Project Officer

Project Officer HS4 or Research Nurse Level 2
- Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre
- Fixed-Term Part-Time (12 months)

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

**About the Clinical Area**

**You will work collaboratively within Clinical Haematology and Palliative Care**

**Clinical Haematology**

Clinical Haematology provides services for a wide range of benign and malignant haematological conditions in the inpatient, specialist clinics, day treatment and home settings. Apheresis, autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplantation form part of the service.

**Palliative Care**

Palliative Care Services includes a 24-bed specialist inpatient Palliative Care Unit, a Consultancy service to inpatients and outpatient of Austin Health, and acute palliative care services to patients at home or residential aged care facilities.

**About the role**

The Project Officer is responsible for assisting with project coordination and implementation of **‘Early Palliative Intervention and Care for Haematology Patients’ (EPIC)**, including:
A regular day will see you:

- Manage the project to ensure timelines are met, issues and risks are identified, and appropriately managed, and high-quality deliverables are achieved
- Coordinate and facilitate regular steering committee meeting formulating agenda items and maintaining accurate recording of meeting minutes
- Recording data on electronic data capture platform and coordinating visit schedules
- Assisting to draft and coordinate resources for preparation of a manuscript and publication of study findings
- Coordinate submissions and other relevant correspondence with the Austin Health Human Research Ethics Committee

**About you**

To be successful in this role you'll bring with you:

- Relevant tertiary qualifications in healthcare, nursing, or allied health
- Excellent organisation and time-management skills with the ability to prioritise workload, meet deadlines and achieve performance targets
- Demonstrated skills and experience in data collection (quality or research projects), management, and reporting
- Demonstrated proficiency with information technology, including Microsoft Office, Teams, and Excel

**Our benefits**

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities
- Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, discounted car parking
- Five weeks annual leave (pro rata for part time), plus purchased leave options

**Inclusion at Austin Health**

**Work with us**

Selection Criteria Essential: - Demonstrated skills and experience in data collection (quality or research projects), management, and reporting
Essential: - Relevant tertiary qualifications in healthcare, nursing, or allied health
Essential: - Excellent organisation and time-management skills with the ability to prioritise workload, meet deadlines and achieve performance targets
Essential: - Highly developed written and verbal communication skills, including project report writing