• Join a leader in youth mental health, revolutionising services to our young people
• Be part of a supportive team with career development and growth opportunities in clinical care and research
• Fixed term available for 12 months with opportunity for further employment
• Access to generous NFP salary packaging and flexible work/life balance arrangements

About Orygen

The why behind what we do is important. We believe that all young people deserve to grow into adulthood with optimal mental health. Everything we do is focused on this outcome. Orygen is leading and redefining what’s possible in global research, policy, education and clinical care. Find out more on our website.

The Opportunity 

The Research division is seeking a Clinical Trial Coordinator. You will be well supported operationally to ensure your career at Orygen is both fulfilling and rewarding without compromising on your life goals.

If you have a passion for the field of youth mental health and want to make a real difference to the lives of young people and their families and carers and share Orygen’s values of respect, accountability, teamwork, excellence and innovation, then we would love you to join the Orygen team to revolutionise youth mental health.

The role and your impact

The Clinical Trial Coordinator is responsible for implementing an RCT of the innovative Affinity digital intervention for youth suicide prevention, as funded by the NHMRC. You will: 

• Establish effective working relationships with Youth Mood Clinic team members to facilitate study recruitment, in addition to collaborative working relationships with researchers across the University and study collaborators
• Contribute to the development of content for online therapy modules as part of the Affinity and/or active control interventions
• Contribute to the development of study protocols for data collection and risk management in the trial, in addition to publication of protocols where necessary
• Oversee participant recruitment and ongoing assessments as part of the trial, ensuring protocol adherence and safety requirements are upheld
• Management of the study research management system and database
• Training and supervision of research assistants in assessments and study procedures
• Prepare and submit Research Ethics Committee and governance applications, amendments, safety reports, annual reports and other relevant compliance documentation related to clinical trials
• Manage clinical trial costings, including budget preparation

About you 

Essential to this role are tertiary qualifications in psychology/health sciences related fields plus significant relevant experience or equivalent combination of relevant experience and education/training. You are passionate, energetic and determined to make a difference to health outcomes for young people. In addition, you will bring:

• Strong relationship management skills and experience working within multidisciplinary teams, with the ability to quickly earn the trust of internal/external stakeholders and colleagues
• Significant experience recruiting research participants from clinical settings, including effective liaison with clinicians
• Experience with serious adverse event/adverse event monitoring among vulnerable research participants
• Experience in coordinating clinical trials among vulnerable populations, including the submission of hospital-based Research Ethics Committee applications, protocol amendments and governance proposals, clinical trial procedures, documentation and auditing of clinical trials
• Demonstrated understanding of the conduct of research including the collation and management of human research data, and an awareness of the principles underpinning Good Clinical Practice.
• Experience in working with clinical trials requiring multisite ethics approval 

To view the FULL selection criteria and learn more about this opportunity, please go to www.orygen.org.au/About/Work-with-Us to view the Position Description or contact A/Prof Simon Rice at [email protected], using the subject line: Clinical Trial Coordinator - Affinity Study enquiry via EthicalJobs, for a confidential discussion.

Salary and benefits

Depending on your skills and experience, a salary of $90,000 - $110,000 p.a. (pro rata) is offered plus superannuation and access to generous NFP salary packaging.

Orygen is committed to providing an inclusive work environment that supports employees to achieve their career goals without compromising their life goals. With this in mind Orygen offers a range of employment benefits including generous paid leave, flexible work arrangement, an employee assistance program, well regarded supervision and a supportive team, career growth and development opportunities, purposeful work that makes a real difference to lives of young people and their families and carers and career opportunities within an organisation that is the leader in youth mental health.

Orygen is dedicated to gender equality, diversity and inclusivity. We strive to continue to build a culturally safe workplace where our values underpin the way we work and our commitment to First Nations people of Australia, young people and their families, LGBTIQA+ people and CALD people. We strongly encourage applications from the First Nations people.

Recruitment Agencies - thank you for thinking of us, however we do endeavour to fill our opportunities through direct channels wherever possible. If we find that we do need agency assistance, we’ll be in touch.