SCHN Clinical Trials Start-Up Officer

NSW Health; Sydney; Presencial; AUD 91.000 - 121.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexible work opportunities

Salary packaging

Meal entertainment benefits

Accrued days off (ADOs)

Fitness passport

Employee assistance program (EAP)

Descripción de la vacante

NSW Health’s Clinical Trials Start-Up Officer role supports and completes ongoing study amendments and feasibility assessments. The position works across CHW and SCH sites, assisting CRCs with start-up activities and administrative functions while building professional relationships with sponsors, investigators, and supporting departments.

Key duties include drafting HREAs, SSAs, ICFs, and IDAs, reviewing study documentation for ethics and governance, managing CTMS data, and providing financial

Responsabilidades

• Provide continued support and encourage collaboration within the CRC start up team
• Support the development and implementation of start-up systems and processes within the CRC
• Build and maintain relationships with supporting departments
• Display high standards of accuracy and prioritisation, in line with study start up timelines
• Undertake additional duties aligned with the role’s classification
• Supporting study start up activity from point of initial site approach, through to Research Governance Office (RGO) authorisation
• Accurately draft HREA
• Accurately draft SSA
• Accurately draft ICFs
• Accurately draft IDAs
• Review study documentation in line with local ethics or governance requirements
• Maintain an up‑to‑date understanding of the legal, ethical, and regulatory frameworks governing clinical research and applying this knowledge to informed decision‑making
• Provide financial management support related to study start up
• Conduct efficient and accurate study handovers to clinical teams as required
• Completion of Minimum data set fields as required
• Creation of protocol notes in CTMS to provide current study updates
• Support builds in the Clinical Trials Management System (CTMS) as per local site practices
• Logging of expenditures in CTMS
• Creation of statements of work (SOW) in CTMS
• Additional Benefits (where applicable): Flexible work opportunities, Salary packaging and meal entertainment benefits, accrued days off (ADOs), fitness passport, employee assistance program (EAP)

Descripción del empleo

Employment Type:TemporaryFull Time until 22 November 2027
Position Classification:Health Mgr Lvl 1
Remuneration:91326 - 121497 full-time equivalent base salary range (+12% super + 17.5% leave loading and salary packaging)
Hours Per Week:38
Requisition ID:REQ703419
Location: Network
Applications Close: Midnight on 8 November 2026
For role related queries or questions contact Natasha Edirisinghege on ***************@health.nsw.gov.au

As the largest paediatric health service in Australia, we care for thousands of children each year, in hospital and at home. Our people are united by compassion, collaboration and excellence in care.

The Clinical Research Centre's (CRCs), located at both The Children’s Hospital at Westmead (CHW) and the Sydney Children’s Hospital (SCH), conduct a wide variety of clinical research through a network of researchers and health professionals across the SCHN. Under the umbrella of Kids Research, the CRCs aim to translate new evidence into clinical care and treatment at both sites.

THE ROLE:

Supporting and completing ongoing study amendments Supporting feasibility assessments where required. The Clinical Trials Start-Up Officer will work across both SCHN sites, CHW & SCH, to support clinical research start up activities, specific to the CRCs. This role encompasses supporting administrative functions in clinical research and the broader organisational unit, while fostering strong, professional relationships with sponsors, investigators, supporting departments, collaborators, and their teams through clear, consultative communication.

General Responsibilities:

• Provide continued support and encourage collaboration within the CRC start up team
• Support the development and implementation of start-up systems and processes within the CRC Build and maintain relationships with supporting departments
• Display high standards of accuracy and prioritisation, in line with study start up timelines

Undertake additional duties aligned with the role’s classification.

Study Startup Responsibilities:

• Supporting study start up activity from point of initial site approach, through to Research Governance Office (RGO) authorisation
• Accurately draft and finalise the following according to site or sponsor timelines:
  • Human Research Ethics Applications (HREA)
  • Site Specific Assessments (SSA)
  • Site specific Informed Consent Forms (ICFs)
  • Inter Department Agreements (IDAs)
• Review study documentation in line with local ethics or governance requirements
• Maintain an up‑to‑date understanding of the legal, ethical, and regulatory frameworks governing clinical research and applying this knowledge to informed decision‑making.
• Provide financial management support related to study start up

Conduct efficient and accurate study handovers to clinical teams as required.

Clinical Trials Management System (CTMS) Responsibilities:

• Completion of Minimum data set fields as required
• Creation of protocol notes in CTMS to provide current study updates
• Support builds in the Clinical Trials Management System (CTMS) as per local site practices
• Logging of expenditures in CTMS
• Creation of statements of work (SOW) in CTMS

Additional Benefits (where applicable): Flexible work opportunities, Salary packaging and meal entertainment benefits, accrued days off (ADOs), fitness passport, employee assistance program (EAP)