▷ (21/10/2025) Manager - Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (Gdm) Trial Project

Overview

This is your opportunity to contribute to our vision of creating: for our North West communities. Lead an Innovative Gestational Diabetes Research Project Join the Nursing & Midwifery Professional Practice Unit in this temporary full-time role, leading a key research project to improve care for women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in rural & First Nations communities. Pathways to better health.

Job Details

- Position status: Fixed Term Temporary
- Position type: Full-time
- Occupational group: Administration
- Classification: AO7
- Workplace Location: North West Qld
- Job ad reference: QLD/MI667051_AO7
- Closing date: 06-Nov-2025
- Fortnightly salary: $5214.20 - $5595.80
- Job duration: 12 months
- Contact person: Cassandra Bailey
- Contact details: (07) 4744 7188

North West Hospital and Health Service (HHS)

- Unique locations
- Friendly communities
- Regional, rural and remote $$$ incentives

Working with Us

- 4 weeks p.a. recreational leave with 17.5% loading bonus
- 12.75% employer contribution to superannuation

Professionally, our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff. We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in‑house training, development and mentoring programs.

The lifestyle in Mount Isa is family friendly; it is a vibrant city with an outback community feel. You will fall in love with the natural splendour of the North West Queensland region, the experience of a rural/urban community and the opportunity to make a real and positive difference … and want to stay.

The Traditional Owners of the area are the Kalkadoon people.

Mount Isa is a great place to live and work

About the Role

As the Manager – Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) Trial Project, you'll coordinate and oversee a multi‑phase research project evaluating a culturally responsive model of care for women with GDM. Working collaboratively with health professionals, researchers, and First Nations partners, you'll guide the project from design and ethics approval through to implementation and knowledge translation. Key responsibilities include:

- Coordinate all aspects of the GDM trial setup, including governance, ethics, data management and grant preparation.
- Collaborate with First Nations stakeholders to ensure culturally grounded research design and delivery.
- Support the preparation of competitive grant submissions (e.g. MRFF, NHMRC).
- Oversee project documentation, timelines, risk management and stakeholder communications.
- Contribute to developing research capacity within First Nations health organisations.
- Ensure compliance with ethical, legislative and Good Clinical Practice standards.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to research that directly impacts maternal health outcomes and builds capacity within rural and First Nations health services.

Requirements

- Possession of relevant post‑graduate experience or qualifications relevant to the responsibilities of the position is highly desirable.
- Pre‑employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including criminal history checks.
- This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, Hep B/A and Tuberculosis.

Interested?

Download the Role Description for further information and application / interview preparation.

Apply ONLINE: https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-MI667051-AO7

Contact: Cassandra Bailey on (07) 4744 7188

Applications close: Thursday, 06 November 2025

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Our vision is to be Queensland's leading HHS delivering excellence in remote healthcare to our patients, working as an integral part of the community. We are an equal opportunity employer.

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