Research Fellow, Rural Health Workforce
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Location
- Shepparton/Wangaratta/Ballarat, Australia
- Closing date
- 19 Dec 2021
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- Academic Discipline
- Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health, Other Health & Social Care
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Research Fellowships
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full Time, Part Time
Job Details
Work type: Fixed Term
Location: Multiple Locations
Division/Faculty: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Department/School: Melbourne Medical School
Role & Superannuation rate: Academic - Full time - 17% super
Working hours: Full-time or part-time (0.8 – 1.0 FTE)
Location: Shepparton, Wangaratta or Ballarat
Salary: $75,289 - $102,163 p.a. (Level A) or $107,547 - $127,707 p.a. (Level B) (pro rata for part time)
Founded in 1853, the University of Melbourne is Australia’s #1 university and is consistently ranked amongst the leading universities in the world. We are proud of our people, our commitment to research and teaching excellence, and our global engagement.
About the Department of Rural Health
The Department of Rural Health is based in Shepparton, Ballarat, Bendigo and Wangaratta and has associations with more than 40 smaller rural towns in Victoria. The key purpose of the Department is to provide professional health education and research training in a rural context with an aim to increase the rural health workforce.
The Department works closely with the local community and healthcare partners to ensure that we remain relevant and connected. Our partnerships underpin our teaching and research.
About the Role
This role provides an opportunity for an early career researcher to undertake research and evaluation of programs and issues relating to nursing and allied health workforce. The research will be undertaken with and for health service partners to trial innovations in recruitment, retention and grow-your-own strategies.
In a typical week at work, you may:
- Read existing literature on rural workforce issues and outcomes.
- Collaborate with external and internal partners to undertake Rural Health workforce research and evaluation with the UDRH Director.
- Undertake data collection and data analysis within the projects you are working on.
- Design new projects that are needed in the local region.
About You
You will hold a PhD or be undertaking a PhD, have excellent research skills and be innovative and practical in your approach to addressing rural health workforce problems. You will seek new opportunities, like to learn and innovate, enjoy living and working in a rural region, and engage well with external partners.
Ideally, you will further have:
- Knowledge of evidence and current research on rural workforce issues in Australia.
- Experience of research related to rural nursing and/or allied health workforce.
- Demonstrated knowledge of quantitative and/or qualitative methodologies and the ability to learn advanced research skills as required.
- The ability to undertake research in a multidisciplinary team with academic researchers, health professionals and health services.
Benefits of Working with Us
In addition to having the opportunity to grow and be challenged, and to be part of vibrant team and enjoy a range of rewarding benefits:
- Flexible working arrangements and generous personal, parental and cultural leave options
- Competitive remuneration, 17% super, salary packaging and leave loading
- Free and subsidised health and wellbeing services, and access to fitness and cultural clubs
- Career development opportunities and 25% off graduate courses for staff and their immediate families
To find out more, please visit https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers.
Be Yourself @ UoM
We recognise that our employees are at the core of all our successes and achievements. We value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community, and we encourage and celebrate diversity. We promote inclusive behaviour, and we actively seek to learn from each other. Indigenous Australians are strongly encouraged to apply for our roles.
Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for you, please submit your application including a brief cover letter, your resume and your responses against the selection criteria* (found in the Position Description) for the role.
*For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria
Should you require any reasonable adjustments with the recruitment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition team at hr-talent@unimelb.edu.au. We look forward to receiving your application!
View the Position Description: RFQ05638-RH-MarCom-Research Fellow Workforce-PD1.pdf
Applications close: 19 Dec 2021 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Company
The University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings consistently placing us as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and one of the world’s top 50*.
Melbourne attracts the best and brightest students and researchers and, with a history of over 160 years, we occupy a special place at the heart of our city’s cultural scene.
Melbourne is a leading research university, widely renowned for its teaching and the social and economic contributions it makes through knowledge transfer. The University’s performance in international rankings puts it at the forefront of higher education in the Asia-Pacific and beyond.
Internationally, the University is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world, with its international peers placing it in the top 20 worldwide, and employers placing it in the top 10. In the recent Times Higher Education rankings of the world’s top 200 universities, Melbourne ranked top in Australia and 33 in the world.
Melbourne’s international research pre-eminence was also acknowledged with a top 100 ranking in the Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings. Ranked No. 44 in 2015, the University has climbed steadily in the rankings since first appearing at No. 92 in 2003.
The Melbourne Model introduces undergraduate programs characterised by both breadth and depth, followed by a graduate professional degree, a research higher degree or entry directly into employment.
In 2008 Melbourne commenced offering six New Generation undergraduate degrees in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments, Music and Science. The Melbourne Model also introduces a new graduate school experience to Australia, providing the best and brightest with a more focused, intense and professionally relevant degree in areas such as Law, Architecture, Teaching and Nursing. With the Melbourne curriculum now aligning the University with the world’s top universities in Europe, North America and Asia, we enable our students to develop the skills and attributes required by employers all over the world.
More than 50,000 students from over 120 countries take courses in the University’s 12 faculties and graduate schools.
For more information please visit: http://www.unimelb.edu.au
*Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015
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- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Telephone
- +61 (3) 8344 4000
- Location
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Parkville
Melbourne
Victoria
VIC 3010
Australia
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