Research Assistant II

Research Assistant II - Transition Related Surgery

Women's College Hospital, 76 Grenville Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Overview

Women's College Hospital (WCH) is an academic, ambulatory care hospital in Ontario with a focus on health for women, health equity and health system solutions. If you're ready to be part of a team that is revolutionizing the future of healthcare, then you will want to join an institution where the possibilities for innovation, new discovery and system thinking are limitless. Women’s College Hospital is committed to equity, quality and patient safety as key professional values and essential components of daily practice.

Healthcare Revolutionized 2030 is our roadmap to the future. Our strategy is built on the pledge that the founders of our hospital made 140 years ago and reaffirms our commitment to providing equitable, accessible, best-in-class healthcare for everyone – meeting people where they are on their healthcare journey and partnering with them to reach their goals of living their healthiest lives possible. The stage has been set for Women’s to accelerate our priorities and capture the momentum to catapult our system forward to revolutionize healthcare for everyone.

Applicants must reside and be legally eligible to work in Ontario.

This is a Temporary Part-Time Opportunity

Type: New

Duration: 12 months

This is an exciting Research Assistant II opportunity in the Transition Related Surgery (TRS) Program at Women’s College Hospital. The TRS Program is the first hospital based publicly funded TRS program in Canada made up of a multi-disciplinary team of health care providers and research scientists. This position involves working on multiple grant funded projects about the impacts of gender-affirming surgeries (including orchiectomy and penile inversion vaginoplasty) on sexual wellbeing, body image, post-operative pain and quality of life. We are seeking a motivated individual to recruit patients and collect and analyze data for these studies and to support the activities required for knowledge translation including development of presentation and preparation of publications.

Responsibilities

- Act as a primary contact person for research participants, conducting telephone, online, or in-person recruitment interviews to collect study participant data including obtaining informed consent

- Complete data entry and quality control ensuring the accuracy and integrity of data collection; may investigate missing or invalid data and prepare data sets; may assist in the analysis of qualitative and quantitative data and the interpretation of results

- Assist with submission of manuscripts to scientific journals – may involve creating tables, figures, proofreading, preparation of cover letter, coordinating documents to sign, electronic submission

- Prepare detailed notes of all interactions with participants

- Complete review of medical records to collect research data

- Help maintain research files to store, access, and retrieve study data as specified at one or more sites

- May assist team members with preparing materials for proposals, progress reports, presentations, and publications

- Plan, design and organize scoring procedures and computer databases for ongoing and new research studies

- Provide assistance with the modification and maintenance of electronic and paper information, filing/ retrieval methods, systems and/or formats

- Maintain regulatory documents

- Perform computer statistical analysis

- Generate response curves, status reports and other statistical reports as required

- Assist in the preparation of submissions to the Research Ethics Board

- Pilot test various web-based research tools

- Provide functional supervision to Research Trainees, Research Assistants or Volunteers

- Communicates with Research Coordinator and/or Principal Investigator to provide updates

- Schedules and attends research meetings, including preparing agendas and meeting minutes

- Prioritizes and monitors various study deadlines for their own work

- Provides other administrative support as required, including filing, photocopying, acquiring signatures and CV maintenance

As a role model and champion, you will work to identify and integrate safe, best practices into daily activities to foster the delivery of safe and exemplary care.

The responsibilities described above are representative and are not to be construed as all-inclusive.

Qualifications

- Undergraduate degree in a related field required

- Experience in a health research setting preferred

- Good understanding of research design and research ethics

- Ability to work somewhat independently with excellent problem-solving skills

- Excellent verbal and written communications skills

- Work efficiently under pressure with strong judgement and decision-making skills

- Excellent organizational and time management skills

- Well-developed interpersonal and customer service skills

- Ability to maintain confidentiality

- Mastery of MS Office applications including Excel, Outlook, Access and Word an asset

- Demonstrated record of good performance and acceptable attendance will be considered as part of the selection criteria

- Professional behaviour and communication that meets the standards of the professional regulatory college or association, as applicable, and the standards of Women’s College Hospital

- This position plays a critical role in acting as an advocate for safety and will demonstrate principles, practices and processes that will optimize a safe environment for all

Why Choose Us?

- Be part of a dedicated team committed to excellence.

- Shape the future of healthcare in a supportive environment.

- Enjoy competitive benefits and an excellent defined benefit pension plan (HOOPP).

Women's College Hospital is a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto and is committed to fairness and equity in employment and our recruitment and selection practices. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, members of racialized groups, women and any others who may contribute to the further diversification of our Hospital community. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under our Access for People with Disabilities policy. Applicants need to make their requirements known in advance.

Women's College Hospital, 76 Grenville Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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