AI Health Research Scientist

Alfred Health

Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services. On 1 January 2026, Alfred Health will come together with Kooweerup Regional Health Service, Peninsula Health, Bass Coast Health and Gippsland Southern Health Service to create Bayside Health, a newly merged health service with more than 22,000 employees caring for a community of over 1.2 million Victorians. The new health service will provide people with the best possible care with services that support them throughout their lives. The merger will also strengthen our workforce, providing new training, education and career opportunities. Subject to final approval on 1 January 2026, all employees from the five health services will transfer to Bayside Health.

• Fixed Term – 12 months
• Full-time: 76 hours per fortnight 
• Classification: Managers and Administrative Worker Grade 3 / $83,280 full-time per annum
• Location: Alfred Health, Melbourne
• Staff benefits

The Department

The Department of Infectious Diseases at the Alfred Hospital is one of the largest and most comprehensive infectious diseases clinical services in the country. It is also an academic Department within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, School of Translational Medicine, Monash University and is a premier centre for clinical and biomedical research and education.

 
The Department offers expertise in general infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, hospital-acquired infections and antimicrobial resistance, infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship, travel-related infections, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and infections in immunocompromised hosts including critical care, burns, cystic fibrosis and solid organ (lung, heart and kidney) and stem cell transplant recipients. We have four active clinical units at any one time with a dedicated general infectious diseases inpatient unit, an HIV inpatient unit, a general consultative service and an immunocompromised host service. Through our Alfred Infectious Diseases Training Program we provide outstanding opportunities for advanced training in infectious diseases.

The Role

This position will work under the supervision of Prof Peleg on the SuperbugAI Platform research program. This Platform will leverage off the research groups strong momentum in the area of AI integration in healthcare using entire electronic medical record data plus new approaches to integrate pathogen genome data. The research group have established an expert cross-disciplinary group of investigators to develop, evaluate and implement cutting-edge technologies to improve patient outcomes. This work will form the foundations of a transformative health service delivery to tackle AMR infections. SuperbugAi will focus on the key enablers to implement such an initiative in healthcare, with the intention of using these findings to expand across Australia and beyond.  The longer-term goal of this research program is to develop the systems and precision medicine models for the future of healthcare.

The AI Health Research Scientist will play a key role in developing, testing and validating AI models for their application within healthcare and infectious diseases. They will focus on the application of large language models within healthcare in a safe and protected computing manner and will be involved in developing Agentic AI for various infectious diseases applications, including clinical decision support, infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship. This will involve access to Alfred Health electronic medical record data, clinical microbiology reports and integration into hospital IT systems. 

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Degree in Data Science or similar relevant field. Master in data science (essential)
• Experience with research projects in data science, digital health and large language models for health-related purposes
• Experience in the use of AI in healthcare research
• Advanced computer skills (eg Word, Excel, ACCESS)
• Data management and analysis skills (eg RedCap, Access, Stata, SPSS, R)
• Proven ability to engage with partners and stakeholders in project implementation
• Proven ability to manage a research portfolio or study and undertake research/evaluation related tasks in a timely and effective manner
• Knowledge of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research, Good Clinical Practice and Guidelines governing clinical trials

Benefits of working with us:

• Salary Packaging
• Discount Health Insurance
• Onsite Gym
• Child care services 

Please include your CV and a cover letter outlining your interest in working with the Department of Infectious Diseases. Please provide a minimum of two referees. Applicants must have full Australian work rights.

All enquiries to Brian Price via [email protected]

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. 

Website: www.alfredhealth.org.au