Healthcare Revolutionized 2030 is our roadmap to the future. Our strategy is built on the pledge that the founders of our hospital made 140 years ago and reaffirms our commitment to providing equitable, accessible, best-in-class healthcare for everyone – meeting people where they are on their healthcare journey and partnering with them to reach their goals of living their healthiest lives possible. The stage has been set for Women’s to accelerate our priorities and capture the momentum to catapult our system forward to revolutionize healthcare for everyone.
Applicants must reside and be legally eligible to work in Ontario.
This is a Temporary Casual Opportunity
Type: New
Job Description
This position will support various cervical screening studies under the supervision of Dr. Aisha Lofters. The Research Assistant will primarily support a systematic review that looks at education strategies for implementing HPV self-sampling for cervical screening, in addition to supporting other projects within the team.
- Some understanding of research design and research ethics
- Responsible for conducting communication with participants, answering questions or concerns via telephone, online, or in-person
- Prepares detailed notes of all interactions with participants
- Completes data entry and quality control ensuring the accuracy and integrity of data collection; may investigate missing or invalid data and prepare data sets
- Help maintain research files to store, access, and retrieve study data as specified at one or more sites
- Communicates with Research Manager and Principal Investigator to provide updates
- Schedules and attends research meetings, including preparing agendas and meeting minutes
- Prioritizes and monitors various study deadlines for their own work
- Provides other administrative support as required, including filing, photocopying, acquiring signatures and CV maintenance
- May assist team members with preparing materials for proposals, progress reports, presentations, and publications
- May assist team with preparing and submitting research ethics submissions
Qualifications
- Undergraduate or graduate degree in a related field
- Some experience in a health research setting preferred
- Experience with literature searches and Covidence.
- Subject matter knowledge of cervical screening, including HPV testing and self-sampling.
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Work efficiently under pressure with strong judgement and decision-making skills
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Well-developed interpersonal and customer service skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Mastery of MS Office applications including Excel, Outlook, Access and Word an asset
- Demonstrated record of good performance and acceptable attendance will be considered as part of the selection criteria
- Proven attendance and punctuality.
- Professional behaviour and communication that meets the standards of the professional regulatory college or association, as applicable, and the standards of Women’s College Hospital
- Be part of a dedicated team committed to excellence.
- Shape the future of healthcare in a supportive environment.
- Enjoy competitive benefits and an excellent defined benefit pension plan (HOOPP).
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