Research Coordinator

**Req ID: 175175**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location: Central Zone, Bethune Building - QEII**
**Department: Research, Innovation & Discovery**
**Type of Employment: Casual Relief (3% FTE) x 1 position(s)**
**Status**:Management/Non Union** P**osition**
**Posting Closing Date: 11-Mar-24**

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**

Reporting to the Principal Investigator (PI), the Research Coordinator (Non-Clinical) coordinates research projects within the Division of Palliative Medicine.This study follows patients who are requesting and accessing medical assistance in dying (MAID) for intolerable suffering. The Research Coordinator will be in regular touch with the MAID team to determine the study population, and will then extra data from medical records, make contact with those who have requested MAID to gather demographic and clinical information, and follow the outcome of the MAID request. The intent of this study is to better identify who is requesting MAID, for what reasons, and the timeliness of access to MAID.

According to the individual study requirements, the Research Coordinator (Non-clinical) is responsible for, but not limited to the following duties:

- Administers questionnaires and educates participants as per study protocol and procedures
- Is involved in the recruitment of study participants
- Obtains informed consent with appropriate support from the PI
- When appropriate_,_ prepares for and assists monitors/sponsor representatives during visits by ensuring all required test results and documentation are available
- Arranges and_ _books appointments for study participants,** **registers patients for study visits and liaises with clinic staff and/or pharmacy as required

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

- Completion of a relevant Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience, required
- Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) or Certified Clinical Research Associate (CCRA) designation considered an asset
- Experience in research is an asset
- Medical Terminology course is preferred
- Previous experience in relevant research field strongly preferred
- Demonstrated competencies in computer skills, including databases.
- Demonstrated clinical and assessment skills related to the scope required for a particular study and patient population (i.e. CPR, ECG, physical, performs phlebotomy, etc)
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills with experience in communicating with participants about sensitive health information
- Effective research and analytical thinking skills
- Strong negotiation, conflict resolution and rapport-building skills
- Ability to work well independently as well as within a multi-disciplinary team environment

**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**:
This position has a Hybrid Work arrangement.

Casual Relief 3% FTE position

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