Fellowships

The successful Fellow will work as part of and contribute to a multi-disciplinary team. During the 12-month Fellowship, they will have the opportunity to complete, under supervision, 100 or more of the common oculoplastic operations, including entropion, ectropion, ptosis, excision/reconstruction for periocular skin and eyelid cancers, and lacrimal drainage system reconstruction. The Fellowship includes outpatient clinic care working under the supervision of Ophthalmologists. In addition, the Fellow will assist the Acute Ophthalmic Service – a clinic that provides follow-up for patients who have been referred from the Eye Emergency department. Participation in this clinic provides fellows with the opportunity to organise and triage their own subspecialty referrals, and to maintain their clinical skills in other ophthalmic subspecialties.

NOTE: Over 50% of the fellowship is spent in the outpatient clinic working under the supervision of the Ophthalmologists.

To provide high quality services to Ophthalmology patients, whilst obtaining advanced graduate training in the area of OPAL. The position has a strong clinical component with a busy operating schedule and clinics with a significant number of new tertiary referrals from a wide source and a steady source of emergency patients.

The position also provides unpaid time for research activities to be undertaken. The Fellow is encouraged to be involved in clinical research, the preparation of papers for publication in peer reviewed journals, and presentation at national and international meetings. The Fellow is also expected to be involved in education and supervision of Registrars.

The OPAL Fellow participates in the Emergency Medicine roster with shifts ranging from 0745 to 2200 and Saturday or Sunday shifts as rostered.