MSNI Research Nurse

Bayside Health

Bayside Health is a public health service delivering high-quality care across every stage of life for close to 1.2 million people living in metropolitan Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Koo Wee Rup, Bass Coast and Southern Gippsland. We have more than 15 main sites, including hospitals, centres and clinics that provide comprehensive care from welcoming newborns to supporting older people and a full range of services in between. More than 22,000 dedicated staff are focused on providing exceptional, equitable, and locally connected care through shared expertise, compassion, and a commitment to continuous growth. Education and training are central to staff development as we encourage all employees to strive and thrive. Bayside Health was formed following the merger of Alfred Health, Bass Coast Health, Gippsland Southern Health Service, Kooweerup Regional Health Service and Peninsula Health on 1 January 2026.

Research Nurse or Clinical Trial Coordinator

MS, Neuroimmunology and Neuro-ophthalmology (MSNI) Unit, Alfred Brain

Location: The Alfred, Melbourne (with clinics at Alfred, Caulfield and Sandringham Hospitals)

Employment: 0.6-0.8 FTE | [12 months/ fixed term]

Classification: Research Nurse, YU13 Level 2 (Nurses and Midwives EA 2024-2028) or

Study Coordinator, HS5 (HS33) (Administrative, Clerical and Managers), depending on your background

Reports to: Director, MS and Neuroimmunology

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We're recruiting one person to coordinate clinical trials across our MS, neuroimmunology and neuro-ophthalmology programs. We'll appoint either a registered nurse or an experienced trial coordinator from a non-nursing background. Tell us which you are and we'll classify the role accordingly.

About the unit

The MSNI Unit at The Alfred is an academic clinical service caring for people with multiple sclerosis and other neuroimmunological conditions. It incorporates the neuro-ophthalmology service and the CAR-T cell neuroimmunology program. Our research portfolio runs from phase 2-4 industry-sponsored trials to investigator-initiated studies and translational work. Current themes include patient self-monitoring, brain health, women's health in MS, progressive MS, genomics, CAR-T cell neuroimmunology, idiopathic intracranial hypertension and myasthenia gravis. We're the lead site for the MSBase and MGBase international registries. The Alfred is Australia's largest clinical trials site.

You will join a team that includes the another senior Study Coordinator, an MS nurse consultant, the Neuro-ophthalmology Nurse Manager and other research staff.

What you'll do

• Prepare and Coordinate the full trial cycle for industry and investigator-initiated studies: start-up, recruitment, participant follow-up, amendments and progress reporting
• Prepare and submit ethics and governance documentation
• Take informed consent and make sure participants understand what they've agreed to
• Enter and maintain data in MSBase, REDCap, iMedidata and other study databases
• Collect blood samples, record physiological data including blood pressure and ECGs, and carry out trial procedures within your credentialed scope
• Support participants by phone and email between visits
• Work with teams across Bayside Health to schedule research visits around clinical care
• Contribute to audits and quality activities, and back up colleagues on their trials

What we're looking for

Whichever path you come from:

• Experience coordinating investigator initiated and/or pharma-sponsored clinical trials
• Sound working knowledge of ICH-GCP and the Australian regulatory environment
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, and the confidence to negotiate with sponsors, monitors and clinicians
• The judgement to work independently and prioritise across several concurrent studies
• Venipuncture and ECG skills, or willingness to be trained
• Current Basic Life Support accreditation, or willingness to obtain and maintain it

If you're a nurse, you'll also need registration as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, plus intravenous cannulation skills and a CASA course every two years.

If you're not a nurse, we'd expect a degree in a health or science discipline and substantial hands-on coordination experience. Cannulation and other procedures outside your scope are covered by nursing colleagues in the unit.

Hospital neuroscience experience is a plus, not a requirement.

Why this role

You'll see studies through from protocol to publication in a unit where research and clinical care sit in the same corridor. There's scope to build specialist skills in neuroimmunology and neuro-ophthalmology, to contribute to nurse-led and investigator-initiated projects, and to work with an international registry collaboration. Some flexibility in how you arrange your days.

Staff Benefits

• Salary packaging & novated leasing through Maxxia
• Onsite car & bike parking opportunities, deducted pre-tax!! *subject to availability
• Access for you and your family to an extensive network of health and fitness facilities through Fitness Passport membership
• Enjoy excellent onsite fitness facilities at The Alfred via ProSport (pre-tax memberships)
• Childcare services at The Alfred managed by KU Children’s Services

For enquiries regarding this position, please contact Anneke on anneke.vanderwalt@monash.edu

Applications close 11pm AEST, Tuesday, 6 October 2026

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application materials, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department’s risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.