Clinical Research Associate - Australian Kidney Trials Network

• Centre for Health Services Research

• Belong to a vibrant community where your work genuinely makes an impact.

• Culture committed to excellence and innovation.

• Be part of an organisation with a meaningful purpose and impact

• Based at Woolloongabba

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave.

• 17% superannuation contributions

• 17.5% annual leave loading

• Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight

• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family

• Salary packaging options

About This Opportunity 

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a collaborative research group and undertake central coordination tasks for clinical research related to kidney disease.

The Australian Kidney Trials Network (AKTN) is seeking a Clinical Research Associate (CRA) to be instrumental to the design and co-ordination of investigator-initiated, multi-centre, international clinical trials. This position contributes to the writing and submission of grant applications, and once funding has been obtained you will also contribute to trial design and protocol development. As a key member of the Sponsor research team, the CRA, develops study documentation, and leads ethics & regulatory submissions, as well as being the point of contact for recruiting sites, project leaders and trial committees to provide information and updates on trial progress. You will also act as convener of various trial committee meetings, distributing agenda, papers, minutes and driving actions arising from meeting. This position also holds responsibility for ensuring compliance with the principles of Good Clinical Practice through documentation collection, data reviews, query resolution, and on-site visits to kidney units across Australia and New Zealand.

Key responsibilities will include: 

• Contribute to the design and protocol development of investigator initiated clinical research.

• Identify, assess feasibility, and engage Australian, New Zealand and other international renal units in recruiting for AKTN research projects.

• Identify and contribute to implementation of strategies designed to maintain and enhance recruitment to AKTN research projects, and strategies designed to maintain site study staff engagement.

• Act as the key liaison between participating site Investigators and the Trial Steering Committee, as well as a convener of various trial committee meetings, distributing agenda papers, minutes and driving actions arising from these meetings.

• Assess trial sites’ Good Clinical Practice (GCP) compliance through documentation collection, data reviews and on-site visits to renal units across Australia and New Zealand

• Convene and attend study initiation/training meetings nationally and internationally.

This is a full-time (100%), fixed-term position for up to 1 year. At HEW level 7, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $96,649 - $105,244, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $113,080 - $123,136 annually. As this role is covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases – at least once a year.

About You  

• A degree in a scientific, nursing, or other health related discipline with at least four (4) years subsequent relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training

• Demonstrated substantial practical experience in the coordination of clinical trials, including site coordination and quality control, reviewing, and verifying data, and developing and executing project plans according to study timelines.

• Experience in conducting site feasibility evaluations, initiation visits, monitoring, and close-out visits, in compliance with ICH Good Clinical Practice (GCP)

• A comprehensive knowledge of ICH GCP, and the regulatory and ethical requirements associated with the conduct of clinical trials in Australia.

• Experience providing governance and secretariat support for Committee meetings and events.

• Willingness to travel interstate and internationally, with overnight stays (approx. twice per month)

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment. 

• Mandatory Immunisations: It is a condition of employment for this role that you will be required to provide evidence of immunisation against certain vaccine preventable diseases.

 
Questions? 

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Andrea Vaulks . For application queries, please contact [email protected] stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line. 
 

Want to Apply? 

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Comprehensive cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section  

• Resume 

Other Information 

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion .  We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity , LGBTQIA+ , cultural and/or linguistic , Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples , or people with a disability . Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to [email protected]  

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close: Thursday 14th March 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number - R-35626). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for Tuesday 26th March

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