• Role title: Research Assistant (Homeless Health)
• Role type: Maximum Term, Part-Time (12months)
• Role grade: Health Services Manager 1
• Department and location: Homeless Health, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
• Salary: $ 84,436.00-$ 112,331.00 (Pro-rata) + super + salary packaging

Better and fairer care. Always.

We are St Vincent's Health Australia, Australia's largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.

Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs.

About the role
About the Role: Research Assistant (Homeless Health)
We are offering an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team focused on improving healthcare for people experiencing homelessness. In collaboration with St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, you will lead the implementation of the 'Enhancing Patient Voice Across Healthcare Services for People Experiencing Homelessness' study. Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the Homelessness Expert Advisory Committee, ensuring national and international representation, including individuals with lived experience of homelessness.
• Conducting an environmental scan across local, state, national, and international levels to assess methodologies for collecting patient experience feedback in healthcare services.
• Evaluating tools for collecting patient experience data, applying a quality lens to ensure their efficacy for under-served populations, and supporting the development of a tailored survey using co-design methodology.
• Convening a lived experience working group to guide the survey development process and managing quality assurance where required.
• Reporting progress and managing project documentation through SVHA systems, participating in regular supervision, and fulfilling administrative tasks and relevant training requirements.

About you
We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our team as a Research Assistant (Homeless Health). To thrive in this role, you will have:

• A background in research or project management (desirable but not essential), with a demonstrated understanding of clinical health services research, including secure data management, participant recruitment, and data collection.
• Experience or understanding of human research ethics and governance, including reporting and stakeholder management, and research administration and coordination.
• Experience working in or understanding of healthcare environments, with the ability to collaborate effectively with a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Experience in accessing and interacting with healthcare data sources (such as hospital medical records, clinical letters, and correspondence) to support research activities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated time management abilities and the capacity to prioritize competing tasks in a complex environment.

Why work at St Vincent's?

• Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community
• Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport
• Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank
• Access to a government salary sacrifice program. Make a proportion of your salary tax-free
• Committed to financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave

About the hospital
In this role you will be based at St Vincent's hospital, Darlinghurst.

• A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location
• Surrounded by great cafes, galleries and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches
• A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people
• Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes, many of which are located on-campus
• Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, cardiology, cancer care, AIDS/HIV, respiratory medicine, mental health, homeless health, drug & alcohol services, and correctional health

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia
Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Pre-employment checks
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.

Equal opportunity
We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

How to apply
The closing date for applications is 20 March 2025

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with the role.

Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.