##About SickKids

Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

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##Position Description

We are seeking a highly qualified candidate for a Clinical Research Project Coordinator (CRPC) position at the Child Health Evaluative Sciences (CHES) program in the Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. The candidate will work closely with the Drs. Peter Gill and Sanjay Mahant, Paediatricians and Scientists, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, SickKids Research Institute, and Co-Founders of the Canadian Paediatric Inpatient Research Network (PIRN - https://www.pirncanada.com/). The candidate will be embedded within a team who conduct outcomes-based research focused on the care of hospitalized children with acute infections. This is a full time role (1.0 FTE, 35 hours/week) beginning with a one year contract.

The Clinical Research Project Coordinator will work closely with Drs. Gill and Mahant to oversee multi-centre prospective studies focused on hospitalized children in PIRN. The CRPC will play an important role in overseeing the study analysis (including study protocol development for secondary analyses), data quality assurance, and manuscript writing, progress reports, posters and presentation. The role also includes coordinating the multi-centre studies according to regulatory and institutional guidelines and requirements, coordinating and overseeing the remainder of the patient recruitment and data collection, study administration, and working with the study sites to ensure execution. Other study roles include working with the PIs on systematic reviews, retrospective observational studies, new study protocol and grants, and overseeing and working with students in the lab. Strong skills in epidemiology and academic writing and presentation will be important for this role.

To read more about the types of research studies conducted with this team, see the lab website (click here: https://lab.research.sickkids.ca/mahant-gill/) and the Canadian Paediatric Inpatient Research Network (PIRN) homepage (click here: https://www.pirncanada.com/ongoing-projects).

Here's What You'll Get To Do:

• Coordinate all research activities in collaboration with principal investigators, including general project management, protocol development, ethics submissions, contracts, managing budget, timelines and deliverables.
• Develop informed consent documents based on regulations, REB consent templates, institutional requirements, and submit to REB and coordinate revisions, approvals and amendments.
• Assist with database design, in conjunction with Principal Investigator and Database Analyst, including ensuring quality of the database, supervising database cleaning, and assisting with data entry and analysis.
• Assist in design of case-report forms and/or questionnaire
• Patient recruitment, including applying questionnaires and conducting interviews
• Relationship building (acting as key communicator between project team members, study personnel, stakeholders and community partners)
• Conduct literature reviews and keep current with study literature.
• Training and supervision, where appropriate, of study personnel across study sites
• Oversee data quality assurance across sites
• Contribute to proposal development, report writing and presentation of research findings
• Drafting and preparing grants and manuscripts for submission, including references and appendices
• Assisting Principal Investigator (PI) in new research proposals and preparation of grant applications.

Here's What You'll Need:

• A Master's degree in Epidemiology, Health Science or a related field with a minimum of two years experience in clinical research. Post-secondary degree in a health-related discipline (e.g., Nursing, Epidemiology, Health Sciences, Psychology) with 1 years related clinical research experience. A clinical professional degree may be an asset, as would certification as a clinical research associate (e.g., SOCRA, ACRP accreditation).
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Experience writing research proposals and preparing presentations
• Experience preparing and submitting REB applications
• Demonstrated organizational and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to be self-motivated and self-directed
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage and coordinate projects in all phases
• Interpersonal skills and stakeholder/relationships management skills (experience working with patients and clinicians)
• Experience with inpatient recruitment is an asset
• Experience with conducting qualitative interviews is an asset
• Excellent computer skills (strong knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Must have experience with data collection from patient charts to be inputted into platforms such as REDCap
• Ability to function independently yet collaboratively within a team
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment and meet deadlines
• Experience working in a paediatric setting
• Strong motivation to contribute to building a research team focused on improving children's health
• A commitment to understanding and aiding in the pursuit of equity, diversity and inclusion objectives

Applicants should send a cover letter with a statement of research interest, a curriculum vitae with publication list, and share a writing piece (i.e. article, report, proposal or previous grant) that was authored by the applicant.

Employment Type: Full-Time, 12 month contract with possibility for renewal

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##Our Commitment to Diversity

SickKids is committed to championing equity, diversity and inclusion in all that we do, fostering an intentionally inclusive and culturally safe environment that reflects the diversity of the patients, families and communities we serve. Learn more about workplace inclusion.

##Accessibility & Accommodation

If you require accommodation during the application process, please reach out to our aSKHR team. SickKids can provide access and inclusion supports to eligible candidates to support their full engagement during the interview and selection process as well as to ensure candidates are able to perform their duties once successfully hired. If you are invited for an interview and require accommodation, please let us know at the time of your invitation to interview. Information received related to access, inclusion or accommodation will be addressed confidentially.

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