Lead Clinician

**Work in an environment that offers**:\
- Excellent clinical exposure across a range of specialties

**The Position**

**Job Reference**: 1981

**Position Title**:Lead Clinician - Castlemaine Community Mental Health
**Classification**:NP81 - NP74, YC42 - YC45, YB20 - YB23
**Salary per hour (exc. super)**: $44.55 - $56.73
**Hours per fortnight**:48 Hours
**Employment Status**:Ongoing Part Time

**Closing date**:**07/03/2025

In a multi-disciplinary integrated community mental health team, and under the direction of the Team Psychiatrist, Senior Clinician, and Manager, the responsibilities include providing intake coordination, assessment, and clinical treatment, including crisis assessment, intensive treatment, case management, and support for patients, their families, and carers; participating in bio-psycho-social treatment modalities in both individual and group settings; formulating, negotiating, documenting, monitoring, and maintaining Individual Service Plans (ISP) in consultation with the patient, family, carers, and other care providers; engaging with key community agencies and service providers for rehabilitation, recovery, support, and discharge planning based on the needs of patients and families; participating in community consultation, awareness, and education activities, and developing community resources to increase understanding of psychiatric disorders and service delivery models; contributing to multi-disciplinary team processes by offering discipline-specific advice and guidance to junior staff and students; working flexible hours, including weekends, depending on service requirements; and performing other duties as directed.

**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 **Geoff Gunstone, Manager** on **5471 1000** 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.