Clinical Research Officer

**Alfred Health**

Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services.
- **Fixed Term: 12 months**:

- ** Full-time or Part-time hours negotiable: 45.6-76 hours per fortnight**:

- **Classification: Research Nurse (YU13-YU14) or Grade 4-5 Administrative Worker (HS4-HS33) (dependent on qualifications and experience)**:

- **Location: Monash University, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine. 553 St Kilda Rd. Melbourne 3004.**
**Clinicians within the Department of Cardiology at the Alfred Hospital conduct research at Monash University, which is where this position will be placed.**:

- ** Excellent staff benefits**

**The Department**

Monash School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine is a teaching and research unit of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and is centred at the Alfred Hospital Campus. **The Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics (CCRET) **undertakes a broad range of clinical and applied research, from clinical trials to health services research, predominantly in cardiovascular and related diseases. It houses major clinical registries in cardiovascular diseases, which not only support research but also inform the quality and safety of clinical care. The Centre is highly collaborative, and most of its projects involve multiple research and clinical partners.

**The Role**

They will assist with the co-ordination and conduct of Associate Professor Dion Stub’s cardiovascular clinical trials’ activity. Trials into cardiac arrest, shock, myocardial infarction, and structural heart disease.

**Skills/Experience**

**Essential**
- Bachelor’s degree - in a clinically relevant field
- Masters level preferred
- Extensive experience in developing and working on research projects, including expertise in using research protocols, ethics submissions
- Experience working in the human clinical trial environment
- Experience liaising with participants/patients and health care professionals.
- High level organisational skills with demonstrated capacity to establish priorities and meet deadlines
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, take initiative, and collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team
- Advanced computer literacy, particularly with skills in research software
- Experience in data collection and data entry
- Excellent patient and family rapport

**Desirable**
- Experience in using MS Excel, Qualtrics, statistical software packages, REDCap, EndNote
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training

**Benefits**

This Clinical Research Officer role will provide the successful applicant an opportunity to contribute to the development of one of the most important national health registries and be exposed to a range of state/territory and federal government stakeholder groups. Additionally, they will be part of a highly skilled team where every day will be different.
- Salary Packaging
- Discount Health Insurance
- Onsite Gym
- Child care services

Please provide a written outline of your education, qualifications, experience (as per the Position Description) explaining why you are suitable for this role.

**If you have any enquiries regarding the role, please contact**:
**Associate Professor Dion Stub 9903 0759 or Dr Jocasta Ball 9903 0674**

Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.

All Alfred Health employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza with a TGA approved vaccine and must provide evidence of their vaccination status. This **i**s in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health’s Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

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