Work Type: Fixed-term - Part-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery
Location: Melbourne - Northern suburbs
Reference: 6203
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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About IBAS
The Institute for Breathing and Sleep (IBAS) is an incorporated not-for-profit organisation with the mission of promoting, facilitating, and coordinating research and education in respiratory and sleep health.
About the role
The Keith Behm Acute Asthma research project aims to improve acute asthma care in the emergency department by delivering and implementing interventions to provide excellent care for patients presenting to Austin health with acute asthma. This role will be within a multidisciplinary research team comprising respiratory physicians, emergency department physicians and nurses and a post-doctoral research fellow/project manager.
The successful candidate will contribute to a range of research and clinical trial activities within the Asthma and Allergy service, co-located within the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine and IBAS.
About you
To be successful on this role, you should have:
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
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We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Bill Suen, IBAS Executive Director at [email protected].
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Sunday 18 October 2026