Director Adelaide EpiCentre

Job no:511980
Work type:Fixed term - Full-time
Campus:Adelaide
Categories:Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, Level D, Level E

An attractive remuneration package will be negotiated with the successful candidate, dependent on experience.

Fixed-term, full time position at available immediately for a period of up to 5 years

This position will be offered at either a Level D, Associate Professor or Level E, Professor

Play a pivotal role in leading the new Adelaide EpiCentre (Centre for Clinical Epidemiology)

An exciting and unique new role is being offered in partnership between the University of Adelaide, Central Adelaide Local Health Network and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute.

The Adelaide EpiCentre will be established in 2023 in partnership with the Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI). The Centre will provide support in epidemiology and study design, biostatistics, data management and analytics, health services research; health economics; implementation science; grantsmanship and research governance and ethics. The Centre will also deliver training in research methods. 

Reporting to the Dean of Medicine and Head of the Adelaide Medical School and located at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, this key leadership position will see you play an important role in fostering collaborative clinical and applied research.

Concurrent (part-time) clinical service is welcomed, especially in a hospital setting. Please note that special conditions apply to appointment to positions within SA Health.

To be successful you will need:

• Medical qualification, registerable with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
• Doctoral qualification in clinical epidemiology or equivalent.
• Excellent research track record relative to opportunity, as evidenced by publications, conference proceedings, grant success and supervision of higher degree by research (HDR) students.
• Significant experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate programs in clinical epidemiology.
• Significant experience in collaborative health and medical research.

Enjoy an outstanding career environment

Learn more at: adelaide.edu.au/jobs

The University of Adelaide

The University of Adelaide is a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government, and community collaborations - offers you a vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career.

It also enables us to attract high-calibre people in all facets of our operations, ensuring you will be surrounded by talented colleagues, many world-leading. Our work's cutting-edge nature - not just in your own area, but across virtually the full spectrum of human endeavour - provides a constant source of inspiration.

Our culture is one that welcomes all and embraces diversity consistent with our Staff Values and Behaviour Framework and our Values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery. We firmly believe that our people are our most asset, so we work to grow and diversify the skills, knowledge, and capability of all our staff.

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.

In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include salary packaging; flexible work arrangements; high-quality professional development programs and activities; and an on-campus health clinic, gym, and other fitness facilities.

Your faculty's broader role

The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences contains one of Australia's largest concentrations of leading health researchers, teachers, and clinical titleholders. It's comprised of eight schools and a number of specialist disciplines, institutes and centres, variously focused on world-class research, and training the next generation of: medical doctors; surgeons; dentists; nurses; psychiatrists; psychologists; and other health professionals.

Learn more at: health.adelaide.edu.au

If you have the talent, we'll give you the opportunity. Together, let's make history.

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Applications close 11:55pm, 25 June, 2023.

For further information

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, contact:

Professor Danny Liew    
Dean of Medicine and Head of Adelaide Medical School
E: [email protected]

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The University of Adelaide and the Central Adelaide Local Health Network are Equal Employment Opportunity employers. Women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who meet the requirements of this position are strongly encouraged to apply.

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