National Clinical Liaison (13 month term)

Praxis Spinal Cord Institute; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 71,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading not-for-profit organization in Metro Vancouver seeks a National Clinical Liaison to provide clinical leadership in spinal cord injury research. This part-time role (14-28 hours/week) involves collaboration across clinical research and innovation teams, requiring a clinical degree and at least 2 years of experience. The position will commence on October 1, 2025, offering a salary range of $71,500 - $95,300 (full-time equivalent).

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of clinical experience.
• Clinical experience in spinal cord injury is an asset.
• Equivalent combination of education, experience, and skills/behaviors will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical input on research and best practice projects.
• Determine site-specific study implementation processes.
• Lead development and implementation of clinical site education.
• Provide input and education for innovation projects.
• Present information on clinical projects to network sites.
• Collaborate on presenting studies to regional clinicians.
• Provide clinical expertise for internal education activities.
• Assist with IT Platform development.
• Some travel required.

Skills

Professional clinical judgement

Effective communication

Strong written and verbal communication

Microsoft Office proficiency

Organizational skills

Ability to work independently and in teams

Education

Clinical degree (e.g., BSc PT, BSc OT, RN)

Tools

MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)

Job description

Praxis Spinal Cord Institute is a Canadian-based not-for-profit organization that leads global collaboration in spinal cord injury (SCI) research, innovation, and care. We advance ground-breaking ideas that can be put into practice, making lives better. We actively engage people with spinal cord injuries and other world-class experts to work together to identify and solve the most urgent challenges to make exceptional improvements in the health of people with spinal cord injuries. Praxis is proudly accredited by Imagine Canada and was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Charities by Maclean’s and Money Sense magazines, achieving an A+ rating.

Through a diverse workforce, Praxis is committed to excellence in research, innovation and care for people living with spinal cord injury. Praxis recognizes that a diverse workforce, comprised of individuals with an array of identities, abilities, backgrounds, cultures, skills, perspectives and experiences is vital to creativity, growth and innovation and our success in making an impact on quality of life. We support our commitment by fostering an inclusive workplace which is fair, equitable, supportive, welcoming and respectful, allowing us to continue to transform health outcomes.

JOB SUMMARY

The National Clinical Liaison provides clinical leadership and direction to the research and knowledge translation activities performed at Praxis Spinal Cord Institute. This position works closely with Clinical Research and Best Practice Implementation, Data Services, Persons with Lived Experience (PLEX) and Innovation Teams. The National Clinical Liaison provides a combination of clinical expertise in spinal cord injury and experience implementing research evidence into practice.

This position offers the opportunity to expand knowledge of SCI care outside a facility and across a continuum of care, nationally and internationally. This role will impact care and inform research more broadly, develop understanding of knowledge translation, behavior change and implementing practice change. This is a part-time (14-28 hours/week) and 13 month term position, with a start date of October 1, 2025.The annual salary range is $71,500 - $95,300 (at full-time) and will be pro-rated for part-time hours.

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provide clinical input on national and international research and best practiceprojects, this may include activities such as cleaning data, interpreting clinical data results, and identifying the relevance of research findings to clinical practice;
• Determine site specific study implementation processes and training recommendations;
• Lead the development and implementation of project-specific clinical site education, preparation of clinical outcome measure training documents, and clinical outcome measure data collection training;
• Provide clinical input and education to companies developing innovation projects, this may include providing an overview of spinal cord injury care throughout the continuum, feedback and suggestions on how to make innovations relevant to clinicians and individuals with spinal cord injury and connecting partners to clinical colleagues;
• Present information on Praxis clinical projects to national and international network sites; This could include technical demos, national meetings, coordinator calls, principal investigator communications, and site visits;
• Collaborate with the Regional Clinical Liaison on presenting information on Praxis clinical studies to regional clinicians and healthcare providers as well as developing and disseminating materials to the clinical community;
• Provide clinical expertise and training for internal Praxis education activities;
• Provide clinical /subject matter expertise to assist with IT Platform development;
• Some travel required;
• Perform other duties as related to the qualifications and requirements of the job.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Requires a clinical degree (e.g. BSc PT, BSc OT, RN). PT degree preferred for this Maternity Leave position.
Experience:

• A minimum of 2 years of clinical experience;
• Clinical experience working in the area of spinal cord injury is considered an asset.

Skills/Behaviours

• Exercises professional clinical judgement and initiative to advise on clinical aspects of Praxis projects
• Ability to interact and communicate effectively to a wide audience, including patients, clinicians, researchers, healthcare administration and policy-makers
• Strong written and verbal communications, including the ability to generate reports as required
• Intermediate ability in MS Office (especially Outlook, Word and Excel)

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse community of partners
• Ability to work independently as well as in teams

An equivalent combination of education, experience and skills/behaviors will be considered.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested and qualified candidates can apply by August 15, 2025. While we thank all applicants for their interest, only short-listed candidates will be contacted. For more information on Praxis, please visit www.praxisinstitute.org.

Praxis Spinal Cord Institute would like to acknowledge that the land on which we are located is on the unceded traditional territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, specifically the shared traditional territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation