Job Posting #89152
Position: Clinical Research Study Assistant
Site: Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
Department: Toronto Centre for Liver Disease
Reports to: Clinical Research Manager
Salary Range: $48,458 to $60,587 per annum commensurate with experience and consistent with UHN Compensation Policy
Hours: 35 hours per week; including weekends
Status: Temporary Full-time (1 year)
University Health Network (UHN) is looking for experienced professional to fill the key role of Clinical Research Study Assistant in our Toronto Centre for Liver Disease.
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The University Health Network, where “above all else the needs of patients come first”, encompasses Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and the Michener Institute of Education at UHN. The breadth of research, the complexity of the cases treated, and the magnitude of its educational enterprise has made UHN a national and international resource for patient care, research and education. With a long tradition of groundbreaking firsts and a purpose of “Transforming lives and communities through excellence in care, discovery and learning”, the University Health Network (UHN), Canada’s largest research teaching hospital, brings together over 16,000 employees, more than 1,600 physicians, 8,000+ students, and many volunteers. UHN is a caring, creative place where amazing people are amazing the world.
University Health Network (UHN) is a research hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto and a member of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network. The scope of research and complexity of cases at UHN have made it a national and international source for discovery, education and patient care. Research across UHN's seven research institutes spans the full spectrum of diseases and disciplines, including cancer, cardiovascular sciences, transplantation, neural and sensory sciences, musculoskeletal health, rehabilitation sciences, and community and population health. Find out about our purpose, values and principles here.
Working under the direction of the Principal Investigator, the Clinical Research Study Assistant (CRSA) will be assisting with duties including: communicating with collaborators, organizing meetings, creating data collection templates with Excel, updating data collection templates, performing literature searches and abstracting data from literature. The CRSA is responsible for conducting activities related to the clinical trials including identifying and screening potential subjects, obtaining informed consent, conducting pre-testing and administer questionnaires or other data collection tools, planning, implementing and coordinating all aspects of data collection and source documentation, execute study-related administrative tasks, i.e. collection of regulatory documents, ethics submissions; conduct telephone and/or clinical recruitment interviews to collect data using established criteria; coordinate patient visits; data entry into database and management of local database; liaise with sponsor for monitoring/audits.
Qualifications:
- Community college diploma or equivalent, preferred in a health-related discipline
- At least (6) six months of related experience, clinical research experience preferred
- Demonstrated planning and project management skills preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail
- Strong decision-making and problem solving skills
- Ability to work with a team and independently
- Highly motivated to work in healthcare
- Proficiency with MS Office software (including, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) is required
- Experience working in a health care environment preferred
- Prior research or clinical experience with study participants or patients with COVID-19
Vaccines (COVID and others) are a requirement of the job unless you have an exemption on a medical ground pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code.
If you are interested in making your contribution at UHN, please apply on-line. You will be asked to copy and paste as well as attach your resume and covering letter. You will also be required to complete some initial screening questions.
Posted Date: January 13, 2022 Closing Date: January 27, 2022
For current UHN employees, only those who have successfully completed their probationary period, have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHN's attendance management program, and possess all the required experience and qualifications should apply.
UHN thanks all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
UHN is a respectful, caring, and inclusive workplace. We are committed to championing accessibility, diversity and equal opportunity and welcomes all applicants including but not limited to: all religions and ethnicities, LGBTQ2s+, BIPOC, persons with disabilities and all others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process providing the applicant has met the Bona-fide requirements for the open position. Applicants need to make their requirements known when contacted.