Postdoctoral Research Fellow

PRIMARY DETAILJoin our team and contribute to meaningful changes in healthcare by ensuring that the perspectives of people with intellectual disability are heard and valued.

• Salary Package: Level A academic appointment - from $109,272 to $117,108 p.a. (Steps 6–8, PhD awarded rate)

• Appointment Type: Full-time, fixed-term position for 1 year (with possibility of extension)

• Location: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University (Wallumattagal Campus, North Ryde)

Be part of a passionate team that brings together healthcare consumers, clinicians, and health and medical researchers to improve healthcare for and with people with intellectual disability.

In this role, you will apply implementation science methods to explore the use of patient-reported experience measures by people with intellectual disability and their clinicians through multi-site health services research. Your work will support the advancement of healthcare practices and ensure patient experiences are effectively integrated into care delivery.

The Role

We are looking for a full-time, fixed-term Postdoctoral Researcher (Level A) to work within our team. The position will work with our expert collaborators to bring the evidence base up to date, coordinate the co-design and development of resource materials, pilot and refine the PREM resources, roll-out the PREM resources as part of a demonstration program, assist with evaluation of implementation fidelity and quality improvement project outcomes, and develop and promulgate tools for PREM scaling.

The Implementation Scientist will work with expert advisory groups including consumer representatives, and when studying and implementing interventions, will work closely with participating Local Health Districts and health agencies. The Implementation Scientist will also work with the project's mixed-methods researchers to better understand the implementation context, and the project's health economist to measure costs and benefits associated with PREMs implementation.

About Us

The Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences is ambitiously pushing the boundaries of progressive thinking and challenging what's possible to solve some of the big issues of our time, both nationally and on a global scale. The Faculty forms part of Macquarie University Health, an integrated academic health sciences enterprise which incorporates Macquarie University Hospital and primary and speciality clinics. We have active research programs in neurosciences (especially motor neuron disease, neurological rehabilitation and the clinical neuroscience of pain), cancer medicine, and vascular science, amongst others. Our Faculty hosts the Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI), an internationally acclaimed powerhouse researching health systems, e-health and patient safety. 

The Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, one of the core research centres within AIHI, has a multi-stream program of research which focuses on investigating the outcomes and safety of health services. The Centre has particular expertise in assessing the impact of information technologies and investigating the role of electronic health records and decision support in supporting improved health care delivery and health outcomes. The Centre's research team is multi-disciplinary and applies a broad range of research techniques, from RCT designs to direct observations of clinical work.

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About the Team

Listen to Me is an Australia-wide group of researchers, clinicians, and consumers that aims to improve the healthcare of people with intellectual disability. The project is led by Professor Reema Harrison at the AIHI, and involves collaborators from Sydney Children's Hospital, St Vincent's Health Australia, Northern Health, Monash Health and several universities. Other collaborators, including a range of health system agencies and departments, who make critical contributions to the implementation of the project.

Listen to Me is funded by the Medical Research Futures Fund (MRFF) and is co-producing patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) using digital tools to make them accessible for people with intellectual disability aged 6 years and older. Listen to Me includes implementation research projects to understand how to use the resulting PREMs in hospitals to understand the experiences of people with intellectual disability and make improvements in care.

Why Work at Macquarie?

Macquarie is a university on the move - we're bold, innovative, and deeply committed to staff wellbeing. We rank among the top employers in the Australian Workplace Employers Index and earned a five-star QS World Ranking for employability.

Our prime location is just a short walk from Macquarie University Metro Station and Macquarie Shopping Centre. Enjoy the benefits of working at a campus that offers:

• 17% Superannuation

• Subsidised onsite parking options

• Flexible work arrangements

• Training and professional development opportunities

• Onsite childcare facilities

• Discounted health insurance through Medibank

• Onsite vacation care

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Subsidised membership at the Sport & Aquatic Centre

• Onsite GP, imaging, and physio clinics

To Apply

To be considered for this position, applicants are asked to provide the following:

(1) A cover letter addressing the selection criteria below, and

(2) CV (including contact information for three referees) as part of the application process.

Essential Selection Criteria:

• Holder of a PhD in a relevant discipline such as a clinical discipline, psychology or a social science,

• Demonstrated understanding of the Australian health system,

• Demonstrated ability to undertake quantitative and/or qualitative data collection and analysis in support of intervention implementation,

• Demonstrated track record of peer reviewed publications in high quality journals,

• Demonstrated capacity to present papers at conferences and workshops,

• Demonstrated capacity to lead formal literature reviews,

• Experience of multi-stakeholder teamwork and capacity to work with a range of healthcare stakeholders including consumers, clinicians, managers and policy makers,

• Capacity to contribute to the academic life and administrative duties of the Centre and Institute,

• Capacity for and interest in interdisciplinary and multi-method research, and

• Capacity to travel to research sites, including interstate, for up to one week at a time.

Desirable Selection Criteria:

• Experience in health service delivery and/or the care of people with intellectual disability,

• Experience in preparing Ethics and Site governance applications, and

• Experience with successful research student supervision

Note: This position may be subject to Macquarie University's pre-employment screening requirements such as a criminal history check, immunisation/ vaccinations and/ or WWCC. You will also be required to satisfy the successful completion of an academic qualification check.

*** Please note this position is only open to Australian citizens, permanent residents and those currently residing in Australia with full working rights for the duration of the employment.

Specific Role Enquiries: Dr. Bronwyn Newman at

Recruitment Enquiries: Mirna Alaaiddin at

Application Closing Date: Monday 13 October 2025 at 11:59 p.m. (AEST)

*** Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we reserve the right to progress or decline an application prior to the application closing date.

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Applications Close:

13/10/2025 11:59 PM

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