Job Description
Location: Western Region | Grampians
Job type: Casual
Organisation: Grampians Health
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Research
Reference: 16981
Research Assistant
Administrative Grade 3 (HS3)
Primary and Community Care, Allied Health
Casual
About Grampians Health
Grampians Health was established 1 November 2021, bringing together Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital, Stawell Regional Health, Wimmera Health Care Group and Ballarat Health Services to deliver safe, sustainable, healthcare tailored to changing workforce and community needs, for the long term.
This partnership follows years of strong collaboration and close partnerships between the four health services. Together, we will deliver better healthcare, enhance services and advance careers, closer to home, now and into the future.
A career with Grampians Health means you are connected and are part of a team providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Our communities are diverse, as is our workforce, with expert clinical staff from across the world choosing to live and work in our beautiful region.
Grampians Health provides acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care, administration and support services. This means your career will be as diverse and rewarding as you strive to be.
About the role
The Research Assistant will contribute to the research activities of the Using co-design to improve accessibility and acceptability of cardiac services: The Equal Hearts Study.
The Equal Hearts Study will use a health literacy-based, co-design approach to identify how hospital cardiac services can improve and measure accessibility for disadvantaged population groups with CHD.
The research assistant may also be required to perform a variety of research related tasks for other Grampians Health research projects including project administrative tasks, undertake literature searches, assist with ethics applications, data collection, data analysis, preparation of presentations, and assist with the preparation of written research reports.
Key Responsibilities
- Recruit participants to focus groups and the Stakeholder Advisory Panel.
- Assist with conducting focus groups (e.g. setting up and coordination, organising interpreter services if needed, note-taking, catering, parking vouchers etc.)
- Assist with transcription of the focus group session, as required.
- Support concept mapping work to develop indicators to measure accessibility and equity in cardiac service delivery
Skills and Experience
- Tertiary qualification or working towards tertiary qualification.
- Proven ability to function effectively both autonomously and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
- High-level computer skills, including MS Office.
- Good administrative and organisational skills.
- Demonstrated experience in research or health-related projects.
- Capacity to liaise effectively with a range of stakeholders, including clinicians, researchers and other relevant organisations.
- Demonstrated experience in qualitative research projects.
At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.
- Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
- Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
- Discounted on-site parking
- Access to discounted health club membership
- Staff rewards and recognition programs
Grampians Health Edenhope is located in the Victorian country town of Edenhope. It is surrounded by nature reserves, wineries and beautiful walking and biking trails. Grampians Health Edenhope also provides a wide range of services such as acute nursing, aged care nursing, district nursing and community nursing to name a few.
Stawell is a small town, with a big heart. Life is lived here at a slower pace, it's perfect for people who are wanting to get away from big cities and unwind. We have beautiful wildlife and numerous hiking trails, you will never outgrow this place and its wonders. Stawell is only a 45-minute drive to Horsham, where you can have the opportunity to dine from restaurants, farm gates and cellar doors of some of Australia's best and most awarded venues.
If you are dreaming of a career change with country lifestyle and want to sway expensive urban dwelling for stunning natural landscapes, Stawell is the place for you.
Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the states fastest growing inland city. Dubbed Australia’s most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes.
How to apply
Click APPLY or contact Anna Wong Shee, Associate Professor, Allied Health on 0400 190 288 for a confidential discussion.
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.
All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.
Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.
Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers
