Research Sydney Part Time Research at Icon Group
Key Points:
- Two permanent part-time positions available (45.6 hours per fortnight each).
- Home base location available within metropolitan or regional NSW, depending on candidate location, preference and operational requirements.
- Join an innovative company that provides exceptional personalised cancer care services. Collaborate to coordinate and conduct clinical trials.
- Work within a collaborative research network supporting cancer clinical trials across multiple Icon Cancer Centre locations.
About the Role
This is a permanent part-time position (approximately 45 hours per fortnight) working with our collaborative research team across Icon Cancer Centre locations in NSW. We currently have two opportunities available and are seeking candidates who can support our growing clinical research program.
Successful candidates will be allocated a home base site within either metropolitan or regional NSW, depending on candidate preference, location and operational requirements. While primarily based at one location, occasional travel between nearby centres may be required to support patient visits and ensure continuity of clinical trial activities.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a well-established oncology clinical research program, supporting a broad range of cancer clinical trials while working alongside experienced clinicians and researchers.
Your Key Responsibilities Will Be:
- Provide high level support to Icon Principal Investigators in the conduct and day-to-day management of clinical trials.
- Manage and conduct the clinical trial portfolio including trial coordination, recruitment, participant and team member education and communication.
- Ensure that clinical research carried out within Icon is conducted in accordance with Good Clinical Practice, the NHMRC National Statement and Icon policies.
- Contribute to the financial management of the business unit to ensure trial participants are tracked and patient payment data is submitted in a timely manner.
- Communicate effectively with trial participants to ensure trial-related procedures are booked appropriately and compliance with scheduled visits is maintained.
- Actively attend meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
About You
We are seeking a driven and detail-oriented individual with excellent organisational, communication and problem-solving skills. You will be able to manage competing priorities, build strong relationships with a range of stakeholders, and confidently coordinate clinical research activities in a dynamic healthcare environment.
We are open to considering candidates from a variety of backgrounds, including:
- Extended Oncology/Haematology Nursing, Radiation Therapy or Clinical Trials experience.
- A bachelor's degree in health sciences, pharmacy or an allied health discipline, together with relevant research coordination experience.
Whether you are an experienced Clinical Research Coordinator or a highly skilled Medical Oncology or Haematology Nurse or Radiation Therapist looking to transition into research, we welcome your application. Clinical trials training can be provided for the right candidate.
Essential Requirements:
- Valid Australian working rights.
- Current Australian driver's licence.
- Access to a reliable, roadworthy vehicle.
- Ability to travel occasionally between Icon Cancer Centre locations as required.
Clinical Trials at Icon
To help deliver a robust trials portfolio, Icon Group work with over 200 collaborators including Contract Research Organisations (CROs), commercial and non-commercial organisations (including the pharmaceutical industry hospital and universities), industry vendors and service providers. We deliver Phase I to Phase IV clinical trials sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry and collaborative groups, as well as in-house investigator-initiated trials across our multidisciplinary clinical team, clinical registries, compounding, physics and dosimetric research.
Icon’s growing research footprint is comprised of over 90 principal investigators working across 20 cancer centres in Australia, with a comprehensive workforce of experienced researchers and administrative team members who support clinicians and the delivery of clinical trials across several Icon locations.
Icon offers Australia's largest private cancer clinical trials program, with more than 120 clinical trials open to recruitment and over 800 patients currently participating in active studies across multiple tumour streams.
Extra Benefits For YOU:
- Access to novated lease options via our partner RemServ: e.g., Pay for personal car, rego, insurance, fuel & servicing with before tax earnings, potentially saving thousands!
- Lucrative company-wide Rewards Portal: Discounts & Cash-Back across Experiences, Travel, Dining & Shopping.
- Employee Assistance Program: Confidential external counselling & support service. Talk about work, money, family and everything in between with extensively trained professionals.
- Development Pathways: We love hearing how we can help you thrive in your career! Set individual goals with leaders across the business and we’ll help you grow with us.
- Online Courses: Free access to an abundance of online courses in both clinical and non-clinical categories
- Access to paid parental leave and the ability to purchase annual leave (for permanent employees)
Excited to join us and help change people’s lives for the better?
Our work is always important and not always easy, and we know the secret ingredient is our incredible, supportive people. So, when you get a chance, visit https://icongroup.global/en/careers/our-people/stories/ to read the stories of our incredible people.
Icon Group celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees. We encourage applications from all diverse backgrounds.
Icon is committed to managing the risk of transmission of specified vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) including COVID-19. Certain roles may require the successful candidate to show evidence that they have been vaccinated against or are not susceptible to specified VPDs.
