Clinical Research Project Assistant

Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of Healthier Children. A Better World.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world's best in paediatric healthcare.

We are seeking highly qualified candidates for a Clinical Research Project Assistant (CRPA) position with Child Health Evaluative Sciences (CHES) at the Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. The CRPA will become a core member of a research group that aims to contribute knowledge in the field of infectious diseases and child health. The CRPA will work closely with Principal Investigators and team members on a range of observational and interventional studies.

As a member of CHES, plus the Division of Infectious Diseases and Centre for Global Child Health, the successful applicant will interact with a dynamic community of researchers and trainees focused on infectious diseases and child health outcomes.

Here's What You Will Get To Do:

• Assist Clinical Research Project Coordinator and Principal Investigators with all research activities, including general project management, protocol and SOP development, ethics submissions, contracts, managing budget, timelines, and deliverables.
• Provide information and documentation for potential study participants (consents, patient eligibility items, required pre-study testing, roadmaps).
• Confirm eligibility of patients (confirm criteria for eligibility satisfied, signed consent available) and register
  
  patients.
• Recruit participants and families/legal representatives in the pediatric emergency room, inpatient units, or pediatric intensive care unit
• Obtain informed consent/assent as necessary from participants and their families/legal representatives
• Perform data collection and database entry including checking data for accuracy and completeness
• Extract data from patient medical records into research databases
• Liaise with study partners (e.g., microbiology lab, biochemistry lab, hospital wards, etc.)
• Assist with administrative tasks related to the research grant applications
• Conducts project specific follow-up visits either by telephone or in-person visit with participants and their families/legal representatives
• Assist in ensuring that specimen samples collected for research purposes are transferred and stored in the appropriate facilities
• Contribute to proposal development, report writing and presentation of research findings
• Understand importance and demonstrates ability to foster a culture of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.

Here's What You Will Need

• Master's degree in public health, health services, epidemiology, social work, psychology, or other related health research field
• Prior clinical training or experience is preferred
• Experience with research contractual/legal agreement, research ethics boards, and familiarity with ICH-GCP guidelines preferred
• Sensitivity to ethical issues; ability to maintain privacy and confidentiality
• Knowledge of research methods, and challenges pertaining to participants and their families
• Excellent communication skills: written and oral
• Demonstrated organizational and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to be self-motivated and self-directed
• Interpersonal skills and stakeholder/relationships management skills (experience working with patients and clinicians)
• Experience with inpatient recruitment is an asset
• Ability to function independently yet collaboratively within a team
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines
• Intermediate computer experience: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Experience using data capture systems (ex. REDCap)
• Strong motivation to contribute to building a research team focused on improving children's health

Employment Type:

• 1 year contract
• 35 hrs/wee
• hybrid work model

Please include your up-to-date curriculum vitae plus a cover letter that explains why you are applying for this specific position and how your experience matches what we are looking for.

SickKids is committed to championing equity, diversity and inclusion in all that we do, fostering an intentionally inclusive and culturally safe environment that reflects the diversity of the patients, families and communities we serve. Learn more about workplace inclusion.

If you require accommodation during the application process, please reach out to our aSKHR team. SickKids can provide access and inclusion supports to eligible candidates to support their full engagement during the interview and selection process as well as to ensure candidates are able to perform their duties once successfully hired. If you are invited for an interview and require accommodation, please let us know at the time of your invitation to interview. Information received related to access, inclusion or accommodation will be addressed confidentially.

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