Peer Research Assistant

4 weeks ago

Mississauga, Canada Trillium Health Partners Full time

**Job Description**:
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**Position: Peer Research Assistant**

**File#: 2023-33238**

**Status: Temporary Part-Time**

**Role Level: Admin Clerical (AC02 $20.15-$25.19/hour, commensurate with demonstrated adn documented experience**

**Dept/Health System: Institute for Better Health**

**Hours of Work/Shifts: up to 5 hours/week**

**Posted: May 31, 2023**

**Internal Deadline: June 30, 2023**

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Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre, Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.

Our Mission**:A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community**

When we set out to build our vision and future, we connected with our community - patients, families, visitors, physicians, staff and volunteers. The foundational goals of our new strategic plan - quality, access and sustainability - anchor everything we do. Our mission for a new kind of health care is built on an inter-connected system of care organized around patients - inside and outside the hospital.

At THP, we are relentless in providing high quality, compassionate care to our communities and take great pride in fostering an inclusive and accessible environment and we are all accountable for contributing to a healthy, safe and respectful environment for healing and promoting excellence in patient care though advancing patient and staff safety. If you are passionate about what you do, motivated to improve the health of the community, committed to excellence, quality and patient safety we would like you to join our Better Together team

**Trillium Health Partners - Institute for Better Health**

Trillium Health Partners (THP) is the largest community-based hospital network in Canada. Comprised of Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre, Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities. THP is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto and home of the Institute for Better Health.

If you are passionate about your career, motivated to improve the health of the community, committed to excellence, quality and patient safety consider joining our Better Together team

The Institute for Better Health (IBH) is a critical component of THP Solutions, the research, innovation and revenue generating division of THP driven to find innovative, evidence-based approaches to solving the most complex health care challenges and building a culture of innovation at all levels across THP with our partners beyond our walls. Learn more about our Institute for Better Health here: Institute for Better Health

**The Role**

The Peer Research Assistant role within IBH will work closely with and be trained by the research team within the Institute for Better Health to support a research project entitled, “Beyond the numbers: Facilitators and Barriers to Cancer Screening Amongst Equity Deserving Groups in Peel Region”.

**Project Description**

Cancer is a leading cause of death in Canada. In response, agencies like Cancer Care Ontario have created breast, cervical and colorectal cancer (BCC) screening programs. Unfortunately, some populations are under screened for these cancers. One study of health data from Ontarians overdue for screenings found those overdue were likelier to be recent immigrants living in low-income neighborhoods. Data shows Peel region has large racialized and immigrant communities. Analyses of Peel's BCC screening rates are limited. Our project aims to look at screening data and do one-on-one interviews with healthcare users and stakeholders (e.g. community agencies, healthcare workers, community members) to start addressing this information gap and start identifying ways to improve screening rates.

**Role Requirements**

Qualifications and Skills
- Successful completion of High School diploma (Grade 12) or equivalent; lived experience will be taken into consideration as applicable to the job posting
- Lived experience accessing cervical/colon/breast cancer screening
- Live or work in Peel region (Mississauga, Brampton and/or Caledon)
- Fluent in English. Fluency in another language commonly spoken in Peel region (e.g., Punjabi, Urdu, Arabic, Hindi, Mandarin, French) would be an asset
- Interest in learning more about research processes and contributing to the evidence-base for healthcare programs
- Interest in learning about quantitative data analysis
- Interest in learning about and conducting qualitative interviews and data analysis
- Motivation to engage with local communities and stakeh

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