Senior Research Officer/Epidemiologist

National Prescribing Service Limited

The role will involve providing advice and leadership on quantitative and qualitative research activities to support the Research and Development Program including developing new methods to monitor the best use of medicines and assisting NPS Program teams to identify program direction and test new strategies and approaches to improve the use of medicines.
If you have relevant postgraduate qualifications (epidemiology, public health, psychology, or biostatistics) with extensive quantitative and qualitative research experience and:

Strong analytical skills including familiarity with SAS or SPSS software

An understanding of health data sources and medicines issues

Demonstrated ability to provide leadership in research and protocol development

Ability to independently solve problems and manage personal work priorities

Demonstrated excellent written and oral communication

Strong organisational and project management skills

Demonstrated strong negotiation skills and ability to build and manage professional working relationships within research settings

A PhD in a relevant field, an understanding of data mining and time series analysis techniques, proven publication record and previous experience in preparing competitive funding applications would be highly regarded.

Then we would like to hear from you!

Salary: $80,000-$90,000 plus super negotiable.

To obtain a full position description please visit www.nps.org.au or contact Margaret Williamson on 02 8217 8703. Applications MUST address the selection criteria and should be sent to apply@nps.org.au or to Helen Rouvray at PO Box 1147 Strawberry Hills NSW 2012.
www.nps.org.au
Closing Date: Monday 18 May 2009

National Prescribing Service (NPS) is an independent Australian organisation providing leadership in the Quality Use of Medicines (QUM). NPS works in partnership with GPs, pharmacists, health professionals, government, industry, consumer organisations and the community to improve the health of Australians through QUM. We are a not-for-profit organisation funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.