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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the Northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the Sleep Laboratory
The Sleep Laboratory is a large clinical laboratory service performing a comprehensive range of diagnostic patient testing, and treatment implementation and optimisation serces. The laboratory plays a cornerstone role in the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine and has links to the wider hospital service as well as having links to other clinical services and academic institutions. It provides services to the state-wide Victorian Respiratory Support Service for patients with respiratory failure and has a proud association with the Institute for Breathing and Sleep.
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Sleep Scientist (Grade 1 or 2) to join our team at Austin Health, where you will work with a team of professionals who are passionate about providing evidence based care to improve the quality of sleep in our patients. This position includes the setup of sleep studies in the home and in the sleep laboratory.
A regular day will see you:
- Setting-up overnight sleep studies in the home of the patient
- Preparing sleep study data for analysis
- Maintaining laboratory equipment
About you
You will be someone who has excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to keen interest in developing your skillset.
To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:
- A Bachelor of Applied Science or equivalent
- The ability to work autonomously when necessary
- The desire to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- The ability to work a shift roster
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:
- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness
- memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring and career development opportunities
- Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists
Work with us!
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. 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. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Julie Tolson, julie.tolson@austin.org.au
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position descriptions for further details:
Grade 1 Scientist
Grade 2 Scientist
Application closing date: 5 November 2024
