Postdoc: Aging Care Research with Consumer Co-Design

University of Sydney; Sydney; On-site; AUD 210,000 - 240,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Sydney is seeking a Part-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow to support an NHMRC-funded program focused on Optimising Care for Older Adults in Hospital. You will join the ageing, geriatric care and medical education research team at Concord Hospital and Concord Clinical School.

The role involves consumer engagement, co-design, and advancing translational research with NSW Health, supervising students and contributing to high-impact publications and grants.

Qualifications

• PhD in a relevant discipline, or nearing completion.
• Experience conducting original research in ageing, geriatric care or medical education.
• Strong written and verbal communication with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience in consumer engagement and co-design with older adults and carers.

Responsibilities

• Conduct original and collaborative research in ageing, geriatric care and medical education.
• Coordinate and manage consumer research advisory group and meetings.
• Lead data collection, coding, analysis and interpretation (qualitative and mixed methods).
• Draft peer-reviewed manuscripts and conference presentations.
• Contribute to grant applications, ethics submissions and governance.

Skills

Consumer engagement

Co-design

Stakeholder management

Project management

Qualitative methods

Communications skills

Mentoring

Research leadership

Education

PhD in a relevant discipline

Tools

Medline/PubMed

REDCap

SAS

SPSS

EndNote

Nvivo

Microsoft Office

Job description

The University of Sydney is seeking a Part-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow to support an NHMRC-funded program focused on Optimising Care for Older Adults in Hospital. You will join the ageing, geriatric care and medical education research team at Concord Hospital and Concord Clinical School.

The role involves consumer engagement, co-design, and advancing translational research with NSW Health, supervising students and contributing to high-impact publications and grants.