Research Coordinator 2

Posting #:
**23763**
- Openings Remaining:
**1**
- Full/Part Time:
**Full Time**
- Reg/Temp/Casual:
**Regular**
- Union:
**Non-Union**
- Hours of Work:
**Monday to Friday**
- Time of Day:
- Shift:
- Open Date:
**31/01/23**
- Closing Date:
**07/02/23**

**SUMMARY**:
Carries out work at the Research Coordinator 1 level. In addition, the Research Coordinator 2 works with a higher degree of independence in designing and managing research projects; establishing and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders; assisting in protocol development and research administration; assisting in preparing REB submissions and amendments; and participating in preparing sections of scientific papers, funding proposals, grants, abstracts and presentations.

**Typical Duties**
- Designs and coordinates research projects
- Initiates, designs, develops, and coordinates projects
- Ensures all aspects of project protocol are adhered to
- Coordinates multiple project activities and deadlines
- Works with a variety of project teams and participant groups.
- Ensures integrity of research data.
- Performs quantitative analysis of data
- Review data to determine where potential errors in how data is entered and tracked at various sites.
- Reviews day to day implementation of the research study to identify issues that need to be addressed.
- Recommends and/or implements corrective action, or explains the issue to the investigator.
- Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with stakeholders involved in clinical research studies.
- Deals with project team to exchange information, review study progress, review current challenges and formulate plan to resolve them.
- Interacts with clinical research coordinators and associates to provide updates, discuss progress, participle in training exchange documents, schedule site visits etc.
- Communicates with sites that are doing the trial to ensure the trial is conducts according to GCP guidelines and regulations.
- Protocol Development and study administration.
- Ensures that the execution of the clinical trial is planned, implemented, monitored and evaluated in relation to the study protocol.
- Ensures that the processes included in the study operation manuals for patient recruitment, follow up, site visits, data collection are effective. May recommend revisions to the protocol, case report forms and REB amendment and revision to procedures as required to improve the procedures and effectiveness of the study.
- May assist in developing standardized procedures, manuals, adverse event reporting, data collection manuals, and creates standard operation procedures (SOP’s) for trial conduct.
- REB Submissions/amendments.
- Participates in the development of ethics submission documents, including patient information and consent, patient materials, promotional material and case report forms.
- Tracks the completion of ethics submission documentation including initial submissions, renewals and amendments.
- Ensures essential study documents are complete prior to patient enrollment at multiple sites, including Ethics approval, Clinical Trial Agreements, Health Canada Clinical Trial Applications, Investigators CV’s, delegation of authority forms etc.
- Students/volunteers.
- Under direction of the PI, may provide training and orientation of staff and others on research protocols, change in procedures, study protocols, data collection and data entry, database procedures, medical chart review and storage.
- Participates in writing sections of scientific papers, funding proposals, grants, abstracts and presentations.
- May be required to present research findings at meeting, seminars and conferences.

**Qualifications**
- Requires related University Degree and related experience in research
- Preference for those with graduate degree
- Experience in medical education research
- Knowledge of different fields in health sciences, medical technologies and methodologies in health technology assessment
- Knowledge of academic procedures required for REB documentation
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office, SPSS and other software
- Ability to synthesize information from different knowledge fields such as medical science, engineering, heath economics, business
- Ability to present in written and oral form in a clear and concise fashion
- Ability to schedule patient visits with multiple healthcare professional and multiple sites
- Ability to ensure confidentiality of information
- Ability to build and manage databases related to the project
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organizational and time management skills
- Decision making and problem skills
- Well-developed interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with patients and health care professionals
- Ability to perform multiple concurrent tasks
- Ability to handle frequent interruptions and work under pressure to meet deadlines
- Ability to deal with confidential informat