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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
Integrity
– We act ethically, accept personal accountability, communicate openly and honestly and treat everyone with trust and respect.
Inclusive and Accessible Care
– We are compassionate, thoughtful and responsive to the needs of our consumers
Collaboration
– We communicate openly, respect diversity of views and skills, and work effectively with partners and in multidisciplinary teams to deliver optimal outcomes
Excellence
– We give our personal best at all times, deliver exemplary care and experience, monitor performance, and seek continuous improvement through innovation
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About the Role
Medical Retina Fellow




commencing February ****
The Medical Retina Unit has two fellowship positions starting February and one starting in August each year.
The unit is headed by Dr AmyCohn and there are twenty consultants attached to the unit, all of whom have completed subspecialty fellowship training in retina.
The position is a combination of clinical (0.8 FTE) through the Royal Victorian eye and Ear Hospital and research through the Centre for Eye Research Australia / Cerulea (0.2 FTE).
The Fellow attends both Medical Retina and Ocular Immunology Clinics each week.
There is also the opportunity for rotation through Ocular Genetics, Vitreo-retinal and Ocular Oncology clinics.
Fellows will be rostered to weekly intravitreal injection and laser clinics.
There is a fortnightly cataract surgery list primarily for patients with retinal disease.
Successful applicants are expected to have experience in retinal laser, intravitreal injections and cataract surgery.
There is a weekly angiogram meeting for interesting case discussion and teaching.
In addition, fellows will have the opportunity to present at department meetings.
The research is supervised by Professor Robyn Guymer (Head of Macular Research Unit) and Professor Lyndell Lim (Head of Uveitis and Retinal Vascular Disease Research).




Two sessions per week are dedicated to research and ongoing involvement with trials supervised by the Macular Research Unit and Clinical Trials Unit.
The Medical Retina Fellow participates in the Emergency Department roster with hours ranging from **** to **** and Saturday or Sunday shifts as rostered.
After hours on call will be required.
Salary and conditions of employment for the clinical fellows will be in accordance with the Australian Medical Association (Victoria) Doctors-in-Training Agreement *********.
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 setting.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.
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.
The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital is committed to achieving equality in health status between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Aboriginal Australians.
We acknowledge that the land we meet and work upon is the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation.
We value the diversity and strength of our people and communities.
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📌 Medical Retina Fellow (Melbourne)
🏢 Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
📍 Melbourne