• Full Time commencing February 2020 for a 12 month period

The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital is Australia’s only specialist eye, ear, nose and throat hospital. We have been here for Victorians, caring for their senses and improving their quality of life for over 150 years. The hospital operates from a central hub in East Melbourne and also provides support for service delivery in other outpatient and community settings in Victoria and via telemedicine facilities. As the largest public provider of ophthalmology and ENT services in Victoria we deliver more than half of Victoria’s public eye surgery and all of Victoria’s public cochlear implants. We see over 220,000 patients a year, with over 160,000 outpatients, nearly 44,000 emergency patients and nearly 18,000 inpatients.

The Eye and Ear has over 60 different outpatient clinics for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of vision and hearing loss and provides a 24 hour Emergency Department for patients requiring urgent care and treatment for their eyes, ears, nose or throat.

The Unaccredited ENT Registrar will provide high quality services to Otolaryngology patients of the Hospital within the limits of his/her experience and competence, whilst obtaining postgraduate skills in the assessment and treatment of Otology, Rhinology and Head and Neck conditions.  The Registrar will attend the Emergency Department and ENT outpatient clinics, and have the opportunity to attend supervised operating lists.  The Registrar will have access to senior clinicians and will have access to formal and informal teaching opportunities.  The role includes teaching and supervision of junior medical staff and thus require solid ENT experience.  Note that the role will require night, evening and weekend work.

Salary and conditions of employment will be in accordance with the AMA Victoria Doctors-in-Training Agreement 2018.