Date Posted: 6/7/2024
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Reference No.: 2024-9227
Position Type: Regular full-time
We have an opening for a Regular Full-time Clinical Research Assistant. The successful applicant will assist a team of clinicians, researchers and research staff conducting several active studies.
Qualifications/Skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, comfortable working with a variety of patients from active teenagers to the frail elderly. The successful candidate will work in both an office environment as well as in busy hospital wards and clinics with patients, physicians, other research staff, students, nurses, allied health professionals, and clerical staff.
- Personable and comfortable working with people from a wide variety of backgrounds, languages, ethnicities, and physical abilities;
- Good (in-person and telephone) communication skills, writing and editing skills, including the ability to accurately summarize and communicate information;
- Proficiency with a variety of computer programs and software packages;
- Familiarity with medical terminology and basic anatomy an asset;
- Superb time management and organizational skills, and the ability to remain calm under pressure and meet deadlines while paying meticulous attention to detail;
- Ability to work independently as well as within a multi disciplinary team;
- Previous experience with/knowledge of research regulations (ICH-GCP, TCPS2, N2 SOPs, Health Canada Div 5) an asset.
Duties
- Study participant recruitment and follow-up (in-person and telephone) for multiple research studies, including:
- Screen patients for study eligibility;
- Describe the study to patients and obtaining informed consent;
- Conduct follow up visits with patients including administering surveys and some functional outcome measures with patients;
- Track study participants and potential participants to ensure missed visits and missed study candidates are minimized;
- Abstract information from medical records, and record it in paper and electronic study files;
- Data entry;
- Non study specific tasks such as CV formulation and distribution, assistance with grant and publication submissions, agendas for and minutes of various team and other meetings;
- Assist coordinators and manager with initial study approvals and startup;
- Other duties as required.
The work day could begin anywhere between 6am and 11am and end 8 hrs later, typically 7:30am to 3:30pm (this last is flexible). Occasional on-call and weekend work may be required. The work could be at either or both sites: The Bayview campus at 2075 Bayview Ave, or the Holland Centre at 43 Wellesley St. E.
To apply, please send letter of interest and updated resume by email to ResearchOrthopaedics@sunnybrook.ca
