Lead Clinician

1 day ago


Bendigo, Australia Bendigo Health Full time

Work in an environment that offers: 

  • Support for career progression and development
  • An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
  • A strong attitude to teaching and learning

The Position 

Job Reference: 1532

Position Title: Lead Clinician Youth Mental Health
Classification: NP81-NP74; YB20-YB23; YC42-YC45
Salary per hour (exc. super): $44.55 - $56.73
Hours per fortnight: 64 Hours
Employment Status: Ongoing Part Time 

Closing date: 25/11/2024

The Role

The team is part of Bendigo Health’s Mental and Wellbeing Health Department.

Bendigo Health Mental Health and Wellbeing Services provides a range of public mental health and wellbeing services to residents of the Loddon Campaspe Southern Mallee area.

Most mental illnesses first present in young people in their teens to mid-twenties. The Youth Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Service enhances the capacity of Bendigo Health Care Group Mental Health and Wellbeing Services to provide treatment to young people who have complex mental health disorders. The service also aims to improve access and treatment for young people with more prevalent mental health problems including complex anxiety, depression and eating disorders, and early manifestations of psychosis and personality disorders and co-morbid drug and alcohol problems.

Service provision includes comprehensive assessment, outreach treatment and continuing care for young people aged 18 to 25yrs, and support and education to their carers, associated professionals and the wider community about the nature of mental illness and its treatment.

The team is located at a service hub in Bendigo and provides Tier 3 youth clinical Mental Health and Wellbeing services across the Loddon Campaspe Southern Mallee (LCSM) region and at Bendigo YPARC. As such, some travel to service the rural areas may be required.

Objectives of the team are:

  • To reduce the prevalence of untreated mental illness amongst young people
  • To reduce the duration of untreated mental illness in young people
  • To provide education, consultation and liaison services to specialist mental health and primary care works on assessment and timely, phase specific treatment of young people experiencing mental illness
  • To provide a comprehensive and assertive community mental health service for the target group
  • To minimise the need for acute inpatient admissions
  • To maximise the use of community supports available to the patient
  • To work collaboratively with patients and their carers in relation to their treatment, recovery and rehabilitation
  • To create constructive working relationships and to develop collaborative treatment plans with workers providing services for young people

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 Deb Bell on (03) 5454 6298 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

Allied Health Credentialing and Scope of Practice Protocol: HERE

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