Research Coordinator, Department of Medicine

4 months ago

Calgary, Canada The University of Calgary Full time

**Description**

This position reports to the Principal Investigators within the Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine. The Nephrology Research Group is a motivated team of researchers whose overall objective is to improve the health of persons living with or at risk of kidney disease and in kidney transplant research.

This position will play a critical and dynamic role in providing project level support to facilitate health service and clinical research initiatives within both Pediatric and Adult Nephrology related research.

The schedule may not be fixed days or set hours and may require flexible hours during the day and evenings to accommodate study and patient schedules.

Must have own transportation to be able to travel between study locations in the city as required.

**Summary of Key Responsibilities** (job functions include but are not limited to):
Project Coordination:

- Collaborates on the design, preparation and presentation of study materials including study protocols, procedure manuals, informed consent documents and study reports
- Support clinical staff and stakeholders with resources and training applicable to the research protocol
- Works with project staff and stakeholders to coordinate, implement and disseminate project applicable communications, presentations, publications, and research findings
- Sets up and manages project meetings (including taking minutes, preparing meeting documentation and creating project presentations)
- Liaises and communicates with key stakeholder groups to promote awareness of the project
- Maintain accurate, timely, complete documentation and records
- Ensures required contracts, confidentiality agreements, and ethics approvals are in place where appropriate and supports the needs and requirements of data partners, as they relate to the data partnership agreements
- Ensures project adheres to ethical and privacy requirements, including regular audit of performance (i.e., proportion of participants with signed consent forms)
- Manages research protocols in preparation for REB submission and prepares submissions to applicable ethics boards
- Initiates and manages relationships with third party organizations to facilitate operations pertinent to the projects

Research Implementation, Conduct, Reporting, Analysis, Evaluation:

- Protocol evaluation and feasibility assessment
- Define implementation strategies, establish standard operating procedures (SOP's) and execute plans. Specifically, investigating/determining how to carry out the research project, then develop written processes specific to the protocol and then performing the work that is required to complete the project
- Implements study protocol, monitor daily study activity and updates investigators as appropriate
- Monitors enrolment goals and modifies recruitment strategies as necessary
- Serves as primary liaison between investigators, other healthcare professionals, and research participants
- Ensures that all research related activities are carried out in accordance with the established protocol and standards in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and policies
- Provide one-on-one training/mentoring to clinical staff and/or researchers as required
- Is responsible for the proper use and understanding of applicable AHS data systems as required within the project
- Is responsible for reporting of adverse events according to the study protocol and in accordance with local ethics board
- Organize qualitative research (i.e. focus groups, interviews, and data collection) inclusive of planning, moderating, facilitating, collecting and sorting information, entering data, and data analysis
- Responsible for systematic, efficient qualitative data coding and complex analysis with experience using Nvivo software
- Completes informed consent process with study participants
- Responsible for monitoring expected enrolment goals and modifying recruitment strategies to achieve those targets

**Qualifications / Requirements**:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in health-related field (e.g., epidemiology, health services research)
- 3-5 years of related research experience
- High level of effective time management, personal initiative, and teamwork
- Experience setting-up and managing health services research projects
- Strong organization skills, attention to detail, ability to take initiative, make decisions and troubleshoot problems
- Ability to thrive and deliver results in a fast-paced team environment
- Must adhere to Alberta Health Services mandates as required (including vaccination)
- Working knowledge of Alberta health systems that may include knowledge of health informatics, Alberta privacy legislation and related AHS research agreement process, and Alberta Health Services Clinical Information System
- Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods, statistics and epidemiology, and knowledge synthesis
- Ability to

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