Research Co-ordinator

7 days ago


Sydney, Australia The Garvan Institute of Medical Research Full time

The Australian Genomic Cancer Medicine Program (AGCMP) encompasses several cohort studies to improve the understanding, early detection, prevention and management of cancer. This includes the Genetic Cancer Risk in the Young (RisC) Study, the closely aligned International Sarcoma Kindred Study (ISKS) and the Surveillance study in Multi-Organ Cancer prone syndromes (SMOC) which are all recruiting patients at multiple sites in Australia. A Research Coordinator is required to primarily be part of the RisC/ISKS/SMOC team

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Research Coordinator will work as part of the RisC/ISKS/SMOC team to assist in co-ordination of the day to day activities associated with patient participation in the program. This will include contact with patients, liaison with clinicians and medical services and facilitation of biospecimen collection and processing

**Salary**: Up to $65,000 + 10.5% Super + Salary Packaging

Employment Type: 12 Month Contract

SNAPSHOT OF BENEFITS- Generous salary packaging to save you income tax on your wages thereby boosting your monthly take home pay (max. $15,900 general expenses + $2,650 meals/accom)- Ample opportunities for on-going training and development- Stimulating, diverse and highly international research environment- Some flexibility in work arrangements e.g. location, start / finish times etc- 18 weeks paid parental leave for both parents including paid superannuation- A range of additional leave types to meet your personal needs including cultural leave, conference leave, community service and study leave- Discounted Health Insurance- Lifestyle discounts with our community partners

WHAT YOU WILL DO

The key responsibilities include:
- Identify suitable research participants- Explain the research projects and obtain informed consent- Arrange appointments with study participants- Provide general information about the projects- Administer research questionnaires online or hard copy- Coordinate blood collections and liaise with pathology services to obtain tumour samples, coordinate sample transfer and storage- Collect clinical data and perform data entry- Coordinate all aspects of study participation in a well-organised manner- Ensure data security is maintained to protect patient records, both physically and electronically

ABOUT YOU

The key skills and experience include:
- An appropriate science, psychology or related degree, or equivalent- Strong interpersonal skills- Well-developed administrative abilities- A strong commitment to quality- Excellent oral and written communication skills- Sensitivity to patients privacy and needs- Excellent attention to detail- Consistent interpretation of data

Desirable- Previous experience in a similar role- Clinical experience- Knowledge and/or experience with database systems and records management

ABOUT GARVAN

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research is an independent Medical Research Institute (MRI) in Sydney, delivering scientific and clinical impact on a global basis and in partnership with organisations that share our vision. We are proud to be one of Australia’s largest and most highly regarded MRI’s.

Our vision is global leadership in discoveries to impact and our enduring purpose is to impact human health, by harnessing information encoded in our genome.

We seek to see our world-class discovery research achieve life-changing impacts, not only for individual patients with rare diseases, but for the many thousands affected by complex, common disease.
- Garvan promotes a diverse workplace and is committed to the principles of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. We are always looking for culture ‘add’, not culture ‘fit’ and are building diverse teams with great sets of complementary styles and skills to help deliver our important work effectively._

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