The Role

• Salary range: Level A, $106,089 - $113,697 p.a. or Level B, $119,839 - $141,790 p.a. (pro rata) plus superannuation.
• Fixed-term, full time appointment until 31 December 2026 with the possibility to extend depending on funding and performance.
• Location: Macquarie University Wallumattagal Campus, North Ryde, New South Wales

About the role

We are looking for one full-time Postdoctoral Researcher (Level A) or Research Fellow (Level B) to work within our team across two program streams - the Type 1 Diabetes and Antibiotic overuse priority areas. The position will work with our expert groups to: bring the evidence base up to date; coordinate the co-design of interventions and development of resource materials; pilot and refine the intervention; roll-out the intervention as part of a demonstration program; assist with evaluation of implementation fidelity and program outcomes; and develop and promulgate tools for taking the programs to scale.

About You

The Implementation Scientist will work with expert advisory groups including consumer representatives, and when studying and implementing interventions, will work closely with participating Primary Healthcare Networks and General Practices. The Implementation Scientist will also work with the project's Mixed-Methods Researcher to better understand the implementation context, and the project's Health Economist to measure costs and benefits associated with program implementation. Appointment as Postdoctoral Researcher or Research Fellow will depend upon qualifications and experience.

About Us

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences is ambitiously pushing the boundaries of progressive thinking to solve some of the big issues of our time, on both a national and global scale. The Faculty forms part of MQ Health, an integrated academic health sciences enterprise which incorporates Macquarie University Hospital and primary and speciality clinics. We have active research programs and our Faculty hosts the Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI), an internationally acclaimed powerhouse researching health systems, e-health and patient safety. The Institute draws from the expertise of over 320 staff, students and visiting personnel working on over 120 different projects at any given time, publishing more than one peer-reviewed publication on average per day.

The Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science (CHRIS), within AIHI, has a multi-stream program of research which focuses on delivering health system improvement by working with patients, healthcare providers and policy makers. We are methodologically sophisticated, multidisciplinary and draw on assembled and collaborative expertise in areas including health systems, policy, medicine, nursing, psychology, anthropology, sociology and complexity science. Our research underpins new models of care, fashions improved services for patients, builds better policy, provides an evidence base to guide what people do, and transforms the systems through which care is delivered.

About the team

The National Paediatric Research Translation Initiative (N-PARTI) is an Australia-wide group of researchers, clinicians, and consumers that aims to improve the health of Australian children. The project is led by Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite at the AIHI, and involves collaborators from Perth Children's Hospital, Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Sydney Children's Hospital, and the University of New South Wales. Other collaborators, including Primary Healthcare Networks, will join during the implementation of the project.

N-PARTI addresses three priority areas, as exemplars, to improve primary care for child health: Asthma, Type 1 Diabetes, and Antibiotic overuse. N-PARTI will conduct a series of implementation research projects to increase the amount of care provided by general practitioners that is in line with best practice guidelines for these priority areas.

Central to N-PARTI is the effective implementation of interventions to increase uptake of evidence-based care guidelines.

To Apply

To be considered for this position, applicants are asked to provide (1) a cover letter addressing the selection criteria below and (2) their curriculum vitae (including contact information for three referees) as part of the application process.

Essential criteria:

• A PhD in a relevant discipline such as a clinical discipline, psychology or a social science
• Demonstrated understanding of the Australian health system
• Demonstrated ability to undertake quantitative and/or qualitative data collection and analysis in support of intervention implementation
• Demonstrated track record of peer reviewed publications in high quality journals
• Demonstrated capacity to present papers at conferences and workshops
• Demonstrated capacity to lead formal literature reviews
• Experience of multi-stakeholder teamwork and capacity to work with a range of healthcare stakeholders including consumers, clinicians, managers and policy makers
• Capacity to contribute to the academic life and administrative duties of the Centre and Institute
• Capacity for and interest in interdisciplinary and multi-method research
• Capacity to travel to research sites, including interstate, for up to one week at a time.

Desirable criteria:

• Experience in primary healthcare and/or paediatric care, Type 1 Diabetes or responsible use of antibiotics
• Experience in preparing Ethics and Site governance applications
• Experience with successful research student supervision

This position is only open to applicants with relevant rights to work in Australia.

Closing date: 11:59 pm AEDT on Sunday 24 November 2024

For more information email Dr Kirk Olsen: kirk.olsen@mq.edu.au