• Exciting opportunity to support the cardiovascular clinical trials program at The Kolling Institute of Medical Research
• Located at The University of Sydney’s Northern Clinical School based at the Royal North Shore Hospital
• Part time 0.6FTE, fixed term 12-month appointment with an $84K p.a (pro-rata) base salary plus superannuation

Job Reference Number: 1747/0918F

About the opportunity 

Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death and disability. The main role of the position will be to assist establishment and performance of investigator clinical trials in cardiovascular medicine across Sydney Health Partners. The Position will be based at Northern Clinical School- but be an essential position supporting the growing Sydney Health Partners cardiovascular clinical trials program.

Sydney Health Partners is one of the first four Advanced Health Research and Translation Centres in Australia, recognised by the National Health and Medical Research Council in 2015 for being a world leader in translating research into better health outcomes for our community. Patient and public benefit is at the core of what we do. Through our Partnership we are committed to fostering cutting edge collaboration and using the outcomes of health and medical research to improve the lives of our patients and community faster and more consistently.

Our Partnership - the first of its kind in New South Wales  - is made up of the Sydney, Northern Sydney and Western Sydney Local Health Districts; the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (Westmead); the University of Sydney; and nine affiliated independent medical research institutes.

We are seeking a Research Officer to work with leading experts in cardiovascular disease management and prevention, and participate in a dynamic research network, with outstanding career development opportunities. The position will support projects aiming to improve patient outcome in Cardiovascular and Peripheral Arterial Diseases.  

Reporting to the Chief Investigator, Professor Gemma Figtree, you will:

• Provide administrative and operational support to the cardiovascular clinical trials program
• Assist in the development of appropriate quality activities for clinical trials
• Ensure that ethics guidelines, standards and WHS requirements are met for the project
• Conduct data collection from the participants and entry of patient and medical record data 
• Contribute to recruitment and tracking of participants for investigator initiated clinical studies
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with clinical trial stakeholders
• Aid in the coordination, management and conduct of clinical trials

The University of Sydney encourages part-time and flexible working arrangements, which will be considered for this role.

About you

The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance of recruiting talent aligned to these values and are looking for a Research Officer who possesses:

• A Bachelor of Nursing and Post Graduate Cardiac Specialty Certificate and/or relevant work experience in a related field
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to independently prioritise workload and manage competing demands
• Well-developed interpersonal, negotiation and facilitation skills in a multidisciplinary setting
• Demonstrated ability to screen, recruit, enrol, randomise and follow patients in clinical trials
• Demonstrated ability to collect and enter clinical data
• Experience in managing documents, endnote files, and databases

Prior experience in working with cardiac patients and knowledge of cardiac disorders is highly desirable.

About us

The Northern Clinical School comprises a range of clinical teaching facilities spread over the whole of the northern area of Sydney and beyond. The School is headquartered at the Royal North Shore Hospital, which has provided teaching to undergraduate medical students for over 50 years.

Since our inception 160 years ago, the University of Sydney has led to improve the world around us. We believe in education for all and that effective leadership makes lives better. These same values are reflected in our approach to diversity and inclusion and underpin our long-term strategy for growth. We’re Australia's first university and have an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. Across our campuses, we employ over 7600 academic and non-academic staff who support over 60,000 students.

We are undergoing significant transformative change which brings opportunity for innovation, progressive thinking, breaking with convention, challenging the status quo, and improving the world around us.

How to apply

For more information on the position and University, please view the candidate information pack available from the job’s listing on the University of Sydney careers website.

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website.  Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number 1747/0918F to apply.

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Closing Date: 11:30pm Wednesday 3^rd October 2018

The University of Sydney is committed to diversity and social inclusion. Applications from people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; equity target groups including women, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged.

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