Clinical Research Coordinator

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Based at the Centre for Children’s Health Research next to the Queensland Children’s Hospital, South Brisbane.
About UQ
As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.
Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.
Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of are available, such as:
26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave
17% superannuation contributions
17.5% annual leave loading
Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, and flexi-time.
Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family
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About This Opportunity
The Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre are seeking a dedicated and passionate clinical trial coordinator to join our dynamic team working of the ground-breaking Cerebral Palsy Synergy Program. This program aims to reduce the incidence and impact of cerebral palsy by developing very early biomarkers for identifying cerebral palsy risk in neonates. As a clinical trial coordinator, you will play a role in advancing our understanding of cerebral palsy and improving outcomes for children at risk.
This position will be responsible for assisting in research related activities such as project setup and administration, centralised ethics and governance coordination, participant recruitment and follow-up, data collection and database usage/support, and project progress reporting to Chief Investigators. This will be achieved through facilitating and maintaining close working relationships with multi-disciplinary clinical and research teams, students, families of children participating in the projects, and other key stakeholders across multiple sites.
This temporary role may also be of interest to early career researchers seeking to transition into this field.
Key responsibilities will include:
Develop, coordinate, and maintain all regulatory submissions for clinical projects according to good clinical practice (GCP) guidelines, relevant national and international ethics regulations, and research governance requirements across multiple clinical project sites.
Maintain project specific clinical trial management system, i.e. database design and construction in REDCap, data collection/cleaning/entry; prepare reports resulting from data analysis.
Establish collaborations with key stakeholders and participate in regular meetings to ensure effective and timely delivery of clinical trials.
Provide specialised project administrative support to all stakeholders to develop a working framework and documentation for a multi-site clinical trials project, including preparing and presenting progress reports and study updates at monthly research meetings.
In collaboration with research teams, promote and implement participant recruitment and engagement activities, and maintain systematic participant information record keeping.
Assist multi-disciplinary research project staff and coordinate all assessments and intervention episodes for projects, as per approved protocols.
Liaise with Clinical Administration Officer and Faculty central functional units to organise project-related operational needs.
Provide data for reporting on research outcomes, including preparation of abstracts, posters, oral presentations and publications.
Monitor and report to Scientific Director and Chief Investigators on any issues related to implementation of the research program, ethical considerations, progress of data collection, compliance of research participants and/or families, implications for changes in best clinical practice (where appropriate to discipline), and any constraints arising within the research projects.
This is a full-time, fixed-term position to cover parental leave for 12 months.
At HEW level 6, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $88,099.39 - $94,512.08, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $103,076.28 - $110,579.13 annually. As this role is covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases – at least once a year.
About You
Tertiary or Postgraduate qualifications in health sciences (or other relevant disciplines), or experience and research management expertise in a tertiary setting; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
Understanding of structure, operations and OH&S policies and regulations of a tertiary education environment.
Well-developed skills in project and team operations management, including understanding research budget, liaising with stakeholders to establish Clinical Research ethics and legal governance.
Previous experience in Clinical Research data capture and management using REDCap.
Understanding of higher education research funding environment and processes.
Experience in designing and implementing workflow processes.
Well-developed skills in written communication, including flexibility and proficiency in using a wide range of computer and web applications to achieve high standard communication and promotional materials.
Demonstrated leadership qualities and ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team with competing timelines; and to effectively communicate with staff of all levels, both internal and external to the organisation.
Broad understand of Queensland Health organisational structure and operational processes; or demonstrated ability to rapidly acquire such information.
In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:
Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.
Mandatory Immunisations: It is a condition of employment for this role that you will be required to provide evidence of immunisation against certain vaccine preventable diseases.
Questions?
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Dr Ilaria Stefani on . For application queries, please contact stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.
Want to Apply?
All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:
Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section
Resume
Other Information
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Applications close Monday 8th April 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number - R-36101). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for Tuesday 16th April 2024