Research Fellow

An exciting opportunity for a Research Fellow to guide, advise and lead the health economics efforts for DELIVER, through working with a range of health services across Western Victoria. The Research Fellow will work with a range of partners and health services to provide evaluation expertise on projects to improve healthcare for older adults.

Founded in 1974, Deakin is a public university in Victoria with 61,000 students across five campuses : Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, and the online Campus. We are a progressive and open-minded university, with the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world’s universities.

DELIVER is funded by the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) and the project will identify and build a suite of programs to improve and extend in-home healthcare. DELIVER is led by Western Alliance, a collaborative of 12-member organisations across the Barwon / Southwest and Grampians regions of western Victoria in partnership with healthcare consumers, regional and rural health services, universities and primary healthcare providers across western Victoria.

Responsibilities

The DELIVER Research Fellow – Health Economics will initiate, conduct and contribute to research in the areas of health economics and evaluation health services research. The role will work within a multidisciplinary team alongside colleagues on the DELIVER (Delivering Enhanced healthcare at home through optimising Virtual tools for older people in Rural and regional Australia) research project.

Your key responsibilities will include :

• Undertake research in the field health economics and evaluation in health services research as part of the DELIVER project
• Assist with capacity building in health economic and evaluation across DELIVER partners
• Remain up to date with current literature and methods relevant to this research program
• Develop research protocols and ethics applications
• Collect and analyse qualitative and quantitative data

Key selection criteria for this role :

Qualifications and experience