Job Description

Req ID: 159201
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Central Zone, Centre for Clinical Research - QEII
Department: Research, Innovation & Discovery
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: Management/Non-Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 7-Jul-23

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We\'re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there\'s a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you\'ll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

Nova Scotia Health (NSH) provides sustainable safe and high-quality health services that are accessible, people-centred, promote health and wellness and optimize the health of all Nova Scotians. This is accomplished across four geographic management zones which are responsible for the operation of acute care health centres and the provision of a variety of inpatient, outpatient services including academic, tertiary, quaternary care and community-based programs and services including continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions.

NSH, along with the partner institutions of the Atlantic Clinical Trials Network (ACTN) is a member and founder of the CANadian Consortium of Clinical Trial TRAINing (CANTRAIN). CANTRAIN is a national clinical trial training program currently being implemented. Its vision is to offer the best, certified, and standardized clinical trials\' training and mentoring program across Canada accompanied by Studentships, Fellowships, Internships for postgraduate Trainees and Highly Qualified Personnel, in a real-world setting.

The national clinical trial training program is committed to employment equity, diversity, and inclusion; and encourages applications from Indigenous and racialized people, people of all gender identities and sexual orientations, and people with disabilities. The national clinical trial training program also recognizes the need for experience, knowledge and guidance from communities disproportionately affected by chronic or rare diseases.

The CRE uses adult learning principles and instructional strategies to adapt, deliver, and evaluate CANTRAIN educational programs to enhance and promote clinical research competency, achieve high standards of regulatory compliance, and facilitate clinical research professional development activities. The CRE is responsible for the on-boarding and ongoing education of clinical research staff, students, and clinician researchers, from novice to expert abilities, using the CANTRAIN clinical trial training streams learning pathways. Educational programming is expected to be variable in delivery mode and style, and sensitive to the role complexities found in a research hospital.

About the Opportunity

Orientation/onboarding: Develops, coordinates, facilitates, and conducts CANTRAIN onboarding and orientation programs for new clinical research staff and other healthcare professionals involved in clinical research at the member institution.

• Collaborates with institutional clinical research leadership to identify onboarding/orientation needs of staff and target learning outcomes
• Identifies relevant institutional guidelines, protocols, policy and procedures and adapts CANTRAIN onboarding/orientation materials in collaboration with key stakeholders
• Adapts CANTRAIN onboarding and orientation materials for the local institutional environment
• Conducts orientation in a manner that facilitates a positive learning environment

Program Delivery: Develops, coordinates, facilitates and deliver or facilitate the delivery of CANTRAIN curricula/learning pathways for all training streams at participating sites;

• Coordination and delivery of CANTRAIN curricula across all training streams
• Adapts CANTRAIN learning pathways to maximize uptake and effectiveness in local institutional context
• Applies the principles of adult learning in all educational offerings and utilizes multiple teaching strategies based upon learning styles or settings
• Utilizes a variety of knowledge transfer strategies to ensure integration of knowledge into practice
• Develops measurable marketing strategies for CANTRAIN training streams
• Provides leadership to promote compliance with standards, guidelines, laws and requirements of regulatory agencies, credentialing agencies and professional organizations
• Role model collaborative leadership across programs and professions, in order to achieve a positive environment for learning
• Fosters the development of teaching skills in others as well as support educational needs assessment
• Serves as a resource to all departments in the development of specific processes or training approaches to maintain compliance in the conduct of clinical research

Program improvement: Implements a consultation process to meet the needs of internal stakeholders and institutional strategic goals pertaining to clinical research education and training.

• Ability to work with research teams and assess gaps in performance at unit or individual level in a supportive manner
• Performs needs assessment including gap from desired practice to actual practice and designs cost effective training and change management plan to meet organizational needs
• Provides feedback to CANTRAIN leadership to surface institutional concerns, needs or requirements for ongoing Platform improvement

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Experience in education/teaching required, including experience developing, implementing, presenting, and evaluating educational programs, either in an educational setting or in a hospital strongly preferred;
• Advanced training in adult education or commensurate experience preferred.
• Five to seven years of clinical research experience within a university, research institute, or hospital research environment; Experience coordinating or managing clinical trials.
• Knowledge of guidelines and regulations governing clinical research; Certificate demonstrating competency in Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS2): Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans and International Conference on Harmonization - Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP).
• Current Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA) or Association of Clinical Research Professionals certification (ACRP) is preferred.
• Working proficiency in both English and French (where necessary).
• Excellent presentation, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Customer service oriented with the ability to work well under pressure.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, take initiative and make independent decisions.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy, excellent organizational skills with ability to prioritize, coordinate and simultaneously
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Hours

Temporary, Full-Time (75 hours biweekly) assignment ending March 31st 2026.
Anticipated start date of July 17th 2023.
Dates are approximate and are subject to change.

Compensation and Incentives

$28.90 - $36.12 hourly
$56,338.22 - $70,422.43 annually

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

Once You\'ve Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Some opportunities may be eligible for our Employee Referral Program. If a Nova Scotia Health employee refers a candidate who is not working for the organization and the candidate is hired, the employee who made the referral may be eligible to earn up to $1000. For more details and instructions, please visit

Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

Preferred candidates must be able to demonstrate proof of primary series of COVID -19 vaccine at time of hire.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.

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