Research Nurse Coordinator

University of Alberta; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Canadian university is seeking a project manager to oversee clinical-related projects. The role requires significant medical training and involves coordinating clinical trials and managing relationships with healthcare professionals. This position emphasizes interaction with patients, data collection, and communication across various stakeholders in the health research domain. Ideal candidates should have robust project management skills and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced clinical environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Employee priority consideration

Qualifications

• Sufficient medical level training to operate independently.
• Experience coordinating clinical trials and research.
• Ability to manage relationships with health systems and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage project and audit management for clinical-related projects.
• Coordinate day-to-day operations of studies and clinical trials.
• Facilitate communications between medical staff and researchers.

Skills

Project management

Clinical coordination

Research knowledge

Relationship building

Education

Medical training

Job description

This competition is open to all applicants however; internal candidates and applicants who were former employees of the University of Alberta will be given priority consideration before external candidates. Please log in to verify your internal candidate status.

This position is a part of the Non-Academic Staff Association (NASA).

This position has a term length of one year plus one day from the date of hire and offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Location - This role is in-person. Work primarily takes place at North Campus, Edmonton.

Working under the supervision of a physician or medical team the incumbent works on clinical-related projects providing project management, audit management and applying specialized research knowledge to provide overall management/coordination (especially Health Research Ethics Board [HREB] applications, amendments, renewals and closing). This includes building and maintaining relationships with health systems, community practitioners, researchers, research stakeholder, the funding agencies and general public. The incumbent will refer any unusual findings or problems related to the research or patient care to the physician. Interaction with patients in obtaining consent, histories, discussing treatment plans or explaining procedures is an integral part of the activities.

The incumbent will have sufficient medical level training to operate independently and oversee coordination of all clinical trials and research within the Emergency Medicine Research Group (EMeRG). Skills gained through normal educational training will be sufficient for the incumbent to establish and/or set up steps and stages in the research or clinical areas involved. The purpose and objective of the activities may be to assess patients, collect data and/or record medical findings.

The incumbent will work closely with PIs, researchers, physicians and other medical staff within the Emergency Department and within the Department of Emergency Medicine, Edmonton Zone, Province and Country wide. The incumbent will facilitate communications between members, manage/coordinate the day-to-day operations of the studies/clinical trials and manage the overall milestones, study enrollment targets, and financial management to ensure completion of the projects.