Project Assistant - Quality and Patient Safety, Senior Friendly - Temporary Full-Time 2024-1137[...]

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Old Toronto; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative health sciences center is looking for a dynamic individual to join their Senior Friendly Team. This temporary full-time position involves supporting various projects aimed at enhancing patient care for seniors. You will play a crucial role in collecting and analyzing data, conducting literature reviews, and organizing project results. If you are passionate about improving healthcare for the elderly and possess excellent communication and computer skills, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact in a collaborative environment. Join a team dedicated to making a difference in the lives of seniors and their families!

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in health sciences or health profession required.
• Experience in data collection and analysis preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist with data collection and analysis for multiple projects.
• Conduct literature reviews and stakeholder interviews as needed.

Skills

Data Collection

Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Microsoft Office

Team Collaboration

Geriatric Care Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Health Sciences

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Access

Job description

Classification: Temporary Full-Time (until approx. March 2025)

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre’ Department of Quality & Patient Safety is seeking a dynamic individual to provide support to multiple projects connected to the hospital’s Senior Friendly Strategy. This position will work as part of the Senior Friendly Team and will report to the Manager, Senior Friendly & Best Practices.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assist with the collection of qualitative and quantitative data
• Collect data from patient and care team records and enter relevant data into a database with extremely high accuracy
• Conduct basic data analyses
• Conduct literature reviews, extracting data from abstracts and full journal articles as needed
• Conduct key stakeholder interviews, focus groups or patient/family interviews, as needed
• Organize and format project results to be presentable and easily comprehensible.
• Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned depending on the individual requirements of each project

Qualifications/ Skills:

• Bachelor degree in health sciences or health profession
• Experience in data collection and analysis preferred
• Understanding of privacy legislation including the Personal Health Information Act and the Public Hospitals’ Act
• Experience working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Experience in a hospital or working with healthcare staff preferred
• Knowledge and experience in geriatric care, particularly in the areas of delirium and functional decline is an asset
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent computer skills, proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), with specific emphasis on Microsoft Excel and/or Access