Research Assistant - WIHV

Women’s College Hospital; Toronto; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Ein innovatives Krankenhaus sucht engagierte Fachkräfte, die an der Spitze der digitalen Gesundheitsversorgung stehen möchten. Diese spannende Rolle bietet die Möglichkeit, an bedeutenden Projekten zu arbeiten, die darauf abzielen, die Gesundheitsversorgung für Frauen zu revolutionieren. In einem unterstützenden Umfeld können Sie Ihre Fähigkeiten in der Datenanalyse und Projektunterstützung weiterentwickeln und einen echten Unterschied im Leben der Patienten machen. Seien Sie Teil eines Teams, das sich für Chancengleichheit und hervorragende Patientenversorgung einsetzt und innovative Lösungen für die Herausforderungen im Gesundheitswesen entwickelt.

Benefits

Wettbewerbsfähige Leistungen

Betriebliche Altersvorsorge (HOOPP)

Unterstützendes Arbeitsumfeld

Engagiertes Team

Qualifications

• 2 Jahre Erfahrung in der Datensammlung und -analyse.
• Starke Fähigkeiten in MS Office und Kommunikation.

Responsibilities

• Unterstützung bei digitalen Gesundheitsprojekten und Datenanalysen.
• Durchführung von Literaturrecherchen und Erstellung von Berichten.

Skills

Datenanalyse

Kommunikationsfähigkeiten

MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Multitasking

Vertraulichkeit

Education

Bachelor in Gesundheitswissenschaften

Tools

Webbasierte Umfragen

Statistische Software

Job description

Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Job Description

Women's College Hospital (WCH) is an academic, ambulatory care hospital in Ontario with a focus on health for women, health equity and health system solutions. If you're ready to be part of a team that is revolutionizing the future of healthcare, then you will want to join an institution where the possibilities for innovation, new discovery and system thinking are limitless. Women's College Hospital is committed to equity, quality and patient safety as key professional values and essential components of daily practice.

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.

Department: WIHV

Status: TemporaryFull Time (1 year)

Type: New

Number of Positions: 2

Employee Group: Research

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week

This position supports projects within Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care (WIHV) and reports to the Manager, Virtual Care. The major projects associated with this role will be related to digital health evaluation and will leverage large administrative datasets.

WIHV aims to improve heath by working to develop, implement, and evaluate innovations in clinical care and policy. WIHV’s philosophy is to engage and collaborate with all players in health care to deliver tangible solutions that improve the health system as a whole. WIHV’s goal is to inspire innovation and enable Ontario’s most promising leaders to transform their ideas into practical, scalable solutions.

Summary of Duties, but not limited to:

• Assist with the day-to-day tasks involved in research studies involving digital health projects:
  • Conduct literature searches to assist in protocol development
  • Assist the project team with research ethics applications and data requests including preparing amendments to the applications
  • Conduct participant recruitment/enrollment and informed consent processes
  • Perform data collection, maintenance, and analysis including but not limited to:
    • Participate in review of data collection strategies
    • Support and maintenance of web-based surveys
    • Quantitative data collection and transfer to appropriate database
    • Computer statistical analysis
    • Qualitative data collection and transfer to appropriate database
  • Assist with the modification and maintenance of electronic and paper information, filing/retrieval methods, systems and/or formats
  • Generate figures, data summaries, status reports, and other statistical reports as required
  • Communicate data including developing tables and figures
• Assist with preparing materials for project deliverables and presentations
• Assist with necessary data flow between internal and external collaborators
• Participate in research meetings, including preparing meeting minutes
• Assist with grant and report writing and submissions; prepare forms, budgets, appendices, and other documents as required
• Assist with submission of manuscripts to scientific journals; may involved creating tables, figures, proofreading, preparation of cover letter, coordinating documents to sign, and electronic submission

As a role model and champion, you will work to identify and integrate safe, best practices into daily activities to foster the delivery of safe and exemplary care.

The responsibilities described above are representative and are not to be construed as all-inclusive.

Qualifications

• An undergraduate degree in health sciences and/or other health-related discipline
• 2 years’ experience, including experience with data collection preferred
• Basic quantitative data analysis experience considered an asset
• Experience working with and maintaining web-based surveys is preferred
• Demonstrated strong independent working and multitasking skills
• Ability to work well in a deadline-oriented and team-based environment with competing priorities
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational and administrative skills with attention to detail
• Strong skills in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) required
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and adhere to the PHIPA
• Ability to perform duties in a professional and courteous manner and produce high quality work while meeting deadlines in accordance with WCH standards
• Demonstrated record of good performance and acceptable attendance will be considered as part of the selection criteria
• 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
• This position plays a critical role in acting as an advocate for safety and will demonstrate principles, practices and processes that will optimize a safe environment for all

Why Choose Us?

• 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).

Women's College Hospital is a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto and is committed to fairness and equity in employment and our recruitment and selection practices. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, members of racialized groups, women and any others who may contribute to the further diversification of our Hospital community. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under our Access for People with Disabilities policy. Applicants need to make their requirements known in advance.

Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada