Pediatric Neurology Research & QI Specialist

University of Saskatchewan; Saskatoon; Hybrid; CAD 69,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Saskatchewan's Division of Pediatric Neurology seeks a Pediatric Neurology Research and Quality Improvement Coordinator to support provincial and national research and quality-improvement initiatives. You will manage regulatory submissions, data management, and knowledge-translation activities across several priority programs, reporting to the Division lead.

The role requires strong project-management, data governance, and family-centered communication, with a focus on auditable

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating clinical, health-services, implementation, or quality-improvement research.
• Knowledge of pediatric neurology, epilepsy, or related clinical services is preferred.
• Ability to prepare regulatory submissions and maintain compliant study documentation.
• Experience with data management and secure handling of PHI.
• Strong written and verbal communication with stakeholders and families.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate submissions for ethics review, approvals, and data-access requests.
• Develop SOPs, manuals of operations, consent materials, data dictionaries, and project tools.
• Recruit, screen, and consent participants with family-centered communication.
• Perform chart reviews and data-quality audits across EMR sources.
• Build and maintain REDCap or similar databases with validation and access controls.
• Generate operations and research dashboards and support QI monitoring.
• Coordinate SAFE-NOTE study activities including workflow documentation and surveys.
• Ensure AI activities use approved vendor configurations and protect PHI.

Skills

Communication

Project management

Data management

Privacy knowledge

Equity focus

Education

Master’s degree in health/epidemiology/public health

Bachelor’s degree with relevant experience

Tools

REDCap

TELUS EMR

R

SPSS

SAS

Python

NVivo

Power BI

Job description

University of Saskatchewan's Division of Pediatric Neurology seeks a Pediatric Neurology Research and Quality Improvement Coordinator to support provincial and national research and quality-improvement initiatives. You will manage regulatory submissions, data management, and knowledge-translation activities across several priority programs, reporting to the Division lead.

The role requires strong project-management, data governance, and family-centered communication, with a focus on auditable