Medical Officer

The Opportunity  
The Mission of Doherty Clinical Trials Ltd is to accelerate the development of novel medicines and vaccines through innovative early phase and human challenge trials of the highest quality.
Doherty Clinical Trials Ltd undertakes safe, ethical early phase clinical trial research that addresses cost and time barriers for the development of novel medicines and vaccines.
 
The Medical officer will oversee multiple clinical trials varying in complexity, with overlapping timelines, and may be required to be involved in all aspects of clinical management within clinical trials.
 
The Role
The Medical Officer (MO) is responsible for medical activities at Doherty Clinical Trials to support the implementation of early phase clinical trials. This role requires oversight from pre-study activities (protocol review etc), patient screening, oversight of study activities, including dosing, monitoring for and managing adverse events, through to close out of the clinical trial database. The Medical officer will work closely with the Chief Medical Officer, the Nurse Unit Director, and other clinical staff to ensure that participant safety is paramount, and that complete GCP compliance, protocol adherence, and adherence to unit standard operating procedures is maintained.
 
About You
To be successful in this position you will have excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated relevant clinical experience, ideally in a research or clinical trial setting.  In addition, you will have well developed judgement and decision-making skills to prioritise conflicting demands and meet deadlines. You will also be a team player with the ability to support others in the team as needed.
You will possess:
Current medical registration with AHPRA (minimum General registration)
Medical indemnity insurance
Current ALS certificate
Minimum two years post-graduate clinical experience
Demonstrated interest in research and clinical trials.
Understanding of participant care within a clinical trial/ research setting.
Understanding of early phase clinical research
 
Additional desirable attributes are listed below-
Post Graduate Medical Qualification
GCP Certificate
Clinical experience in infectious diseases and/or immunology
Experience in medical research and/or medical industry
Clinical trial experience
Existing Investigator accreditation from the IAOCR, or a desire to complete this qualification in the future https://iaocr.com/
Multiple positions available on a full time, part time and casual basis.
Shortlisting will commence immediately, so please send your application without delay.
 
Applications close Friday the 15th of December 2023
A copy of the position description is available at: https://www.theengagedspace.com.au/expertise/recruitment/
For any questions or a confidential discussion about the role, please contact Chelsea Crawley at *******@theengagedspace.com.au
To protect the health and safety of participants, staff and other healthcare workers, vaccination for certain diseases is highly recommended for staff.