Occupational Therapist Grade 2.
**Salary per fortnight (exc. super)**: $3,385.80 - $4,311.20
**Hours per fortnight**:64 - 80 hours (80 hours includes an ADO every 4 weeks)
**Employment Status**:Ongoing and Fixed term Full time and Part time positions available

Applications will be assessed continuously - interviews may commence prior to advertised closing date.

We're looking for a passionate **Community Mental Health Clinician** to join the **Bendigo Adult Community Mental Health Team (BACMHT)** at the **John Bomford Centre**.
- In this role, you’ll support adults experiencing mental health challenges by providing assessment, treatment, and recovery-focused care in the community. Working closely with a multidisciplinary team, you'll:
- Deliver individualised care and support plans- Provide therapy and psychoeducation to clients and families- Coordinate with other services and support discharge planning- Monitor mental health and medication effects- Contribute to community education and awareness
- Whether you're a nurse, social worker, occupation therapist, or psychologist, your skills will make a real difference. Supportive team. Diverse caseload. Meaningful impact.

**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.

**Bendigo Region**
- Bendigo is one of Victoria’s largest regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 320,000 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.

**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 **Annette Hope, Manager** on **5440 6529** 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.

**Position Description**:HERE**

**Careers Video Reference**:

- Why work in Mental Health and Wellbeing at Bendigo Health
- Regional Mental Health and Wellbeing Careers at Bendigo Health
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Careers at Bendigo Health

- Applications close Tuesday 3 March 2026 at 11.59pm

Posted
- 3 September 2025