Research Assistant Ii

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.
**Type**: Temporary Full Time, Replacement
1 year contract
An exciting temporary full-time (1-year contract) opportunity as a Research Assistant II exists in the Women’s College Research Institute, reporting to Dr. Dana Ross.
The Research Assistant (RA) will function as an RA to assist with several projects in the trauma therapy program and the women’s mental health research program. The individual will work closely with and assist Dr. Ross, Dr. Vigod and study team members in research and program administrative tasks, on multiple research studies (including clinical research). Studies include a focus on the evaluation of health system solutions to optimize healthcare and its delivery for individuals with mental illness, as well as those that focus particularly on psychological trauma.
**Summary of Duties, but not limited to**:

- Assists in the coordination of activities of the research study protocols and the establishment and maintenance of operating policies and procedures, such as:

- Supporting both investigators and other study/project team members in research related administrative tasks
- Collecting participant data
- Conducting participant recruitment
- Gathering informed consent from participants
- Performing data entry, chart reviews and quality control as needed
- Maintaining regulatory documents
- Acting as a primary contact person for research participants
- Assisting in the preparation of submissions to the Research Ethics Board
- Reporting mental health safety concerns to PI as per protocol, if applicable
- Administering MINI and SCID mental health questionnaires as per study protocol
- May participate in review of data collection strategies
- Provides assistance with the modification and maintenance of electronic and paper information, filing/ retrieval methods, systems and/or formats
- Develops and/or maintains project databases and schedules as required
- Works with relevant partners involved in the project from various organizations
- Schedules and attends research meetings, including preparing agendas and meetings minutes
- Conducts and synthesizes literature reviews
- Assists with submission of manuscripts to scientific journals, including creating tables, figures, proof reading, preparation of cover letter, coordinating documents to sign, electronic submission
- May assist with grant writing and submissions; prepare forms, budgets, appendices and other documents as required
- May perform computer statistical analysis
- Assists with day to day administrative tasks which may include scanning, photocopying, acquiring signatures, 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/Skills**:

- Undergraduate degree in a related field, Master’s degree preferred
- 3 years relevant work experience, working in a research environment and/or an academic hospital
- Strong skills in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) required; MS Outlook also preferred.
- Experience working with patients representing vulnerable populations, including those with trauma or with mental health issues
- Experience with database software packages and conducting basic analyses using qualitative software such as NVivo
- Experience working on randomized controlled trials
- Demonstrated strong independent working and multitasking skills
- Ability to work well in a deadline-oriented and team-based environment
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills
- Excellent organizational and administrative skills with attention to detail
- Interest in contributing to integrated knowledge translation process to improve health system quality
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