Research Assistant - Clinical Respiratory

at  The University of Queensland

• Child Health Research Centre

• Broaden your career within one of QLD’s largest employers

• Be part of an organisation with a meaningful purpose and impact
• Access discounts across health and fitness, travel, retail, tech + more
• Based at the Centre for Children’s Health Research next to the Queensland Children’s Hospital, South Brisbane.

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 and flexible start/finish times
• 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
The Children’s Health and Environment Program conducts a range of studies of childhood illnesses and exposure to environmental hazards and resulting health effects. The Research Assistant will support several research projects that focus on the development and validation of novel lung function techniques. The Research Assistant will work closely with the Group Leader of Respiratory Physiology to aid in data collection, cleaning, and analysis of lung function data across a number of projects. Where appropriate the appointee will assist with writing manuscripts, grant applications, and other duties as required.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Work closely with the Group Leader to collect lung function data and relevant clinical information as required by various studies.
• Data cleaning and entry into online database records.
• Assist with data analysis and writing of results in collaboration with the Group Leader.
• Assist with drafting of research documentation for progress reports, team meetings, conferences, ethics committees, funding opportunities, media opportunities etc.
• Assists with clinical education activities, such as patient and carer information sessions, department information seminars etc.

This is a full-time, fixed-term position for up to 12 months.
At HEW level 5, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $77,396.47 - $86,029.78 plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $90,553.87 - $100,654.84 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 qualification (Bachelor’s degree or higher) in health sciences, physiology, nursing, or a related field; or completion of a Diploma with relevant work experience; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.
• Experience in lung function measurements in children and/or adults and a working understanding of assessing quality and repeatability of measurements.
• Experience in working in a clinical research environment, in particular confidence with patient interaction and biological sample collection.
• An ability to maintain accurate records and be confident navigating computer systems.
• A basic understanding of online databases, statistical packages and data analysis.
• Previous experience with manuscript preparation and/or grant writing.

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.
• Blue Card: It is a condition of employment for this role that you possess or have the ability to obtain, a Blue Card for working with children.

Questions?
For more information about this opportunity, please contact
Dr Tamara Blake
. For application queries or for a copy of the full job description, please contact
talent@uq.edu.au
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:

• 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
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• Work closely with the Group Leader to collect lung function data and relevant clinical information as required by various studies.
• Data cleaning and entry into online database records.
• Assist with data analysis and writing of results in collaboration with the Group Leader.
• Assist with drafting of research documentation for progress reports, team meetings, conferences, ethics committees, funding opportunities, media opportunities etc.
• Assists with clinical education activities, such as patient and carer information sessions, department information seminars etc