Clinical Research Manager

**Position Title: Clinical Research Manager**
**Employment Type: Maximum Term, Full Time - 3 years**

**Hours: 38 hours per week**
**Position Grade: Common Law Contract**
**Salary: From $143,000.00 base per annum**
**Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations' Health Employees Agreement 2019**
**Department Name: St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research (AMR)**

**Position Summary**:
A vacancy exists in the above unit for a highly motivated **Clinical Research Manager** with appropriate knowledge and skills to join our friendly and supportive team. Our progressive and innovative team offers development opportunities for our staff and a caring environment for the delivery of high quality patient centred care. The successful applicant will be expected to provide high level managerial support to the Executive Director of Research and the Chief Operating Officer to deliver a program of strategic reform of multidisciplinary clinical research and interventional studies across the St Vincent’s Darlinghurst campus.

**Our aspirations include the following key priority areas**:

- Improve patient care by creating a vibrant clinical trials culture at St Vincent’s, where clinical trials are seamlessly part of the standard of care. Healthcare organisations that are research-active provide better clinical care and have better patient outcomes than those that are less research-active. St Vincent’s has an expectation that clinical trials are part of the standard of care.
- To align clinical trials more closely with clinical service priorities. Clinical trials will enable the delivery of the clinical services strategy (e.g. precision medicine, ambulatory care service integration and telehealth).
- To ensure St Vincent’s keeps pace with the rapidly evolving regulatory and governance frameworks for clinical trials. International regulators have mandated quality frameworks and endorsed risk-based management approaches. Australia and NSW Health are following suit. St Vincent’s will need to implement consistent quality and risk frameworks to meet the requirements as a sponsor of trials and quality recognition by external bodies.
- To position SVHN Sydney as a leader in best practice, to scale up and branch out. An innovative clinical trials model at St Vincent’s in Darlinghurst will position St Vincent’s Hospital Network (SVHN) Sydney as a leader in clinical trials.

The Clinical Trials Manager will be responsible for the operational management of the Centre for Applied Medical Research Clinical Research Program (CRP). Responsibilities included day-to-day management of facilities, its people and resources, quality management systems and training and education programs.

The vacancy is open to Australian citizens, New Zealand citizens who hold a valid New Zealand passport, Australian permanent residents and those non-residents deemed by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship to be eligible to work in Australia only.

**About St Vincent's Health Network Sydney**:
**In line with the Public Health Order, all NSW Health Workers are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. In order to be eligible for consideration for employment with St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, all recruits must provide evidence of vaccination against COVID-19, or alternatively provide a Medical Contraindication in the approved form which complies with the requirements of the Public Health Order, prior to appointment.**

**What we offer**:

- Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff
- Opportunity to access a large range of clinical and non-clinical education programs
- Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields
- Careers development opportunities across the St Vincent’s Health Australia Network.
- Employee Assistance Program
- Work/Life balance

**Application Instructions**:
**Selection Criteria**:
1. Personal integrity and demonstrated commitment to the Philosophy, Mission and Values of Mary Aikenhead Ministries and St Vincent’s Health Australia
2. Tertiary qualifications in either nursing, medical, biomedical science, allied health or health data-management.
3. Post-graduate qualifications or demonstrated experience in appropriate research, biostatistics, coordination of clinical research and clinical trials management including previous experience and understanding of relevant financial and record management
4. Demonstrated ability to provide managerial support to a large research team or organisation and ability to work autonomously and as part of a team and to support a culture of quality improvement
5. Demonstrated excellent communications and interpersonal skills including highly developed negotiation and delegation skills and the ability to motivate and coordinate staff.
6. Ability to provide accurate, timely and reliable reports using robust analytical skills.
7. Demonstrated understanding of and experience in training staff in Good Cli