Clinical Trials Coordinator | Full-Time Temporary With A Possibility Of Permanency

Classification: Registered Nurse Level 2
Salary: $100,957 - $107,000 plus superannuation
Position No: 13155, Several - 02HJ5
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 08 May 2024
Contact Officer: Nikhil Jha on **********@act.gov.au or (02) 5124 5***

What can we offer you:

• City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 11.5% Superannuation.
• Scholarships for education support
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates subject to the hiring managers approval

To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services (act.gov.au)

About the Role:

Clinical Trial Support Units (CTSUs) provide support for the conduct of clinical research at Canberra Hospital, including active trials in Haematology and Medical Oncology that are in varying stages, from initial start-up through to active recruitment and close-out. These trials include Pharmaceutical-Sponsored trials, registries, Investigator-Led or collaborative studies that are funded by grants. Collaborators include the Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group (ALLG), Breast Cancer Trials (BCT), Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer (ANZUP), Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group (AGITG), Australia New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group (ANZGOG), and the Australasian Lung cancer Trials Group (ALTG).

Clinical Trials Coordinators provide key administrative support to, and coordination of, clinical research projects undertaken by the Cancer Services CTSUs at Canberra Hospital. The projects will vary and may involve the evaluation of novel therapies of malignant and non-malignant cancers.

The main responsibilities of the Clinical Trials Coordinator will be to act as the key person supporting the Principal Investigator (PI) on all aspects of the planning, conduct, implementation, and management of Clinical Trials including ethics and governance approvals, contractual and regulatory management in collaboration with other clinical trial staff as well as co-ordinating patient care.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

Notes: These are temporary positions available for 6 – 12 months with the Possibility of extension and/or permanency.

For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.

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These are temporary positions available for 6 – 12 months with the Possibility of extension and/or permanency.

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