Clinical Trial Assistant

As the Clinical Trial Assistant, you will be responsible for providing clinical trial specific administrative, screening, recruitment and operational assistance and support to the Clinical Trial Coordinators. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to support lab tests and develop some clinics visit skills under the guidance of the clinical trial coordinators.

As the Clinical Trial Assistant, you will:

• Provide administrative support as needed for clinical research studies in accordance with international and national guidelines (e.g. TGA, ICH-GCP and NHMRC) as per study protocols and delegated by the Operations Manager.
• Assist with study participant recruitment by supporting the design of recruitment material in line with sponsor and ethics approval and conducting pre-screening activities (e.g. phone calls, emails)
• Draft, format and prepare ethics submissions and amendments, as well as other forms of communication and perform ad hoc project activities
• Design and maintain databases and online systems, of trial specific databases (e.g. trackers, enter data to electronic data capture - EDC) and high-quality study records.
• Assist study coordinators in in managing the flow of information; establishing and maintaining administrative systems, including spreadsheets online booking systems and support onsite clinical study visits and assessments, telehealth and phone appointments, and phone/SMS follow ups.
• Perform routine research and project work including data collection and entry, completion of study trackers and the preparation of trial closure at site and relevant archiving.
• Assist with scientific/lab tests, study specific clinical consumables and equipment orders/rentals and adequate storage.

About you
To be successful in this position, you will hold a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualifications/work experience in a relevant field (e.g. health or science related field).

In addition to the above, you will demonstrate:

• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to effectively prioritise and manage multiple tasks
• Excellent communication skills, with experience in building and maintaining relationships
• Strong computer skills
• An understanding of the clinical sector and associated confidentiality

What we can offer
This is a fixed term (24 months), full time position primarily based at Griffith University Gold Coast location. As Griffith is a multi-site University you may be required to work across other locations.

 Griffith University’s campuses are located on the lands of the Yugarabul, Yuggera, Jagera, Turrbal, Yugambeh and Kombumerri peoples.

Salary Range
The full time equivalent base salary will be HEW Level 5 range $82,415 - $92,456 per annum + 17% superannuation. The total FTE package will be in the range $96,426 - $108,174 per annum.