Postdoctoral Research Fellow or Research Fellow

The Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science (CHRIS), a key facility in the Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI), is seeking an exceptional Postdoctoral Research Fellow or Research Fellow to join our centre.

THE ROLE

• Salary Package: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Level A step 6-8) from $97,620 to $104,621 per annum or Research Fellow (Level B) from $110,273 to $130,471 per annum plus 17% employer’s superannuation and annual leave loading

• Appointment Type: Full-time, Fixed term for 2 years

• Location: Macquarie University (Wallumattagal Campus, North Ryde)

The Role

The Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science (CHRIS) is seeking an exceptional Postdoctoral Research Fellow or Research Fellow, to conduct collaborative research across a complex mix of projects. The successful candidate will work within a multi-disciplinary team seeking to facilitate uptake of evidence-based practice and conduct health services research projects.

This position will focus predominantly on research using mixed methods, from design through analysis and publication.

About You

You will have a background in a health-related field such as health services research, medical sciences, implementation science or psychology. You will have strong writing skills and be able to contribute to research papers. You will enjoy working both independently and as part of a team.

About Us

The Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences (FMHHS) is ambitiously pushing the boundaries of progressive thinking and challenging what’s possible to solve some of the big issues of our time, both nationally and on a global scale.

We foster a values-based culture of innovation and creativity to achieve excellence in teaching and to enhance the research performance of the University. We invest in developing the careers and wellbeing of our students and staff and expect all our leaders to live our values of Caring, Integrity, Teamwork, Ambition, Innovation, and Engagement.

The Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science (CHRIS) is part of the AIHI  within the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences and has a successful track record of undertaking research and evaluation projects on health sector issues since 1991. Its core interest is to investigate issues of policy, governance and leadership in the health sector. It is involved in conducting original research into health systems improvement, providing a scholarly capability by which to evaluate health sector policies, programs and projects, and contributing to undergraduate medical, postgraduate health services management, and public health and doctoral education.

To Apply

To be considered for this position, please apply online and attach your CV and a separate cover letter (1-2 pages) that outlines how you meet the selection criteria below for the level of appointment (either A or B) at which you are applying.

Selection Criteria for Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Level A applicants:

Essential:

• A PhD in a relevant discipline

• An ability to work with a range of stakeholders across healthcare including policy makers, hospital executives, clinicians, patients and consumers etc.

• Demonstrated ability to conduct literature searches

• Proven experience with research design e.g., developing a protocol, developing or adapting methods to answer specific research questions

• Demonstrated ability to collect and analyse quantitative data, and qualitative data

• Demonstrated experience with the preparation of presentations and manuscripts for publication

• Demonstrated organisation skills such as in coordinating projects, meetings, planning research projects and meeting deadlines

• Demonstrated experience in the preparation of grant applications and ethics applications

Desirable:

• Experience with analysis of large healthcare-related datasets

• Experience using SAS, R, STATA, NVivo, or survey tools

• Experience analysing data relating to patient experience or patient-reported measures

• A track record of peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations

Selection Criteria for Research Fellow – Level B applicants:

Essential:

• A PhD in a relevant discipline

• Excellent communication skills with an ability to work with a range of stakeholders across healthcare including policy makers, hospital executives, clinicians, etc.

• Demonstrated track record of contributing to peer reviewed publications in high quality journals

• Evidence of capacity to secure future research grants.

• Demonstrated experience with successful research student supervision

• Demonstrated experience contributing to the academic life and administrative tasks of the broader workplace, with a track record of effective teamwork

• Demonstrated ability to undertake quantitative data collection and analysis, using statistical packages

• Evidence of providing expertise in the drafting of final reports including journal articles and technical reports

• Evidence of capacity to present papers at conferences and workshops

Desirable

• Experience analysing large healthcare-related datasets

• Experience using SAS, R or STATA

• Experience analysing data relating to patient experience or patient-reported measures

Role-specific Enquiries:  Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, Director at [email protected] , Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation.

General Enquiries: Nithya Elango, HR Assistant at [email protected]

Applications Close:   Sunday, 20 November 2022 at 11:55pm

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Applications Close:

20/11/2022 11:59 PM

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