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Clinical Research Coordinator - Nephrology Unit

St Vincent's Health Australia
  • Part time, fixed term position, 24 hours per week
  • From April 2020 to October 2021
  • Friendly and dynamic team

About St Vincent's Hospital

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is part of St Vincent's Health Australia and a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service which employs more than 6,000 staff across 18 sites throughout Melbourne. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services including acute medical and surgical services, sub-acute care, medical diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health, palliative care, correctional health and community residential care. SVHM is one of Australia's leading Catholic not-for-profit healthcare providers.

About Department

St Vincent's Hospital Renal Unit provides care for patients across the entire spectrum of renal disease, from the ambulatory care of those with CKD to meeting the dialysis and transplant needs of those with ESKD. SVHM is known as a hub provider of renal services supporting a number of regional and rural satellite as well as in-centre renal dialysis facilities.Our dialysis service comprises haemodialysis (acute and chronic), home dialysis (home haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis) with the service currently providing medical support for 290 patients undergoing maintenance dialysis and 310 patients with CKD stage 4/5 (all approaching ESKD and dialysis) state wide.

The service has a strong research focus and is committed to research that can improve quality of life for patients with chronic kidney disease.

About the Role

You will be a Registered Nurse with renal and research experience who will facilitate the undertaking of clinical trials within the St Vincent's Renal service. You will be responsible for the primary coordination of clinical trials and the management of patients on those trials. The role involves delivery of direct and in-direct clinical-trial-related care of patients, associated data collection and maintenance of essential trial documents for concurrent studies. This is a fixed term position from April 2020 to October 2021.

The classification for this position is Grade 4B, YX13 ($104,000 per annum).

Duties

  • Coordinate and manage a number of trials concurrently
  • Manage the care of patients participating in clinical trials, ensuring compliance with the trial protocol, reporting requirements and ICH-GCP guidelines
  • Accurate and timely source documentation and data entry, and the maintenance of essential documents that validate integrity in the conduct of the clinical trial
  • Assist with project planning, ethics approval and the development of funding applications
  • Provide finance administration when required (invoicing, budget tracking, trial payments)
  • Liaise with Principal Investigator, multidisciplinary team and trial monitors

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

  • Degree in general Nursing which meets the registration requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
  • Current Nursing Registration with AHPRA
  • Minimum of 3 years postgraduate experience in research and/ or renal nursing
  • Sound knowledge of ICH-GCP or willingness to acquire and adhere to GCP, regulatory, ethics, privacy and other applicable guidelines
  • Excellent team working skills with ability to work independently
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail
  • Developed computer literacy skills.

Benefits

  • Salary packaging
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Staff Health Centre
  • Staff Car Park

At SVHM we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees and we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

All appointments are made subject to the candidate providing a current satisfactory National Police Certificate conducted by The Victoria Police.

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