Medical Research jobs in Melbourne VIC

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• Are you looking for an interesting role in Oncology Clinical Trials?
• We have openings for a full time Clinical Trials Assistant in our team.
• The role supports the clinical trial team with a wide range of administration tasks and opportunities to learn and develop your skills

Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people’s lives.

About the Role

Join our team as a Clinical Trial Assistant on a full time, fixed term basis (12 months with review to extension) to work at Monash Medical Centre based at Clayton. The Oncology Research department works primarily out of Monash Medical Centre and utilizes the facilities of the Monash Health Translation Precinct - a purpose built state of the art clinical trials unit. The oncology team is divided into 6 medical streams - Lung, GI, GU, Breast, Early Phase and Gynae and an operations team which conduct 200 trials at any one time at various stages of development. The Clinical Trials Assistant is a pivotal administrative role within in each team, supporting both the Team Lead, study coordinators and investigators and indirectly the patients who are given the opportunity to receive the most up to date cancer treatment, whilst participating in the advancement of clinical research. The Clinical Trials Assistant role will give the successful candidate a broad understanding of the conduct and management of clinical trials and will incorporate to the following:

• Maintaining study site files

• Submitting and following up post approval ethics and governance submissions

• Maintaining the teams shared email account/s

• Working with Clinical Research Organisation reps to conduct study monitoring

• Assisting with general administrative duties for clinical trials staff

  
  

About Us

The Oncology Research department works mainly out of Monash Medical Centre and utilizes the facilities of the Monash Health Translation Precinct - a purpose built state of the art clinical trials unit. The oncology team is divided into 6 medical streams - Lung, GI, GU, Breast, Early Phase and Gynae and an operations team which conduct 200 trials at any one time at various stages of development, across all areas of medical oncology, and ranging from First in Human studies to large phase 3 pre marketing studies.

About You

To ensure your success in this role you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:

• Microsoft Office proficiency

• Administration experience

• Healthcare experience

• Understanding of medical terminology

• No mandatory qualifications or licences required but relevant science qualifications is preferred

  
  

In Return:

• Be part of a large harmonious team, focused in the care of the cancer patient

• Help in the clinical trial / research process

• Work within a large healthcare system

  
  

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