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.

When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of Healthier Children. A Better World.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world's best in paediatric healthcare.

Position Description

The Child Health Evaluative Sciences (CHES) program is recruiting for a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to work within ROCCA (Real-world Outcomes of Cancer in Children and Adolescents), a newly established research unit at the Hospital for Sick Children. ROCCA comprises of a diverse team of clinicians and scientists who focus on studying short and long-term health and economic outcomes of children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer. The successful candidate will collaborate on and, in many cases, lead studies linking various clinical and healthcare databases. They will also have the opportunity to generate their own study questions, and to liaise with experts in health services research, health economics, biostatistics, epidemiology and pediatric oncology. The successful candidate must be both self-directed and able to collaborate within a team comprising both senior investigators and junior trainees.

The fellow will lead multiple tasks, including conceptualization of study questions, review of relevant literature, development of analytical designs, and manuscript and grant writing.

Here's What You'll Get To Do:

• Demonstrate scientific creativity and/or knowledge in health services and outcomes research as it applies to children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer
• Independently design and implement research projects which use provincial and pan-Canadian health administrative data, including writing analysis plans and supervising their execution
• Help design and write grant proposals for new research studies
• Exercise extensive independent judgement, initiative and decision making to resolve problems
• Prepare study results, presentations, and peer-reviewed manuscripts using strong written and visual communications skills with the ability to effectively express complex scientific concepts to various audiences
• Manage study databases
• Coordinate the management of multiple sub-projects while ensuring all project/program mandates and goals are achieved and evaluated within agreed upon time frames and resources
• Engage with key stakeholders throughout the process of a grant
• Attend relevant courses, meetings, rounds or workshops to increase knowledge and skills
• Present research findings to internal departments, members of the local research community, and at international conferences

Here's What You'll Need

• PhD with relevant experience specific to health services research and/or analyses using health administrative data
• Previous experience working with databases housed at ICES (formerly known as the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences) or at Statistics Canada is a strong asset
• Competency to run analyses in statistical software (e.g. SAS, R)
• Ability to function independently but also collaboratively within a team
• Established leadership skills with demonstrated ability supervising a diverse team
• Effective communication, interpersonal, facilitation and organizational skills
• Demonstrated excellence in academic written and verbal communications
• A commitment to understanding and aiding in the pursuit of equity, diversity and inclusion objectives

Employment Type: Full-time temporary 2 year contract, 1.0 FTE

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.

How To Apply

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