Job Description

• Assessing patients' mental and physical status to determine the nature and extent of mental, emotional and behavioural disorders
• Assessing patients' medical, psychiatric and psychological histories
• Examining patients to determine general physical condition
• Ordering laboratory tests, imaging, neuropsychological tests and other diagnostic procedures
• Examining the results of tests and examinations to determine the most appropriate forms of treatment
• Prescribing and administering medication, psychotherapy, and other physical treatments and rehabilitation programs
• Arranging admission to hospitals and providing in-patient treatment
• Consulting, supervising and working with other Medical Practitioners and Health Professionals
• Determining whether patients require involuntary treatment in accordance with relevant mental health acts
• Assisting courts and other statutory bodies in managing patients in legal and forensic settings
• Teaching medical students and registrars, and assessing their progress by administering tests