Clinical Trial Coordinator, Starship Research and Innovation Office at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Te Toka Tumai Auckland, Auckland

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Nau mai, haere mai ki Starship Child Health!

Here is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Trial Coordinator to be part of our Starship Research and Innovation Office!

• Fixed Full-time 9 months Parental Leave cover position
• Grafton location

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity exists for a Clinical Trial Coordinator to join our team within the Starship Research and Innovation Office, in Grafton. This is a fixed term role providing parental leave cover. Starship Research affords children and families in paediatric care the opportunity to participate in high quality observational studies and clinical trials, leading to improved clinical outcomes.

Working as part of the Starship Research and Innovation Office, the Clinical Trial Coordinator provides research coordination and research support to teams across Starship Child Health. This involves a number of stakeholders within Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally including Starship based researchers and clinical staff, collaborative groups/networks, Universities, hospital sites, registries, and pharmaceutical sponsors/Contract Research Organisations (CROs).

In this role you will have the opportunity to contribute to investigator initiated and commercially sponsored trials in a variety of ways including protocol design, contracts and budgets, ethics/locality approvals, pre- and post-grant award support, and supporting recruitment activities for selected trials.

For further information, please refer to the Position Description here.

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A relevant Health Science degree
• Project management training or experience
• Knowledge and experience of study set up and delivery
• Experience working in a clinical operations setting
• Good Clinical Practice certification (GCP)
• An understanding of the clinical research cycle
• Knowledge of the clinical research landscape in New Zealand and an understanding of the research regulatory environment

To learn more about the role, please contact Laura Mackay, Research Operations Manager on LMackay@adhb.govt.nz

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels. We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

Te Toka Tumai | Starship Child Health is a dedicated paediatric healthcare service and major teaching centre committed to delivering whānau-centered care that focuses on the needs of the child first, and values whānau (family) as an important member of the care team.

He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here
We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai | Auckland.

For more information on what we offer, please click here.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role in your covering letter and CV quoting job reference ADHB17348.

To view details about our recruitment process, click here.

To apply please click 'apply now' below. If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, please contact Honey Pillai, Recruitment Consultant at HPillai@adhb.govt.nz

Advertising Closes: 29 March 2023

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