Lead Clinician

Location: North West Region | Bendigo

Job type: Not provided

Organisation: Bendigo Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training, Health and Allied Health, Medical and Nursing, Medical, Nursing

Reference: 15189

**Work in an environment that offers**:

- A supportive environment for career progression and development
- An ability to live and work close to home
- Excellent clinical exposure across a range of specialties

**The Position**

Position Title: Lead Clinician, Older Persons Community Mental Health Team
Classification: dependent on qualifications
Salary per hour (exc. super): dependent on qualifications
Hours per fortnight: 80 with an ADO every 4 weeks
Employment Status: Ongoing Full Time
Other requirements: COVID-19 Vaccination

**Role Description**

The Older Persons Community Mental Health Team enhances the capacity to Bendigo Health Care Group Mental Health and Wellbeing Services to provide treatment to older adults 65+ who have a complex mental health disorder.

As well as providing a community based older adult mental health service in Bendigo, psychiatric services also has community based teams located in 5 rural areas throughout the region
- Castlemaine, Kyneton, Maryborough, Echuca and Swan Hill. These multidisciplinary teams provide care to persons living in communities experiencing mental illness.

In context of an integrated community mental health team, and under the direction of the Manager and team psychiatrist, Community Mental Health Clinicians provide psychiatric intake assessments and treatment, psycho-education and support for consumers 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 Clinical Operations Division encompasses acute, allied health, cancer and mental health services. We provide a wide range of general medical, surgical and specialty services including but not limited to; Oncology, Cardiology, Renal, Emergency, Women’s and Children’s, Critical Care, Specialist Clinics, Cancer Clinics and Mental Health Services. Our Allied Health teams provide a diverse range of programs and person centred care in inpatient, outpatient, community, home and residential care settings.

**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.

**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.