Location: Brisbane

A leading clinical research organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Medical Officer to provide medical leadership across early-phase and first-in-human clinical trials. This role combines clinical oversight, team leadership, participant safety, and operational excellence, supporting the successful delivery of complex clinical studies within a highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and support a team of Medical Officers across clinical research programs.
• Provide medical oversight for participant eligibility, safety assessments, adverse events, and protocol compliance.
• Act as a key clinical resource for study teams, supporting protocol interpretation and operational decision-making.
• Contribute to study feasibility, start-up activities, risk assessments, and investigator meetings.
• Support quality management activities, including CAPAs, deviations, audits, and regulatory inspections.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, staff development, and medical training programs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient study delivery.
• Act as a Sub-Investigator on clinical studies where required.

Requirements

• Medical Degree with unrestricted AHPRA registration.
• Minimum 3 years' post-registration clinical experience.
• Previous experience within clinical trials, clinical research, or early-phase research environments.
• Strong understanding of GCP, participant safety, and clinical governance requirements.
• Demonstrated experience supervising, mentoring, or leading medical professionals.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

Ideal Background Suitable candidates may come from Phase I units, CROs, clinical research organisations, hospitals, or academic research centres. Experience as a Medical Officer, Sub-Investigator, Principal Investigator, or Clinical Research Physician within early-phase, first-in-human, or complex clinical trial environments would be highly advantageous.

Medical Officer - Clinical Research in Sydney is seeking a physician to oversee care in early-phase and healthy-volunteer studies, ensuring safety and protocol compliance. The role emphasizes consent discussions, eligibility assessments, and safety monitoring in a fast-paced setting.

Candidates should hold a medical degree with unconditional registration and be able to work in a high-volume clinical environment.

Join a leading clinical research organisation as a Medical Officer supporting early-phase and healthy-volunteer studies. This role is ideal for doctors who enjoy fast-paced clinical work, structured protocols, and a strong focus on participant safety.

• Provide high-quality medical care to clinical trial participants, ensuring compliance with GCP standards and ethical guidelines.

• Act as Investigator on assigned studies, including consent discussions, eligibility assessments, and protocol-required procedures.

• Review medical histories, diagnostics, and adverse events to support safe trial conduct.

• Prescribe investigational and permitted concomitant medications within scope.

• Work closely with cross-functional teams across operations, pharmacy, QA, and project management.

• Participate in safety reviews, audits, on-call rotations, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Medical degree and full, unconditional registration (minimum 2 years).

• Strong clinical judgement and recent hands-on experience.

• Advanced Life Support certification and current GCP training.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to engage with healthy volunteers.

• Comfortable working in a high-volume, time-sensitive clinical environment.

• Clinical trial experience is an advantage but not essential.

Planet Pharma in Melbourne is seeking a Medical Officer to support early phase and healthy volunteer studies. The role emphasizes participant safety, strong clinical judgement, and strict adherence to GCP and ethical guidelines.

You will act as Investigator on studies, review medical histories and adverse events, and collaborate with operations, QA and project management. A medical degree with full registration and ALS/GCP training are required.