Lead Clinician - Mental Health

at  Bendigo Health

WORK IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT OFFERS:

• Support for career progression and development
• An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
• An ability to live and work in a vibrant regional setting

The team is part of Bendigo Health’s Mental Health Department.
As well as providing a community based adult mental health service in Bendigo, psychiatric services also has community based teams located in 5 rural areas throughout the region - Castlemaine, Kyneton, Maryborough in the South and Echuca and Swan Hill in the North. These multidisciplinary teams provide care to persons living in their communities experiencing mental illness 16 - 64 years.
In the context of an integrated community mental health team, and under the direction of the Manager and team Psychiatrist, Community Mental Health Clinicians provide psychiatric triage, intake, assessment and treatment, psycho-education and support for patients of Psychiatric Services and their families /carer(s).
Treatment and support is recovery focused and provided during all stages of illness. While these rural teams provide assessment, treatment and short-long term interventions Monday to Friday, out of hours and weekend crisis assessment and treatment is managed through the Regional Psychiatric Triage Service.
As with the Bendigo Adult Community Mental Health Team (BACMHT), as well as providing proactive treatment and support in the community setting, lead clinicians remain involved in the care, treatment and discharge planning of their patients throughout any inpatient and/or residential admissions. Referral to any of the regional adult community mental health teams is typically through Bendigo Health’s Regional Psychiatric Triage Service.