Post-Doctoral Fellow, Quality Use of Medicines (QUM)

UNSW; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

17% superannuation

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Course discounts

Job summary

UNSW Kensington Campus is seeking a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Quality Use of Medicines for a 1-year fixed term. The role supports a portfolio of QUM projects, designing and evaluating qualitative and quantitative studies, and translating findings for policy and practice.

Collaboration with the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, School of Clinical Medicine and School of Health Sciences is expected. The successful candidate will hold a PhD in a relevant field, demonstrate literature review

Qualifications

• PhD in pharmacy, medicine, nursing, public health or related field.
• Experience conducting literature reviews and knowledge synthesis to inform study design.
• Experience designing and conducting qualitative and quantitative research.
• Experience managing and analysing data with statistical software (NVivo, SPSS, SAS, Stata).
• Strong written communication for peer-reviewed publications and briefs.
• Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
• Understanding of ethics, governance and privacy in health research; experience with ethics applications.
• Experience preparing grant proposals and contributing to funding applications.

Responsibilities

• Support research activities across a portfolio focused on Quality Use of Medicines.
• Design, implement and evaluate qualitative and quantitative studies.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and coordinate research activities.
• Contribute to knowledge translation to inform policy, practice and medicines use.

Skills

Literature reviews

Qualitative research

Quantitative research

Academic writing

Stakeholder engagement

Ethics governance

Grant proposals

Data analysis software

Education

PhD in pharmacy/medicine/public health or related

Tools

NVivo

SPSS

SAS

Stata

Job description

UNSW Kensington Campus is seeking a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Quality Use of Medicines for a 1-year fixed term. The role supports a portfolio of QUM projects, designing and evaluating qualitative and quantitative studies, and translating findings for policy and practice.

Collaboration with the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, School of Clinical Medicine and School of Health Sciences is expected. The successful candidate will hold a PhD in a relevant field, demonstrate literature review