Lead Clinician - Castlemaine Community Mental Health

Work in an environment that offers: 

• An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
• An ability to live and work in a vibrant regional setting
• Excellent clinical exposure across a range of specialties

The Position 

Job Reference: 2242 

Position Title: Lead Clinician
Classification: Registered Nurse NP81-NP74, Social Worker YC42-YC45, Occupational Therapist YB20-YB23
Salary per hour (exc. super): $44.55 - $56.73
Hours per fortnight: 80 Hours (includes an ADO every 4 weeks) 
Employment Status: Ongoing Full Time or Part Time hours available 

Closing date: 04/06/2025

The Role

Join a dynamic, multi-disciplinary community mental health team where you'll make a real impact under the guidance of the Team Psychiatrist, Senior Clinician, and Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

• Client Care & Support: Conduct intake assessments, crisis interventions, and deliver clinical treatment to individuals, families, and carers.
• Treatment Planning: Create and manage Individual Service Plans (ISPs) tailored to each patient's needs—working closely with patients, families, and other care providers.
• Collaborative Care: Work alongside other professionals and community agencies to support rehabilitation, recovery, and discharge planning.
• Therapeutic Interventions: Provide individual and group-based bio-psycho-social treatments.
• Community Engagement: Contribute to mental health education, outreach, and the development of community resources.
• Full time or Part time hours available, Monday - Friday no weekend work required. 

This role offers variety, meaningful connection with the community, and the opportunity to grow professionally while supporting individuals through their mental health journey.

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.

Position Description: HERE 

Careers Video Reference: Why work in Mental Health and Wellbeing at Bendigo Health

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