Research Assistant II

at  Trillium Health Partners

Job Description:
Position: Research Assistant II
Posting ID: 2024-37996
Status:Temporary Part Time (12 months)
Role Level: AC03 ($23.47 - $29.30)
Dept: Institute for Better Health
Site: Mississauga Hospital
Hours of Work/Shifts: Monday - Friday | 7.5 hours/week
Posted: June 20, 2024
Internal Deadline: June 27, 2024
Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre, Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.
Our Mission: A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community
Our Values: Compassion, Excellence, Courage
Our Goals: Quality, Access, Sustainability
Our Enablers: People, Education, Innovation, Research
As THP’s research and innovation engine, the Institute for Better Health (IBH) is a core enabler of THP’s mission of a new kind of health care for a healthier community through the application of scientific expertise, innovative thinking and partnerships. Focused on generating cutting-edge science and innovation in health service delivery and population health, IBH leads practical research and innovation that shapes how we engage, design, deliver, and finance health care to solve problems stretching from the bedside to the system. IBH operates within a Learning Health System Model, with specific thematic areas of focus in population health, patient and family engagement, innovative models of care, and implementation and evaluation science. Learn more about our Institute for Better Health here: Institute for Better Health

Qualifications and Skills

• Successful completion of a Community College Diploma (3 year program) or equivalent
• 1 - 2 years related research experience
• Experience with coordinating research activities across multiple internal and external partners
• Demonstrated initiative, independence, organization and productivity
• Demonstrated experience with project planning, management, and coordination
• Broad knowledge and understanding of community based researc

THE ROLE

The successful candidate will support the Family and Child Health Initiative (FCHI) https://familyandchildhealth.ca – a multi-disciplinary focused research group supporting various community-based projects. The FCHI was founded in 2018 and is a group of multidisciplinary researchers and clinicians focused on improving the health and wellness of children, youth, emerging adults, and families in Peel Region, Ontario. Our position at the intersection of healthcare and community allows us to learn and work alongside community members and organizations to understand the strengths, issues, needs, and priorities in the area of family health and work towards collectively creating services and innovations that support all families to be well. Our community-based participatory research expertise includes qualitative and quantitative methods, social and organizational network analysis, and program co-design, implementation, and evaluation, and novel knowledge translation and exchange methods. We also have clinicians on the team that have worked with a diverse group of children, youth, families, and communities for many years in the area of pediatric health care. This is a unique opportunity to be exposed to the hospital setting, support innovative health research and to play a pivotal role in enabling and mobilizing health research within and beyond the walls of Trillium Health Partners. This role facilitates the responsible conduct of research through support of research studies within THP. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in a multivariate stakeholder environment both independently and as part of collaborative multi-disciplinary focused research groups supporting various projects. This support includes coordinating research study logistics, undertaking daily study activities and meeting the ethics and regulatory requirements of various research studies. This is a unique opportunity to be exposed to the hospital setting, support innovative health research and to play a pivotal role in enabling and mobilizing health research within and beyond the walls of Trillium Health Partners.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

The successful candidate must meet the following qualification and skill requirements and demonstrate the ability to take on the following responsibilities:

Qualifications and Skills

• Successful completion of a Community College Diploma (3 year program) or equivalent
• 1 - 2 years related research experience
• Experience with coordinating research activities across multiple internal and external partners
• Demonstrated initiative, independence, organization and productivity
• Demonstrated experience with project planning, management, and coordination
• Broad knowledge and understanding of community based research

Responsibilities

• Provides administrative support for recruitment and consent, data collection and entry, and study coordination.
• Web and literature review as directed by PI - guidance provided regarding appropriate sites and types of papers - help with extraction of basic research/scientific data from articles into spreadsheet.
• Supports and leads tasks associated with event planning and management.
• Provide administrative support for the collection, preparation, and organization of data for analysis and knowledge translation.
• Provides support to researchers and research teams in the preparation and organization of materials for project team meetings, data collection sessions and for analysis, preparation of documents, web material for knowledge translation - dissemination of research results for academic and lay audiences. Some basic support for writing reports or presentations.
• Other responsibilities as may be assigned.

Competencies:

• Takes ownership, accountability, and responsibility for his/her/their actions and own performance
• Demonstrates an ability to accept change and manage change effectively
• Seeks new experiences to develop his/her/their capabilities
• Demonstrates a pattern of self-development and a drive to learn by engaging in formal and informal learning to develop knowledge and technical skills
• Demonstrates integrity, humility, maturity, empathy, and a positive attitude
• Works collaboratively with others to meet goals
• Speaks and writes clearly, concisely, and with impact
• Takes pride in his/her/their work, balancing quality, capacity and risk
• Demonstrates critical thinking skills
• Seeks out, considers, and integrates the appropriate data, ideas, and experiences to take initiative in making decisions and solving problems