AddressPosition Classification: Health Mgr Lvl 1
Remuneration: 81581 - 108532 - Full time equivalent base salary range (excludes super, leave loading and salary packaging)
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ494804
Sydney Children's Hospitals Network is the largest paediatric health care entity in Australia. We care for thousands of children each year in our hospitals and in their homes — with one purpose in mind — to help young people live their healthiest lives.
Additional information:
- An eligibility list may be created for future temporary full or part time vacancies.
What you'll be doing
The primary purpose of a Research Officer is to perform high level research, provide significant intellectual contribution to research project/s and produce high quality research data for publication in peer-reviewed journals. The position also requires contribution to written preparation of manuscripts and funding applications.
Co-ordinate and manage clinical trials and manage administration, patients, and their families within this context.
All day to day activities require the co-supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Completed a PhD or in final year of PhD in Biological Science. Specific interest in Neuroimmunology will be an asset.
- Extensive experience in research output, published work, presentations at conferences and seminars, demonstrating intellectual input into the conception and direction of original research and increasing independent implementation of a research project.
- Experience in supporting people such as patients and families, in a science or health setting, including ensuring clinical datasets are
completed and analysed. - Establish a local profile within area of intellectual and/or technical expertise, with emerging national and international exposure.
- Significant experience in co-supervision, training and guidance of junior research support staff, and/or undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Capacity to prepare and/or contribute to successful research proposals to external funding bodies and other agencies.
- Experience performing tasks requiring the integration of substantial theoretical and technical knowledge to develop or apply new technologies, including clinical trials, microscopy, cell culture, flow cytometry, immunostaining and novel immune assays.
- Experience with complex datasets and biological material storage for 'omic' studies will be important.
SCHN is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity - we acknowledge the vibrancy that a diverse workforce brings to enhance both our workplace culture and our service delivery to children, young people and their families and carers. We encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply. If you identify as an Indigenous Australian or as a person with a disability, please contact us if you would like some more information about our recruitment process.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. We recognise the value of Aboriginal staff providing health care to Aboriginal children and families that access the services we provide at the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network. Aboriginal job applicants are encouraged to visit the NSW Health Aboriginal Recruitment tool, Stepping Up to assist in preparing your application.
Applicants holding visas with working rights may be considered for temporary appointment (up to the expiry date of their visa) where no suitable local applicant is identified.
Need more information?
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For role related queries or questions contact Leigh Waddell on *************@health.nsw.gov.au
If you are Aboriginal or Torres Strait islander wishing to apply for this role and want to speak with an Aboriginal person/representative from the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network please contact Wayne Dargan on ************@health.nsw.gov.au
For technical support please contact the customer services team on 1300 679 367 and select option 3.
Applications Close: 22/06/2024
