Research Fellow – Paediatrics

Reseach Fellow – Paediatrics

Job No.: 643311

Location: Monash Medical Centre

Employment Type: Part-time, fraction (0.4)

Duration: 3-year fixed-term appointment

Remuneration: Pro-rata of $72,927 – $98,975 pa Level A (plus 17% employer superannuation)

• Be inspired, every day
• Drive your own learning at one of the world’s top 80 universities
• Take your career in exciting, rewarding directions

Everyone needs a platform to launch a satisfying career. At Monash, we give you the space and support to take your career in all kinds of exciting new directions. You’ll have access to quality research, infrastructure and learning facilities, opportunities to collaborate internationally, as well as the grants you’ll need to publish your work. We’re a university full of energetic and enthusiastic minds, driven to challenge what’s expected, expand what we know, and learn from other inspiring, empowering thinkers.

The Opportunity

The Monash University Department of Paediatrics , based at the new Monash Children’s Hospital, has the leadership role in Child Health education for the Monash School of Medicine . It is responsible for leading Child Health Research for the Monash Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences to elevate Children’s Health research at Monash to a nationally leading position.

We are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to report directly to the Head of Paediatrics and join a Medical Research Future Funded study exploring the benefits of a novel genomic newborn population screening program for children with genetic conditions associated with intellectual disability. You will work with the research team to improve timely diagnosis and future health for children and their families as well as increase economic utility. The successful candidate will work with Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) chief investigators, post-doctoral fellows and PhD students across seven Australian Institutes to develop ethics and governance, complete neuropsychological assessments focusing on intellectual functioning and behavioural issues, assist with data linkage and curation and analysis for outcome trajectories, with a focus on neurodevelopmental conditions.

They will have the opportunity to explore the vast network of paediatric research at Monash University in The Ritchie Centre (TRC), which is jointly a centre of the Hudson Institute for Medical Research and is the largest perinatal research centre in Australia. The centre enjoys an especially close relationship with Monash Newborn (NICU and special care nursery). Children’s Cancer research is undertaken in conjunction with the Hudson Institute, benefiting from the creation of the Victorian Paediatric Cancer Consortium.

About you:

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Psychology qualifications which include research and clinical training, sufficient to complete cognitive and autism assessments
• Data management and analysis training and experience with large data sets
• Experience working with children and their families
• Demonstrated research skills with the ability to supervise, mentor and support the development of staff and postgraduate students
• Motivation and passion for achieving excellent research outcomes for the Faculty

This role is a part-time position; however, flexible working arrangements may be negotiated.

At Monash University, we are committed to being a Child Safe organisation. This position at the University will require the incumbent to hold a valid Working with Children Check and a satisfactory Police Check.

Your application must address the selection criteria. Please refer to “How to apply for Monash Jobs “.

We encourage applications from First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities and age groups.

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Enquiries

Professor Katrina Williams, Head of Paediatrics, +61 3 8572 3938

Position Description

 Research Fellow – Paediatrics

Closing Date

Thursday 24 November 2022, 11:55pm AEDT

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