Concord Centre for Cardiometabolic Health in Psychosis, Concord Clinical School
Reference no. 661/0418F

• An excellent opportunity to utilize your IT experience to support clinical health research
• Located at Concord Clinical School
• Part-time (3 days per week), 3 year fixed term opportunity available; remuneration bracket of $106K - $113K, which includes leave loading and up to 17% super

About the opportunity 

The Concord Centre for Cardiometabolic Health in Psychosis (ccCHiP) is seeking a Filemaker Developer assist the Director of ccCHiP in maintaining, further developing, and improving the ccCHiP data tool and ensuring its field robustness (primary role).

• Working with ccCHiP general, clinical and academic staff to facilitate report generation and data access across a wide variety of clinical work sites.
• Assisting in the development of e-learning materials, principally for web delivery, for health practitioners and University health students (where required, a full video and media development facility is available in-house).
• Contributing to the ongoing development of integration with external data resources. This will involve the further development of electronic referral systems, integration with GP patient management systems, and working with SLHD IM&T staff with respect to eMR integration.

About you

The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance of recruiting talent aligned to these values and are looking for a ccCHiP Filemaker Developer who has:

• tertiary qualifications (and may be working towards Post Graduate qualifications) in Information Technology or other relevant area
• advanced technical computer skills and knowledge of Filemaker ecosystem (server, client, webdirect technologies, cross-platform), database and web technologies
• ability to act independently to make decisions and resolve issues based on expertise and general precedents
• ability to provide a high level of customer service and foster positive working relationships

Desirable:

• knowledge of integrating javascript, HTML5, CSS, Python, RESTful technologies into Filemaker workflow
• knowledge of database synchronisation techniques (client-server and server-server)
• some familiarity with healthcare data formats XML, HL7 2.3, MDM

About us

ccCHiP is a clinical research unit supported by Sydney University and Sydney Local Health District (SLHD). It has a two-fold purpose: to improve the models of medical comorbidity care for people with enduring psychotic illness, and to develop predictive tools to help early detection and prevention of incipient cardiovascular and metabolic disease in recently diagnosed persons.

ccCHiP is a data-driven service. Clinicians use a bespoke database/RAD tool live with patients to record key clinical interview data from up to 8 clinical disciplines (general medicine, psychiatry, cardiology, endocrinology, sleep, exercise physiology, dietetics, and dentistry). This same tool is used in the clinic to present graphics and gauges to patients to help enhance their adherence to interventions. The tool also generates the key data for use in statistical analysis (SAS, SPSS, Stata) that are used to produce research reports and generate service analyses for SLHD planners. Finally, the tool has embedded educational elements so as to also provide a training platform for the multiple disciplines who use it.

The team are also developing integration with the SLHD eMR, public and private pathology services, and other key data sources (e.g. e-prescribing) using HL7 messaging and related technologies.

Since our inception 160 years ago, the University of Sydney has led to improve the world around us. We believe in education for all and that effective leadership makes lives better. These same values are reflected in our approach to diversity and inclusion, and underpin our long-term strategy for growth. We’re Australia's first university and have an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. Across our campuses, we employ over 7600 academic and non-academic staff who support over 60,000 students.

We are undergoing significant transformative change which brings opportunity for innovation, progressive thinking, breaking with convention, challenging the status quo, and improving the world around us.

How to apply

For more information on the position and University, please view the candidate information pack available from the job’s listing on the University of Sydney careers website.

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website.  Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number to apply.

Closing date: 8 May 2018

The University of Sydney is committed to diversity and social inclusion. Applications from people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; equity target groups including women, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged.

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