Clinical Research Coordinator

**Schedule**
Monday and Wednesday; 8:30am to 12:00pm

**Education Level**
Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field

**Career Level**
5 years of relevant experience

Should the successful applicant be a Unifor Unit 1 bargaining unit member, who meets the eligibility conditions of Article 19.02 of the Unifor Unit 1 Collective Agreement, then the Limited Term Assignment will be defined as a Career Growth Opportunity in accordance with Article 19 of the Unifor Local 5555 Unit 1 Collective Agreement.

**JD#: JD0571**

**Pay Grade: 9**

**Title: Clinical Research Coordinator II**

**Project Description**:
The Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University and McMaster Children’s Hospital is home to over 200 pediatricians, scientists, teachers, and trainees whose collective mission is to improve the wellbeing of children and their families - both locally, and around the world.

We are proud to represent faculty who hold Canada Research Chairs, are members of the Order of Canada and are national award-winning teachers. Our members leverage their voices as child health leaders to support our communities and advocate for change so that all children, regardless of health status, can experience a fulfilling life. Our administrators are valued team members and are critical to the success and impact of our work.

Our Vision: A brighter path for every child and their family

Our Mission: Together, we lead to advance child and youth health. We are committed to patient-centred care, research, education, learning, and advocacy. We strive for diverse representation, inclusive participation, equitable opportunities, and we address structural barriers to improve healthcare outcomes. Our innovative work achieves global impact and enhances the well-being of all children and their families. We support the welfare of our team members and engage with respect and accountability.

Values: We value compassion, collaboration, excellence, and innovation. We recognize it is our responsibility to create environments where all people feel safe and supported.

The transition of youth with a chronic disease from their pediatric physician to an adult physician can be a very challenging process and occurs around the age of 18 when there are many life changes that are occurring. There has been some research to understand what supports these youth need and tools have been developed to measure whether these programs and supports have an impact. What has been essentially ignored is the impact of the transition from pediatric to adult care on the parents of these youth. Parents often struggle with this transition, yet receive little information and support themselves, to help them.

The goal of our project is to develop a parent transition readiness tool which can be used to address the unique challenges that parents face when their youth are preparing for transition to adult care. This new tool will be assessed in future studies to ensure that it is feasible, sustainable, and acceptable to both healthcare providers and parents. Given that parents play a key role in helping youth with chronic conditions prepare for transition into adult care, assessing their own transition readiness with the Parent Transition-Q can improve overall health outcomes in this vulnerable population.

**Job Summary**:
**Purpose and Key Functions**:

- Develop an implementation plan for research projects.
- Design promotional strategies and related materials to encourage participation and support for research projects.
- Perform quantitative analyses of research data.
- Interview study patients to gather qualitative and quantitative data.
- Facilitate focus group sessions with project patients.
- Coordinate and manage the collection, delivery, entry, verification, analysis, and reporting of data.
- Oversee the design and maintenance of databases, data collection forms, error checking methods, and related programs for collection, analysis, and reporting.
- Write sections of scientific papers, funding proposals, grants, and abstracts.
- Coordinate the activities of research staff and resources to ensure that projects progress in accordance with predetermined timelines.
- Develop estimates of time and resources for research projects.
- Use statistical software to analyze data and interpret results.
- Write data management and operations documentation for projects.
- Liaise between the clinic centre and remote clinic sites and personnel.
- Ensure that relevant research methodology is applied and all research material is handled in accordance with established protocols, policies, and procedures.
- Develop presentations and present information and training sessions to project personnel and patients.
- Present at meetings, seminars, and conferences.
- Keep project participants informed of project progress through regular reports and newsletters.
- Implement and maintain research project budgets. Create financial projections and make adjustments to research project budgets througho