Clinical Research Assistant

Posted: 14/03/2023

Closing Date: 13/04/2023

Salary: $83,418.00 - $95,406.00

Job Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Gladesville

Job Category: Allied Health,Other

**Our Purpose and Ambition**

NextSense, formerly Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC), is a not-for-profit organisation supporting people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision across Australia. We work with children, adults and their families to educate and create an individual program of care that meets their unique needs. We’re a registered NDIS provider, and we work with our clients to achieve their own goals and potential.

NextSense has been breaking boundaries since 1860, and we’ve been expanding our services ever since. Today, we deliver world-class education, cochlear implant, allied health, therapy, research and clinical services to children, adults and their families.

We provide a holistic approach to hearing services for newborns through to people over 90 years old, and we help children who are blind or have low vision to develop the right skills, mobility and independence to confidently explore their world.

We’re committed to research and innovation; harnessing the latest technologies and new ways of thinking and educating the next generation to lead the way in hearing and vision services.

**The Role**

Reporting to the Services Integration Manager, the Clinical Research Assistant works collaboratively with a range of NextSense stakeholders and partners, to implement & conduct clinical studies, ensuring the quality of the projects and reports.

The key responsibilities include:

- Reviews study requirements; conducts pre-study visits and drafts pre-study evaluation reports
- Participates in the implementation of clinical studies: may coordinate and communicate with other investigators and their staff; ensures compliance with terms and conditions
- Ensures the quality of the project: verifies materials and data integrity
- Closes clinical studies: verifies the integrity of investigator files; ensures availability of clinical and non-clinical materials;
- Assists in writing reports/publications/manuscripts and presentations
- Reviews study requirements; conducts pre-study visits and drafts pre-study evaluation reports.
- Working with the Research Committee, coordinate, plan, execute and close research projects
- Maintains the quality of the work, relationships and liaison with stakeholders as required
- Monitors the conduct of research projects and compliance with established timelines
- Adheres to protocol regulatory requirements, good clinical practice regulations, and standard operating procedures
- Ensures compliance with the patient-consent process
- Verifies the receipt, handling, accounting, storage conditions, and availability of clinical products under investigation
- Collects and verifies compliance and quality of collected data

**What we can offer you**
- Competitive remuneration
- 100% salary packaging allowing you to increase your take home pay
- Extensive personal/carer’s leave
- 2 weeks paid leave over Christmas in addition to 4 weeks annual leave
- Paid parental leave of 14 weeks for primary carer and 6 weeks for secondary carer
- Access to industry leading education and professional development
- Collaborative work environment
- Wellbeing program including Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible working arrangements

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
To be successful in this role you'll need to demonstrate you meet the following selection criteria.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal relationship skills
- Statistically literate
- Experience working in a clinical context either in direct service provision or as a researcher (desirable)
- Organizational skills
- Meticulous and detail oriented
- Understanding of the regulatory context, good clinical practices, ISO 14155 and standard operating procedures (desirable)
- Current Driver’s license
- You are obliged to become familiar with, and comply with child protection policies and legislation, as amended from time to time

NextSense is an equal opportunity employer and compliance with child protection legislation is essential.