Description:
Azithromycin at Birth Trial
Child and Maternal Health
12 months Fixed Term, part-time (0.7 FTE) - Full time (1.0 FTE)
Are you interested in a new challenge and keen to develop or strengthen your clinical skills?
Do you have an understanding of health issues affecting First Nations Australians and have experience working with research participants, patients or community members?
If this sounds like you, join our team of research professionals!
The Role:
Menzies School of Health Research is looking to engage a Research Midwife to be part of the research team for the Azithromycin at Birth Trial.
The Research Midwife will work with the research team to provide high quality, respectful, culturally sensitive clinical assessments, obtain informed consent, arranging follow up visits with women and babies after birth in hospital, clinic and community health services for clinical data and specimen collection.
The successful applicant will receive training in research methodologies for the trial, according to the protocol and procedures.
This position is based in Darwin. The successful applicant will be required to travel to remote communities across the Top End of the Northern Territory via light aircraft and/or 4WD for up to 5 days per trip and up to 2 trips per month.
What you will bring to the role:
As a motivated individual and qualified health professional, you will have tertiary qualifications in midwifery with relevant proven clinical experience in either a hospital or community-based health service and current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
The successful applicant will also have exceptional written and communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community organisations, and the ability to work collaboratively with health professionals and academic colleagues. This position requires the ability to work sensitively in multicultural and multidisciplinary settings with the skills to engage and communicate with First Nations peoples.
Please see a full list of primary responsibilities and selection criteria in the Position Description.
Why Menzies?
Menzies is a national leader in research and education that improves health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and populations across our region. As a leader in global and tropical research into life-threatening illnesses, Menzies continues to translate its research into effective partnerships and programs in communities across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
Menzies is committed to providing a culturally inclusive and supportive work environment, and ensuring our workforce is representative of the people with and whom we work. We seek to amplify Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander voices in all aspects of our work, and we strongly encourage Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply for this position.
Benefits of working for Menzies:
6 weeks annual leave
Base salary of $99,341 - $107,806 per annum, pro-rata
Total remuneration package including superannuation and salary packaging benefits of $123,393 – $133,092 per annum, pro-rata
Option of increasing superannuation contribution to 14%
Menzies is committed to diversity and inclusion in our workplace. Applicants who have support or access requirements, are encouraged to advise this at the time of their applications, to ensure appropriate assistance is provided throughout the recruitment process.
If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact:
Rebecca Clarke
Clinical Research Manager
Child and Maternal Health Division
Via email: rebecca.clarke@menzies.edu.au
Phone: 0459 445 541
How to Apply:
Please click on the 'Apply' button to submit your application. Applicants are required to provide the following supporting documents:
1. A current resume;
2. A cover letter of no more than 2 pages, addressing the selection criteria and
3. Any other relevant supporting documentation.
Closing date: Sunday, 13th April 2025
Position Description_Research Midwife