"Clinical Research Associate"

Job Description

• Centre for Health Services Research
• Full-time fixed-term position for up to 12 months
• Base salary will be in the range $102,565.37 - $111,686.39 + 17% Superannuation (HEW Level 7)
• Based at our Princess Alexandra Hospital, adjacent to our Dutton Park Campus

About This Opportunity

Become a valued member of the Australasian Kidney Trials Network (AKTN) as a Clinical Research Associate (CRA) and make a meaningful impact on kidney disease research. In this role, you will coordinate multi-centre, international clinical trials, contribute to grant applications, and support trial design and protocol development. You will be the key contact for sites, project leaders, and trial committees, driving trial progress through documentation, data review, and on-site visits, all while ensuring compliance with Good Clinical Practice.

This is an opportunity to grow your expertise, collaborate with a dedicated research team, and contribute to high-quality, transformative research across Australia and New Zealand.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Contribute to the development of investigator-initiated clinical research projects and study protocols.
• Identify and engage trial sites across Australia, New Zealand, and internationally, implementing strategies to enhance recruitment and maintain site staff involvement.
• Serve as the key contact for site investigators and trial committees, convening meetings, distributing materials, and driving follow-up actions.
• Monitor sites for Good Clinical Practice compliance, conduct on-site visits, review data, and implement quality control processes.
• Assist with ethics and regulatory submissions, contribute to grant applications, and represent AKTN at local, national, and international forums.

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you will 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 will 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:

• Up to 26 weeks paid parental leave/paid primary care 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
• Career development opportunities –access to exclusive internal-only vacancies and our Study for Staff program
• Salary packaging options

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, but only if safe to do so within current covid restrictions).
• Proficiency with the use of the Microsoft Office suite of products, particularly MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint