Job Title: Senior Health Researcher
The South Australian Health Medical Research Institute is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Health Researcher to join their team. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with expertise in health services research, epidemiology, and geriatrics to contribute to high-quality projects focused on improving the quality and safety of care delivered to individuals in aged care settings.
Key Responsibilities:
* Conducting rigorous research with a focus on quality and safety of care in aged care, medication safety, and integrated care.
* Facilitating activities of federally funded projects focusing on individuals in aged care settings.
* Working independently as well as collaboratively with the ROSA team, research partners, consumer representatives, staff, and stakeholders of the research projects.
* Conducting analyses of large datasets contained within ROSA, including aged care data, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme data, Medicare Benefits Schedule data, and hospitalisation records.
* Preparing papers for publication in high-impact peer-reviewed journals.
* Participating in the dissemination of research findings at appropriate conferences.
* Monitoring and reporting on progress against key performance indicators of funded studies.
* Contributing to the preparation of grants and applications for competitive funding in related areas.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
* Degree qualification in a relevant field with extensive relevant experience.
* PhD in Health Services Research, Epidemiology, Geriatrics, Pharmacy, Medicine, or related field desirable.
* Demonstrated history of independent scientific contributions in their discipline.
* Excellent proficiency working with SAS, R, or Stata (with at least proficiency in one statistical software package).
* Experience working with large datasets independently.
* Excellent epidemiological and biostatistical knowledge, including experience working with observational data, multivariable modelling, missing data, confounding/interaction issues, and survival analysis.
* Knowledge of the aged care system or health care sector in Australia desirable.
Benefits:
* A competitive salary packaging option up to $15,900.
Others:
* Some out-of-hours work may be required.