Research Coordinator

**Req ID: 157276**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location: Western** **Zone**
**Department: Exercise is Medicine Research**
**Type of Employment: Casual** **Hourly PT long-assignment** (53%** **FTE) x 1** **position(s)**
**Status**:Management/Non Union** Position**
**Posting Closing Date: 6-Jun-23**

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health’s Research, Innovation and Discovery portfolio is transforming health care delivery and improving the health of all Nova Scotians by leading initiatives that deliver high-impact health care solutions and developing strategic partnerships with clinical champions, industry, healthcare foundations, governments and academic partners. By pairing leading researchers, innovators, and clinicians with entrepreneurs through our newly formed Health Innovation, Research and Discovery Hub, their creative solutions are improving health and health care while also contributing directly to Nova Scotia’s economy.

**About the Opportunity**:
Please note this position requires periodic travel to facilities within Nova Scotia. A valid driver’s license and access to transportation is required.

**Specific Accountabilities include**:
**Program Develpment and Pilot Study/Clinical Trial Coordination**
- Works with the PIs to complete evidence reviews and environmental scans to identify best practices for patient care and health and wellness support
- Works with content area experts to outline best practice clinical care pathways for the management of health while on wait-list for surgery
- Attends relevant team rounds and participates in research team meetings
- Coordinates a pilot evaluation of the surgery wait-list health support program
- Coordinates and monitors study timelines

**Study Subject Care**
- Administers questionnaires and educates patients as per study protocol and procedures
- Coordinates and delivers education and wellness content (including exercise) to study participants

**Data Management**
- Compiles and summarizes study data using database and/or spreadsheets
- Maintains, archives and retrieves study data and documentation
- Creates source documents in consultation with the PI where appropriate

**Performs other related duties**
- Responds to inquiries from other departments (e.g., lab shared services

**About You**:
We would love to hear from you if you have:

- Completion of a relevant Bachelor's Degree in a health science or related field, such as Kinesiology, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience required
- Certificate or qualification to deliver health education and exercise to individuals with medical conditions (such as registration with a health professional college or certification as a Clinical Exercise Physiologist or equivalent) strongly preferred
- Previous research experience preferred
- Clinical research experience and asset
- Previous experience in a relevant field an asset
- Medical Terminology course considered an asset
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills
- Demonstrated time management and organizational skills
- Ability to work well independently as well as within a multidisciplinary team environment
- Demonstrated research and analytical thinking skills

**About Your Application**:
Successful Applicants are required to provide a Criminal Record Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search) to Human Resources before starting employment and assume any associated costs as a condition of employment.

**Hours of Work**:
Long Assignment, Part-Time (40 hours biweekly)
- Beginning June 30, 2023, until June 30, 2024.**Salary Information**:
$26.00- $32.51 hourly
$27,046 - $33,807annually

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