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Allied Health Senior Research Officer
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba
Join an Innovative Allied Health Research Team
Join Princess Alexandra Hospital's Nutrition and Dietetics team in an exciting opportunity to contribute to innovative allied health research that will improve the lives of people living with rheumatoid arthritis. As the Allied Health Senior Research Officer, you'll play a key role in delivering the nationally significant RA-HEAL clinical trial by combining advanced clinical dietetics practice with high-quality research coordination!
Job details
| Position status | Fixed Term Temporary |
|---|---|
| Position type | Part-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support |
| Classification | HP4 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane - South |
| Job ad reference | QLD/MS08688076 |
| Closing date | 07-Aug-2026 |
| Job duration | 12 months |
| Contact person | Ra'eesa Doola |
| Contact details | (07) 3176 7938 Access the National Relay Service |
About Your Role
As our Allied Health Senior Research Officer, you'll combine your clinical expertise with advanced research skills to support the delivery of the RA-HEAL clinical trial.
In this role you will:
- Deliver evidence-based dietetic care via telehealth to clinical trial participants
- Provide individual and group dietary counselling using research protocols
- Coordinate participant recruitment, consent and ongoing study activities
- Collect, manage and analyse dietary and clinical research data
- Maintain research databases, regulatory documentation and study records
- Monitor research quality, safety and compliance with ethical standards
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary researchers across health and university sectors
- Contribute to manuscripts, abstracts and research dissemination
About You
You are an experienced Accredited Practising Dietitian with a passion for clinical research and improving patient outcomes.
You'll also bring:
- Tertiary qualifications in Nutrition and Dietetics with APD accreditation
- Experience in clinical research and research protocol delivery
- Strong clinical dietetics experience in chronic disease management
- Excellent knowledge of research governance, ethics and Good Clinical Practice
- Experience delivering telehealth and patient-centred dietary counselling
- Strong analytical skills with experience managing and interpreting research data
- Excellent written communication and scientific writing skills
- Outstanding organisational and project management abilities
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What we can offer you:
- We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
- We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
- We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
- You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.
Princess Alexandra Hospital:
The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.
We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.
We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.
INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.
We are better together.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.
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