Research opportunity in heart rhythm service team at Royal Melbourne Hospital.
The Royal Melbourne Hospital's Heart Rhythm Service invites you to join our prestigious team as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow.
The Department of Cardiology at Royal Melbourne Hospital is a leading complex ablation centre in Australia.
Key responsibilities include:
* Make an independent high-quality contribution to research as a key member of the Arrhythmia Research team.
* Contribute to the research process, including literature review, concept and protocol development, ethics, and governance applications, data collection, data analysis, and knowledge dissemination and translation.
* Work collaboratively across multiple research centres and across varied disciplines and with international collaborators.
* Work with the Chief Investigator to identify research grant and publication opportunities, prepare submissions in related research areas and prepare and submit high quality academic publications.
Requirements:
* PhD or equivalent.
* Demonstrable research experience in terms of publications and presentations at a national and/or international level in a relevant field.
* Excellent communication skills and knowledge of all aspects of the research process.
* Proven ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary research team.
Led by Professor Jonathan Kalman, our team is internationally recognized for pioneering heart rhythm research. Professor Kalman has made significant contributions to understanding arrhythmias and their treatments, and his extensive publication record includes over 500 research articles in leading cardiology journals. He is a sought-after international speaker and editorial board member for 12 major international journals.
At the Department of Cardiology, Heart Rhythm Services at The Royal Melbourne Hospital stands as the largest complex ablation centre in Australia. We handle quaternary referrals from Melbourne and nationwide, performing over 1,000 ablation procedures annually. Our extensive expertise spans Atrial Fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia, and Supraventricular Tachycardia Ablation, boasting exceptional success rates and the lowest published complication rates globally. We also lead the Victorian state-wide cardiac genetic service for inherited heart rhythm disturbances.