• Exciting opportunity to provide knowledge and support to the set-up and conduct of a placebo-controlled trial
• Located at the Kolling Institute, Northern Clinical School, St Leonards
• 12 month Fixed Term, full-time opportunity and base salary $73K p.a plus superannuation

About the opportunity 

The Clinical Trials Assistant will provide knowledge and support to the Clinical Trial Project Manager, Chief Investigators, Research Academics and the clinical trial team to support the trials set-up and conduct of the SUcceSS trial (SUrgery for lumbar Spinal Stenosis). The position will be working primarily on a placebo-controlled trial of surgery with the aim of assessing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of surgical decompression for patients with central canal lumbar spinal stenosis. This includes actively contributing to clinical trial activities, through coordination of core activities and contributing to data collection, with special focus on engaging with hospitals sites and staff and recruiting participants across NSW.

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 Clinical Trials Assistant who possesses the below:

• tertiary qualifications in an appropriate discipline and/or relevant experience in the related therapeutic field. A background in clinical trial data entry and data management, education in health or a health-related field and an understanding and working knowledge of Good Clinical Practice
• previous experience in developing and working on clinical trial projects, including some expertise in using clinical trial protocols, experimental design, ethics submissions and grant applications. Including sound knowledge of International Conference on Harmonisation/ Good Clinical Practice
• numeracy skills together with experience in controlling income/expenditure for reconciliation/budget tracking and managing invoice payments and purchases
• willingness and ability to travel to study sites.

The successful candidate will also be able to work independently, have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills along with excellent computer literacy skills. Patient-facing experience ideally in a health setting will be highly regarded.

About us

The position will be located within the Institute of Bone and Joint Research group (IBJR), a vibrant and growing team of senior academics, professional/postdoctoral researchers and postgraduate students at the Kolling Institute, Royal North Shore Hospital campus at St Leonards, Sydney.

For more information please refer to: http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/ibjr/research/purves.php

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 2396/1218F-1 to apply.

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Closing date: 24 January 2019

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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