The Older Persons Mental Health Service (OPMHS) provides comprehensive multidisciplinary assessment and treatment of older adults with complex mental health conditions in a range of settings including acute inpatient and community mental health.  This position will provide clinical leadership,

supervision and training within multidisciplinary adult mental health team/s across the Service, to support high quality patient care. To facilitate continuous service evaluation, and allow to develop service initiatives in mental health. 

The role of the Senior Medical Officer (SMO) is to provide high quality clinical and non-clinical services to directly or indirectly benefit the patients/clients of the Health Service.  This includes research as well as teaching the health professionals of the future.  In addition to the key responsibilities listed below, the role of the Senior Medical Officer is to provide such services as may be reasonably directed from time to time by the Prof...