Senior Clinical Research Assistant - Speech Pathology

About the role

The University of Queensland's Queensland Aphasia Research Centre (QARC), part of the Centre for Living Experience Research (LEX), is recruiting a Senior Clinical Research Assistant for its Conversations About Care trial. The trial aims to improve communication support for older people with communication disability in residential and community aged care. The position is full-time and fixed-term for 9 months, with part-time and job-share arrangements also open, based at the Herston campus with travel to regional Queensland trial sites.

Key responsibilities

• Support delivery of the trial across metropolitan and regional aged care services.
• Recruit and consent participants using supported processes that enable informed decisions, in line with Good Clinical Practice and ethical requirements.
• Conduct research assessments, observations and interviews with residents, family members and staff, and help deliver trial interventions, including travel to regional Queensland for data collection (site visits, travel and overnight stays fully funded).
• Maintain accurate research records through scoring, data entry, data checking and report preparation.
• Build relationships with aged care providers and site contacts and represent the project professionally.

Required profile

• Completion or near completion of a Speech Pathology qualification.
• High-level interpersonal and communication skills, able to work with residents, families, staff and providers.
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills, including coordinating site visits and travel schedules.
• Current driver's licence and willingness to travel to regional Queensland, including overnight stays.
• Clinical experience with older adults with communication disability, or experience in clinical research or qualitative interviewing, is highly regarded.

Required skills

• Analytical and research skills, including data collection, scoring, data entry and analysis.
• Understanding of confidentiality, privacy and information-handling principles in research ethics and governance.

What we offer

• Base salary of $97,268 - $104,348 plus 17% superannuation (HEW Level 6).
• Up to 26 weeks paid parental and primary care leave, 17.5% leave loading, flexible and hybrid working options, health and wellbeing programs and a discounted study program.

Applications close on 1 November at 11:00pm AEST. Applicants should submit a resume and cover letter, answering the selection criteria and stating availability if interested in part-time or job-share arrangements. Pre-employment checks include right to work, Speech Pathology Australia membership, a driver's licence, a criminal history check and mandatory immunisations.