Clerical Research Assistant

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Not provided

Organisation: Royal Women's Hospital

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial

Reference: 24388

**Clerical Research Assistant - Gynaecology Research Centre**
- ** 1 to 2 days per week (negotiable) for 10 weeks**:

- ** Casual employment**

The Royal Women’s Hospital is Australia’s first and largest specialist hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of newborns and women of all ages. To join the Women’s is to be instrumental in forging progress towards health equity for women from ground-breaking research through to the bedside delivery of multi-disciplinary clinical care.

Creating exceptional experiences is at the heart of everything we do for our patients, their families, and our people across our specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health.

The Gynaecology 2 Unit provides clinical and surgical management of a large variety of benign gynaecological diseases.

Our major areas of focus are laparoscopic surgery, endometriosis and pelvic pain.

The Research Assistant will support research projects under the supervision of A/Prof Martin Healey and Dr Avelyn Wong, and assist with the recruitment of study participants and provide administrative support.

**Your contribution**

We are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated person to coordinate the clinical data and research needs of the Gynaecology Research Centre.

Your duties may include (but are not limited to) the following:

- Attend gynaecology outpatient clinic on Thursdays 10am - 1pm to identify and recruit (face-to-face) potential participants to clinical trials
- Follow up participants in clinical trials with phone calls/written communication
- Data entry
- Clinical trial management, organisation and administration ensuring trials run according to their protocols

**About you**

To be successful within this role you will need to have:

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Able to work in a close team environment and able to work independently
- Time management and prioritising skills with ability to adhere to deadlines
- Previous experience in clinical trials
- Holds or is working toward a Bachelor (or higher) degree
- Previous experience in recruiting patients to clinical trials (desirable)

**Our offering**

When you join the Women’s you unite with talented people who share your purpose and unwavering determination to advance health outcomes for all women. You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together in multi-disciplinary teams to ensure you find the**_ exceptional _**in your everyday.

We are proudly White Ribbon and Breastfeeding Association accredited. The Women’s is committed to gender equity principles and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women/family violence matters.

**Ready to make the move?**

**COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement**

Please be aware that in line with the Health Minister's Covid-19 Mandatory Vaccination Order, all workers at the Women's regardless of role, will be required to be fully vaccinated (3 doses) for COVID-19 or hold an acceptable medical exemption.

**Influenza Vaccination Requirement**

In line with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, some health care workers are now required to have their flu vaccination to work in health care.

As this role fits into category C of the departments risk ratings, applicants are strongly encouraged (although not required) to be vaccinated against influenza.)

All applicants will be required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination statuses.