Research Assistant/Coordinator

Bayside Health is a public health service delivering high-quality care across every stage of life for close to 1.2 million people living in metropolitan Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Koo Wee Rup, Bass Coast, and Southern Gippsland. With more than 15 main sites—including hospitals, centres, and clinics—we provide comprehensive care from newborns to older people, supported by over 22,000 dedicated staff focused on exceptional, equitable, and locally connected care. Education and training are central to staff development, encouraging all employees to strive and thrive.

About the role

This fixed-term (12 months), full-time (38 hours per week) research assistant position will contribute to the goals of the Sivathamboo Research Group within the Department of Neuroscience, STM. The role involves day-to-day operations including conducting research, developing standard operating procedures, risk assessments, and safe work instructions, clinical recruitment of participants, training students and junior staff, ordering consumables, data entry, data analysis, and contributing to manuscript preparation.

The role focuses on human clinical research, particularly projects involving wearable devices for epilepsy. Responsibilities include managing clinical trials, identifying and consenting patients, completing study procedures, coordinating staff, and liaising with commercial partners. The position is based at Alfred Health but may require occasional travel to other sites and weekend work.

Responsibilities

• Review potential trial participants to confirm eligibility.
• Attend wards and clinics for participant recruitment and study-related activities.
• Complete study procedures according to protocol.
• Prepare ethics and governance submissions and amendments in a timely manner.
• Submit manuscripts for publication.
• Report adverse effects promptly.
• Conduct research on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), autonomic function in epilepsy, and cardiorespiratory function in epilepsy.
• Collect and analyse clinical, demographic, physiological (e.g., EEG, imaging, ECG), and video data.
• Manage day-to-day operations of clinical trials, including coordination of staff and liaising with commercial partners.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience with patients and clinical trials.
• Organisational and time management capabilities, with the ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines.
• Ability to solve complex problems independently and troubleshoot issues as they arise.
• Well-developed planning and organisational skills.
• Awareness of confidentiality, privacy, and information handling principles.
• Ability to work collegially with other staff.
• Proficiency in software such as Profusion EEG and sleep software, with a willingness to learn new packages.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills.

Benefits

• Salary packaging.
• Car parking (subject to availability).
• Onsite gym.
• Childcare services.