Job Description

The Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQuIPS) is seeking a temporary Full Time Research Assistant to join our team and assist with a broad range of Centre-based research initiatives. The successful candidate will have strong qualitative research skills and experience with knowledge synthesis research. They will have the opportunity to work with an interdisciplinary group of researchers and clinicians committed to advancing healthcare improvement science and practice. We are looking for a motivated individual with a desire to grow their skills and knowledge, who will contribute to growing our research program.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Preparation of Research Ethics applications and renewals
• Assisting with grant applications and reports
• Scheduling research team meetings, preparing materials and agendas and producing and distributing minutes.
• Project management support including overseeing study timelines and deliverables.
• Assisting with ongoing CQuIPS research projects

• Conducting qualitative interviews and facilitating focus groups
• Coding qualitative transcripts
• Assisting in the analysis and interpretation of qualitative data
• Setting up evidence synthesis projects
• Accessing literature for evidence synthesis
• Supporting manuscript preparation and submission

Skills and Qualifications

• Successful completion of a Master\xe2\x80\x99s degree in a health or social science related field, or successful completion of a Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in a health or social science related field with superior demonstrated research experience and skills.
• Minimum of two years of experience with qualitative healthcare research (conducting qualitative research interviews and/or focus groups, coding and analyzing qualitative data).
• Previous experience collaborating on scoping or systematic reviews an asset.
• Demonstration of strong teamwork skills and ability to provide assistance to support research team members.
• Ability to work on multiple concurrent projects.
• Time management skills to manage and prioritize workload and timelines.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills (experience with protocol development, grant writing, manuscript development, poster and abstract development an asset.)
• Demonstration of a growth mindset, flexibility, and the desire to learn new skills.
• Understanding of ethics and regulatory research requirements

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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If you require accommodation for disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please indicate this in your cover letter.

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is strongly committed to inclusion and diversity within its community and welcomes all applicants including but not limited to: visible minorities, all religions and ethnicities, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and all others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

Please be advised that in order to be eligible for employment at Sunnybrook, all new hires must have received the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines approved by Health Canada (e.g., two doses of a two-dose vaccine series, or one dose of a single-dose vaccine series); AND have received the final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days ago. Medical exemptions or any other kind of requested exemption based upon the Hospital\'s obligations pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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