Job Description

\xe2\x80\x8bReq ID: 171950
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Central Zone, Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII
Department: Research Cardiovascular Surgery
Type of Employment: Casual Hourly FT long-assignment (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 17-Jan-24

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 centers 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\'s Research, Innovation and Discovery portfolio is transforming health care delivery and improving the health of all Nova Scotians by leading initiatives that deliver high-impact health care solutions and developing strategic partnerships with clinical champions, industry, healthcare foundations, governments and academic partners. By pairing leading researchers, innovators, and clinicians with entrepreneurs through our newly formed Health Innovation, Research and Discovery Hub, their creative solutions are improving health and health care while also contributing directly to Nova Scotia\'s economy. The Research Methods Unit (RMU), located in Halifax, is a research unit designed to support clinical and health research throughout Nova Scotia Health, the IWK Health Centre, and Dalhousie University\'s Faculties of Medicine, Health Professions and Dentistry.

Reporting to the Principal Investigator, the Research Associate contributes to clinical research within Research Cardiovascular Surgery. Responsibilities include study administration, undertaking literature reviews, preparation of research proposal drafts and budgets, searching for funding opportunities, preparing grant submissions and drafting reports and manuscripts as well as data analysis.

About the Opportunity

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

• Bachelor\'s degree in a health sciences or social sciences discipline (e.g. epidemiology, community/public health, biostatistics, education, law or health economics)
• Master\'s degree in health sciences, epidemiology or research related degree an asset
• CCRP or CCRA an asset
• Medical Terminology course preferred
• Minimum of two years research experience
• Experience with database management and statistical analysis an asset
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint), Adobe Acrobat, email and internet
• Proficiency in reference manager program an asset
• Familiarity with health records
• Familiarity with research ethics and principles of confidentiality
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Strong report writing skills
• Effective interpersonal, communication and teaching skills
• Demonstrated time management and organizational skills
• Effective research and analytical thinking skills
• Ability to work well independently as well as within a multidisciplinary team environment
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
• Successful Applicants are required to provide a criminal record check (including Vulnerable Sector Search) to People Services before starting employment and assume any associated costs as a condition of employment

• Skills and experience in promoting learning cultures that nurture equity, diversity and inclusivity with a focus on intersectional values, analysis, and actions, clinical humility, and the responsible use of power and privilege.

Successful Applicants are required to provide a Criminal Record Check to Human Resources before starting employment and assume any associated costs as a condition of employment.

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants will be screened on the above qualifications. Applicants must clearly demonstrate how they meet the knowledge and competencies in their cover letter and resume. Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application. Applicants will not be considered for an interview if applications are incomplete or missing information

Hours of Work

Long Assignment, Full-Time (75 hours biweekly)
Beginning January 29, 2024, until January 29, 2025
Dates are approximate and are subject to change.

Salary Information

$27.62 - $34.53 hourly
$53,868.57 - $67,335.57 annually

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 please visit

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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