Research Project Coordinator Analyst - Cancer Care
Req ID: 187701
Location: Provincial Zone, Bethune Building - QEII
Department: Research, Innovation & Discovery
Type of Employment: Casual Hourly FT long-assignment (100%) x 1
Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 23-Sep-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 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.
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Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) 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.
The Nova Scotia Health Cancer Care Program (NSH CCP) is a population-based cancer control program responsible for the provision, monitoring and evaluation of services which span the continuum from primary prevention, through screening, diagnosis, treatment, and care, to survivorship, and to palliative and end-of-life care. Given the growing burden of cancer on our population, a proactive, coordinated, and comprehensive cancer program that addresses the cancer demand but that also aims to reduce the burden of this disease is essential for our future. The goal is the provision of sustainable, effective, and timely cancer control services across the continuum and across all age groups.
Due to the complexity of cancer care, not all cancer control services will fall under the NSH CCP. There is a need to function in a highly collaborative fashion, so all sectors of the health system are engaged and involved. Therefore, the NSH CCP has links to the IWK and works closely with partners within the NSH, primary care, specialized population-based services, specialized health care and community services, and government departments as required to provide safe, quality care in the most appropriate settings.
About the Opportunity
Reporting to the Principal Investigator, the Project Coordinator is responsible for the coordination of projects conducted within an embedded research program that is set within the Nova Scotia Health Cancer Care Program (NSH CCP). The Project Coordinator will assist the Principal Investigator with project/study management, administration and conduct. This includes the administration of related projects, support for clinicians, literature reviews, report composition and database management. Further responsibilities will include managing REB submissions, overseeing and supporting literature reviews, qualitative and quantitative data analysis, drafting reports, preparing project summaries and manuscripts. Experience in project/study coordination/management, developing study protocols and REB applications, liaising with multi-site /multi-disciplinary teams, knowledge translation or community/stakeholder engagement experience is essential. An interest in and understanding of learning health system principles would also be an asset. Candidate must be a demonstrated self-starter with the ability to work independently as well as within a team.
Accountabilities
Planning and Coordination:
- Conducts systematic/scoping reviews of the literature
- Reviews examples of relevant best practice in relevant areas
- Assisting in report composition
- Consults with researchers and system stakeholders in the identification and/or development of outcome measures
- Consults with the PI and research teams in the identification and/or development of outcome measures
- Educates and updates research team and health system staff on study/project protocols
- Plans, develops and co-ordinates projects in consultation with PI and key stakeholders.
- Participates in the development and analysis of grant-funded study protocols
- Prepares documents for the submission to the REB for study/project approval and closure
Study/Project Administration:
- Coordinates one or more projects/studies for the Program
- Educates and updates research team and system stakeholders on study/project protocols
- Recruits and screens study subjects where necessary and obtains informed consent
- Participates in various integrated knowledge translation/mobilization activities and meetings with the PI
- Maintains communication with Research Ethics Board (REB) throughout the study
- Confers with the PI and sponsor representatives on project/study progress, compliance and interpretation
- Assists in orienting new Research staff as required
- Delegates and/or directs the work of Research Associates/Assistants
- Implements methodologies
Data Management and Analysis:
- Enters and summarizes data and using database and/or spreadsheets
- Accesses available routine databases
- Analyses data using qualitative and quantitative data software/packages
- Maintains, stores and retrieves study documentation
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
- Master’s degree in a health sciences or social sciences discipline (e.g., psychology, epidemiology, community/public health) required
- Minimum of three years research experience and/or project coordination required
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Adobe Acrobat, email and internet
- Familiarity with qualitative/quantitative analysis software package such as NVivo, SAS, R required
- Familiarity with health research required
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Outstanding attention to detail
- Strong report writing skills
- Effective interpersonal, communication and teaching skills
- Demonstrated time management and organizational skills
- Effective research and analytical thinking skills
- Strong negotiation, conflict resolution and rapport-building skills
- Ability to work well independently as well as within a multidisciplinary team environment
- Demonstrates understanding of own role and responsibilities
Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.
Hours
- Full-time, long assignment (75 hours bi-weekly)
- Starting September 2024 (1 year assignment) *start date subject to change
Compensation and Benefits
$37.61 - $47.01 Hourly
$73,339 - $91,674 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. (Permanent Long Assignments Only)
Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
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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