Senior Clinical Research Scientist (Neurophysiologist)
On-site · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Job Summary
Lead day-to-day delivery of the Hear Alert trial within the operating theatre and clinics, recruit and support participants, acquire and quality-assure complex cochlear implant electrophysiology data, and collaborate with engineers, clinicians, and industry to advance next-generation cochlear implant care. Drive protocol governance, ethics submissions, participant journey management (recruitment, consent, training, support, retention), data integration and interpretation, and dissemination through publications and industry-facing reports. Mentoring students and staff and fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration across academic, clinical and industry partners; work in an environment that includes intraoperative recordings and home monitoring as part of longitudinal trials.
Required Qualifications
- Hold a PhD or equivalent in audiology, neuroscience, biomedical science, biomedical engineering or a closely related clinical discipline
- Substantial experience conducting human clinical studies, including ethics submissions, consent processes, recruitment and longitudinal retention
- Hands-on expertise with clinical electrophysiology systems and ability to work within operating theatre or procedural environments
- Capability in managing complex clinical datasets, including database design, data integrity checks and regulatory-grade documentation
- Collaborate effectively with surgeons, clinicians, engineers, industry partners and participants across multidisciplinary, multi-site trial environments
- Contribute peer-reviewed outputs and mentoring; translate neurophysiology into clinically impactful hearing technologies
Desired Qualifications
- PhD or equivalent in audiology
- PhD or equivalent in neuroscience
- PhD or equivalent in biomedical science
- PhD or equivalent in biomedical engineering
- substantial experience conducting human clinical studies
- ethics submissions and consent processes
- participant recruitment and longitudinal retention
- hands-on expertise with clinical electrophysiology systems
- comfort working in operating theatres or procedural environments
- ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary, multi-site trial environments
Additional Requirements
- Visa sponsorship is not available for this role
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