Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Health Mgr Lvl 2
Remuneration: $106142 - $125241 full time equivalent base salary range (excludes super, leave loading and salary packaging)
Hours Per Week: 24
Requisition ID: REQ463592

Sydney Children's Hospitals Network is the largest paediatric health care entity in Australia. We care for thousands of children each year in our hospitals and in their homes — with one purpose in mind — to help young people live their healthiest lives.

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Additional information:

• An eligibility list will be created for future permanent part time and temporary part time vacancies. (permanent PT adverts)

Eating Disorder Service Research Coordinator (Permanent Part Time) The SCHN Eating Disorder Service (EDS) is a large service operating at The Children’s Hospital, Westmead and Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick. The EDS treats young people with anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders from all over New South Wales. Inpatient re-feeding admissions, outpatient treatment, intensive day treatment, family admission program, parent groups and an extensive family therapy program are offered. The EDS also has a well-established clinical research program and regularly provides training, education and supervision to other services. The EDS is jointly managed and staffed by the Department of Psychological Medicine and Department of Adolescent Medicine. The service has a medical and allied health co-lead who are responsible for the strategic direction and daily management of the staff and programs.

This position is based in the Department of Psychological Medicine and will provide services at the The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick and Eating Disorder Intensive Program for Adolescents at Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick. The position will contribute to strategic planning and conduct of research activities in the Eating Disorder Service. This will include co-ordinating research projects, consulting with staff planning or undertaking research, analyse data, write ethics and grant applications, journal articles for publication, and provide training and teaching as requested. Supporting supplementary research projects of both staff and students. Ensuring research is carried out according SCHN ethics guidelines. 

Please see attached Statement of Duties for further information about this position.

What you'll be doing
The Sydney Children’s Hospital Network (SCHN) includes the Sydney Children’s Hospital (SCH) and the Children’s Hospital Westmead (CHW). It is the largest provider of children’s health services in Australia. Research — alongside clinical care, education, and advocacy — is a key pillar of SCHN. SCHN Kids Research Institute has approximately 600 researchers and support staff. 

The SCHN Department of Psychological Medicine spans the Randwick and Westmead precincts and is the largest child and adolescent mental health service in NSW. The Department provides assessment and treatment to children with mental illness or neurodevelopmental disorders — the leading causes of disability in children and young people. Clinical services including two dedicated inpatient mental health units, psychiatric emergency teams, and consultation-liaison services at each precincts. Additionally the Department has nationally leading gender dysphoria, eating disorders, intellectual disability, and functional neurological disorder clinical services and provides the largest telemedicine child and adolescent psychiatry service in Australia to regional NSW.

The Department seeks to expand its research, education and advocacy capacity to transform the clinical care of children with mental illness.  To achieve this, the Department supports higher degree research (HDR) students — Honours, Masters, and PhD develop the research capacity of clinicians. The Department encourages academic appointments by its affiliation with two of Australia’s ‘Group of 8’ universities — UNSW Sydney and The University of Sydney. Psychological Medicine works closely with the SCHN Research Ethics and Research Governance teams to ensure best practice. 

The role of the Research Officer is to advise, support, and enable research activities across the Department under the direction of Heads of Department and advice from the Departments ‘Clinical Academic. The Research Officer consults on all aspects of research, including methodological design, ethics submissions, data collection and analysis, database management, writing and publication. 

1. Tertiary qualification or other relevant discipline and /or equivalent work experience
2. Demonstrated skills in research ethics protocol management.
3. Demonstrated intermediate skills in research database management and scientific writing.
4. Demonstrated intermediate skills in statistical analysis using software such as R studio.
5. Highly developed verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal and influencing skills
6. Capacity to prepare and/or contribute to successful research proposals to external funding bodies and agencies.
7. The ability to assist with the development and implementation of policies, procedures, standards and practices.
8. The ability to take initiative, work collaboratively with all stakeholders and as part of a team.

SCHN is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity - we acknowledge the vibrancy that a diverse workforce brings to enhance both our workplace culture and our service delivery to children, young people and their families and carers. We encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply. If you identify as an Indigenous Australian or as a person with a disability, please contact us if you would like some more information about our recruitment process.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. We recognise the value of Aboriginal staff providing health care to Aboriginal children and families that access the services we provide at the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network. Aboriginal job applicants are encouraged to visit the NSW Health Aboriginal Recruitment tool, Stepping Up to assist in preparing your application.

Please refer to the Application Guide and NSW Policy Directive PD2022_030 Occupational Assessment Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases for vaccination requirements.

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course (2 doses) of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA).

Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.

This position requires a Working with Children Check (WWCC) issued by the Office of the Children’s Guardian.  For more information on how to apply for the clearance, please visit the Office of the Children’s Guardian Website https://ocg.nsw.gov.au/

NSWHealth is committed to child safety in line with the Child Safe Standards

Applicants holding visas with working rights may be considered for temporary appointment (up to the expiry date of their visa) where no suitable local applicant is identified.

Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description and Statement of Duties
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Andrew Wallis on andrew.wallis@health.nsw.gov.au

If you are Aboriginal or Torres Strait islander wishing to apply for this role and want to speak with an Aboriginal person/representative from the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network please contact Wayne Dargan on 0486012545.

Applications Close: 3/02/2024