Employment Opportunities with DEPM

Working at DEPM

Location within AMREP offers our staff and students opportunities to collaborate with staff from other research groups, to access the AMREP Education Centre seminar and classrooms, and to use the Ian Potter Library.  It also puts us within walking distance of some great open spaces at Fawkner & Albert Lake Parks, as well as being close to the world famous Chapel St shopping precinct.

Established in 1969 at the Monash University Medical School - Alfred Hospital, DEPM plays a prominent role in public health medicine in Australia. The core skills of the department relate to epidemiology (the study of the distribution, risk factors and causes of disease) and its application to problems in clinical medicine and public health.

Research Nurse (Casual)

The Research Nurse will assist in the conduct of studies carried out at the CTC. The main responsibilities of the Research Nurse will be to assist with a number of trials conducted within the CTC. These duties may include assisting with GP recruitment, subject recruitment, trial medication dispensing, subject monitoring, and maintaining trial records according to the trial protocol.

The successful applicant will be qualified as a State Registered Nurse (Div 1), show high skills of initiative and flexibility, well developed interpersonal skills, ability to work well in a team and be competent in computer packages (i.e. Microsoft Suite, e-mails etc).

Applications Close: Friday 23rd May

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Research Assistant

This position will be with the new Monash University/Australian Red Cross Blood Service (ARCBS) Transfusion Research Centre. The Centre’s program is to provide the ARCBS with accurate, current, and relevant information in a timely manner, for dissemination and translation into improved blood transfusion practices. It will gather data that are not currently held centrally and analyse these for trends in patient outcomes following blood product transfusion. It will also draw insights from the data that can be used as the basis for improving clinical practice guidelines, and/or instigating prospective clinical trials and other forms of research.

As a Research Assistant you will conduct research under the supervision of the Senior Research Fellow and provide assistance with ethics applications, annual progress reports and scientific papers.

The successful applicant will have an undergraduate qualification in a relevant discipline or equivalent research experience, high organisational skills and high level of familiarity with computer packages.

Applications Close: Friday 23rd May

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Master of Public Health Course Coordinator (Casual)

This position requires an enthusiastic applicant to provide efficient administration, coordination and effective promotion for postgraduate degrees within the Victorian Public Health Consortium.

The successful applicant will have experience in administration and or VCE qualifications and have a good knowledge of Microsoft applications. Also the applicant will possess excellent organisational and time management skills.

Applications Close: Friday 30th May

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Research Assistant (Casual)

This position will be within the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Patient Safety (www.crepatientsafety.org.au) and we are looking for an energetic person to assist with a community-based project aimed at reducing the risk of bleeding in patients on warfarin therapy. This includes organising appointments for study participants, interviewing participants, data entry, liaison with members of the research team, and administrative tasks as required.

The successful applicant will have an undergraduate degree in a health-related relevant discipline or have equivalent qualifications with research experience, excellent interpersonal skills, and good knowledge of Microsoft applications.

Applications Close: Friday 30th May

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Senior Research Fellow/ Clinical Research Specialist

n 2009-2010, the ANZIC-RC will be coordinating numerous large phase II and phase III research projects including STATInS (atorvastatin in sepsis), ARISE (early goal directed therapy) and PHARLAP (ventilation strategy trial in ARDS). Furthermore in 2009, the ANZIC-RC proposes to further its traumatic brain injury program by conducting two novel large randomised controlled trials. In addition to assisting with all aspects of the design and conduct of these and other single and multi-centre clinical research projects the successful candidate will be encouraged and fully supported to complete an individual research project.

The successful applicant will have postgraduate training in intensive care medicine; and have passed the FRACP (pt1), ANZCA (pt 1) fellowship exams or equivalent. It is highly desirable that the successful candidate will have a postgraduate degree, have prior research experience or have a publication record. However, as part of the ANZIC-RC commitment to clinical research training, highly experienced intensive care clinicians / trainees without an established research background may be considered for this position. Applicants will be provided with all the additional supervision and training necessary to maximise this opportunity.

Applications Close: Friday 6th June

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