Description:
The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital is a world class specialist hospital in eye and ear care providing services across Victoria. As Australia’s only specialist eye, ear, nose and throat hospital, the Eye and Ear has been providing care for the senses for over 160 years. The Eye and Ear has almost 90 different outpatient clinics for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of vision and hearing loss and provides a 24-hour emergency eye and ear, nose and throat service.
Every year the Eye and Ear cares for nearly 200,000 patients, with over 136,000 outpatients, over 42,000 emergency patients and over 14,000 inpatients. The hospital recently completed a major redevelopment to create a modern internal structure and to improve access for patients, visitors and staff.
Our Vision
We will inspire and advance specialist eye and ENT care.
Our Mission
We improve health and wellbeing outcomes through excellence in:
1. Clinical Care
2. Teaching
3. Education
4. Research
5. Innovation
Our Values - Integrity, Inclusive and Accessible Care, Collaboration, Excellence
About the Role
Fulltime Fixed Term- commencing August 2025
The Medical Officer (Senior Registrar) will provide high quality medical services to Ophthalmology patients within the limits of his/her experience and competence, whilst obtaining further skills in the assessment and treatment of ophthalmic conditions.
The Medical Officer will provide an in-hours and out-of-hours service to the hospital in general and acute ophthalmology. The roster includes sessions in the Emergency Department, Acute Ophthalmology and Surgical Ophthalmology clinics. There will be the opportunity to attend some specialist ophthalmology clinics, and there may be an opportunity to undertake unsupervised cataract surgery depending on experience. There will be significant teaching and supervising of junior medical staff in our Emergency Department, outpatient clinics and theatres. On-call will be required. Some overnight shifts will be required (approximately 3-4 nights every 4 weeks).
Successful applicants have usually completed at least 4 years of specialist ophthalmology training prior to commencing a Medical Officer role.
The Eye and Ear is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a work environment free from harassment or discrimination and to promoting cultural diversity and awareness in the workplace.
The Eye and Ear is a smoke free environment.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.
At The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, we are committed to supporting people with disability to gain employment and develop their careers; we encourage you to apply. If you would like further information about this role, please contact the hiring manager.
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, a working with children check (if applicable) and evidence of vaccination status. All staff must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 (3 doses) and for clinical staff, patient facing staff and staff working in clinical areas, it is a mandatory requirement to provide evidence of a current influenza vaccination.
Please click on the links to the following documents:
Application Guidelines: Medical Officer (Senior Officer) Application Guidelines
Medical Staff Application Form: Junior Medical Staff Application Form
Position Description: Medical Officer (Senior Registrar) in Ophthalmology 2025
Position Information Package: Medical Officer (Senior Registrar) in Ophthalmology Information Package 2025
For further information please contact: juniormedicalstaffrecruitment@eyeandear.org.au or telephone Hiring Manager Dennis Lim on (61 3) 9929 8952
Application Close Date: 17th March 2025