**Job no**: 0061735
**Location**:Heidelberg
**Role type**:Full-time (part-time options of 0.6 FTE and above, or job share arrangements will be considered); Fixed-term for 3 years
**Faculty**:Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
**Department/School**:Physiotherapy (Austin Health)
**Salary**:Level A - $80,258 - $108,906 p.a. plus 17% super
Level B - $114,645 - $136,136 p.a. plus 17% super
- **Coordinate the activities and support various research aspects of this exciting project**:
- **Work with a tight knit, fun, and supportive team with a focus on work-life balance**:
- **Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, Myki discounts, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families**
**About the Role**
The Trial Coordinator works in a research team led by Professor David Berlowitz and based at Austin Health and the Institute for Breathing and Sleep. This research team examines sleep and breathing dysfunction in neuromuscular disease across a range of disorders including spinal cord injury and motor neurone disease/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The research encompasses epidemiology and cohort studies, sleep and respiratory discovery experiments, especially upper airway physiology and imaging, upper-limb rehabilitation, controlled clinical trials, disease registry development, health systems research, health data analytics, and implementation science.
Under the direction of Professor Berlowitz, the Trial Coordinator will assist with the management of research and be an integral part of driving the program of research. This position will also assist with data collection, analysis, participant recruitment, ethics approvals, and the preparation of publications and presentations for scientific meetings. This position presents an opportunity to be at the forefront of innovative therapies that can make a difference to people living with spinal cord injuries, assisting them to get function back.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Directing the day-to-day operation of the research project to ensure timely execution
- Overseeing the planning and budget requirements of the project's activities
- Supporting the team to effectively engage and partner with the broader clinical research team, sponsors, trial governance, and other key stakeholders
**Who We Are Looking For**
You will also have:
- Bachelor degree in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, or similar, with post-graduate upper-limb rehabilitation and/or health systems research expertise.
- Demonstrated attention to detail and experience in data auditing, quality assurance and control.
For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.
**Your New Team - Physiotherapy**
The department of physiotherapy was established in 1991 and makes distinctive contributions nationally and internationally to the physiotherapy profession and society in research, learning & teaching and knowledge exchange. In 2009 it became a department within the Melbourne School of Health Science.
The team is very supportive, and is made up of a variety of people including physiotherapists, speech therapists, sleep scientists, postdoctoral researchers and students, who love to make the environment fun and engaging.
**What We Offer You**
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page
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