Lead Clinician

**Enterprise Agreement / Classification**

Individual Contracts - VARIOUS - XXXX

**Hours per Fortnight**

**Position Summary**

**If you are a dedicated, caring and passionate Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker looking to grow your career in Child and Adolescent mental health, then we're looking for you**
- Part time temporary position with a leader in regional healthcare - ongoing employment opportunities available.
- An opportunity to make a difference in the lives of our clients and their families
- Professional development opportunities galore to support clinicians to gain specific contemporary skills in working with young people and families.

**The Position**
Positon Title: Lead Clinician - CAMHS
- Classification: NP81 - NP74; YC42 - YC45; YB20 - YB23
- Salary per hour (exc. super): $42 - $54 per hour dependent upon classification
- Hours per fortnight: Full time or part time negotiable
- Employment Status: Part-time, Permanent or Temporary on negotiation.
- Key Requirements: COVID -19 Vaccination

**Role Description**
- You will provide holistic, family centred, assessment, early intervention, clinical treatment and support for children / young people and their family/ carer (s).
- Identify, engage & collaborate with other key community agencies and service providers involved in the recovery, support and discharge planning consistent with the child / young person and their family / carer (s) needs.
- Work within a dedicated, supportive multidisciplinary team.

**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. Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) is a community based, multidisciplinary team that works with children and adolescents 0 - 18 years who are displaying serious emotional, relationship, personal care or behavioural disturbances that impact on family and social relationships and/or their functioning in school or the workplace.

**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.

**Selection Criteria**
- Essential : Current registration as Registered Nurse or Occupational Therapist with AHPRA or; Social Worker - membership/meets the eligibility requirements for membership, with the Australian Association of Social Work. Post graduate qualifications in mental health related field or working towards same
- Essential : Knowledge and experience working with the Victorian Mental Health Act (2014), the Child and Young People Act 2008, amendments, and knowledge of relevant state-wide Psychiatric Service Frameworks Procedures and Guidelines and Bendigo Health policy and procedures
- Essential : Experience in child and adolescent mental health services or able to demonstrate an aptitude for such work
- Essential : Demonstrated commitment and experience in an integrated community based treatment model for people with a mental illness and associated complex issues
- 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 : High level of organisational, leadership, communication and in