Medical/health Writer - Melbourne, Australia - Monash Health

Monash Health

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Melbourne, Australia

2 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Location:
Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type:
Full time, Part time

Organisation:
Monash Health

Salary:
Salary not specified

Occupation:
Administration/Secretarial, Communications, Marketing and Media, Health and Allied Health, Medical

Reference: 62467

Position Details

Entity:
Monash Health

Department:
MCHRI (Monash Centre for Health Research & Implementation)

Location:
Monash Medical Centre Clayton

Position Title:
Medical / health writer

Employment Type:
Fixed-Term Part-Time or Fixed-Term Full-Time

Start Date:
Aug/Sep 2023

End Date:
Aug/Sep 2024 with opportunities for extension

Hours pw:
hours (0.6 EFT-1.0EFT)

Salary range pa:
HS3 + over-award commensurate with experience

Position Summary:

Do you want to join a growing dynamic team driving improved care through research, translation and impact? This will be a key role in a collaborative team, focused on making a difference in our community.

The role will be responsible for writing proposals, documents, journal articles, and manuals in the healthcare field.

You will cover topics in women's health, clinical trials, epidemiology, implementation and public health research and translation including educational materials.

This key role will primarily support a multidisciplinary team across Monash University and Monash Health. This will involve coordinating across authorship teams, planning and coordinating grants, journal publications and other outputs. An enthusiastic, passionate and experienced Medical Writer who wants to make a difference to health outcomes is sought.

The role reports directly to and will work closely with the Director and be an integral member of the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation.

Annual contract extension is anticipated.

About Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation (MCHRI),
MCHRI sits under the Facility of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University. Established in 2005, MCHRI has grown from 3 to 110 staff and students.

This is a partnership centre across Monash University and Monash Health and provides an implementation laboratory for research and translation embedded and integrated into healthcare.

MCHRI works with broader reach across Monash Partners Academic Health Science Centre, nationally and internationally in our research and translation endeavours.

Our vision is to generate
_Better Care, Better Equity, Better Health.

We do this by_ creating, synthesising, implementing and translating clinical, health care and public health knowledge, underpinned by cross sector end user engagement, to deliver health impact.

About Monash Health

About the Role

The key purpose of the Medical Writer is to enable and assist impact and benefit from the collective work of the MCHRI team and our over 100 partners.

Responsibilities includes;

Write and edit highquality medical journals, abstracts, white papers, articles, brochures, regulatory documents, and product manuals about healthcarerelated topics such as [new medicinal discoveries/treatments, educational materials, clinical research, and product instructions
Create content for our website, newsletters, and PR with our communications manger
Communicate with medical and healthcare experts, patients/ community and other stakeholders
Source information and references including literature searches to support written documents
Collaborate and verify data with our team.
Thoroughly study reports and crosscheck information.
Conduct frequent and thorough quality control checks
Ensure that documents adhere to the writing guidelines, and are appropriately stored and organized.

About You

The person we are seeking will be an experienced health, medical or science writer with a background in research or science as well as writing.

Superior interpersonal, written and oral communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to liaise and engage are essential.

The role requires sound writing skills, along with demonstrated high-level organisational skills, including the ability to set priorities, manage time, plan work to meet deadlines and work effectively under pressure.

Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and support clinicians and academics with a flexible, positive and collaborative approach

What you need:

Tertiary qualification relevant to writing content, health or social sciences degree or experience, or experience working in or with the health and or research sector
Current Victorian driver's licence

Contact person for job ad:
Belinda Garth

Phone number:

How to Apply

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace.

At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

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