BC-pdr Research Assistant (Amed Lab)

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This offer is conditional upon successful completion of a Criminal Record Check.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary
The research assistant will support the principal investigator and research personnel of the BC Pediatric Diabetes Registry (BC-PDR). The BC-PDR is the first of its kind in BC provincial pediatric diabetes clinical registry. The goal of the registry is to support quality improvement initiatives and knowledge exchange aimed at improving diabetes care processes, care coordination, and patient outcomes. Data is a powerful tool to improve patient care. Clinical data (from patient charts) and patient reported outcome data (self-reported data that allows us to understand what patients and families want and what works for them) can be used to shift and intervene in the healthcare system so that research and innovation can have the greatest impact on patient and family experience, as well as health outcomes.

Organizational Status
The Research Assistant/Tech2 will report directly to the DTP Research Coordinator as well as to the study principal investigator, but will also work in association with other research staff involved in the projects. The research coordinator is responsible for day-to-day management of projects, and will provide direction to the assistant.

Work Performed

- Recruit children and youth living with diabetes for various DTP projects. Recruitment will occur in clinic and virtually using a REDCap electronic consent form. Recruitment includes attaining:

• Consent from parents of youth < 17 years or from patients 17 years and older, and

• Assent from children between the ages 7 to 16 years in clinic or virtually.

- Work with the research coordinator and PI to develop effective recruitment and follow-up strategies for various DP projects

- Build trusted relationships with clinic staff and clinicians to ensure a smooth recruitment process for DTP studies

- Support the administration of surveys and patient reported outcome measures and experience measures (PROMs & PREMs) in clinic or virtually for patients and caregivers for DTP studies

- Review BC-PDR data within the data platform, PRISM, for quality and missingness and enter/revise missing/inaccurate clinical data for the BC-PDR (within the PRISM platform) from electronic and paper patient medical records

- Review and clean data to ensure that the data in the BC-PDR is accurate and of high quality

- Ensure that all recruitment and data abstraction processes documents are up to date

- Support the research coordinator in the preparation of ethics applications, amendments and renewals

- Assist the research coordinator in the training of volunteers and research assistants from different health authorities

- Work with the research coordinator to develop and update REDCap electronic consent forms and surveys for DTP studies

- Support the PI in compiling literature reviews and development of annotated bibliographies for BC-PDR research papers

- Be responsible for maintaining paper and electronic study documents including essential and confidential documents; ensuring the secure storage and transfer of research records

- Organize and prioritize workload to meet study deadlines and patient or family queries and questions

Exceptional organization and communication skills, as well as a high degree of

motivation, enthusiasm, initiative, and attention to detail are required for this position.

Consequence of Error/Judgement
All duties performed by the Research Assistant should adhere to policies of Good Clinical Practice, standard operating procedures, and UBC policies. Failure to comply with national, provincial, institutional, or ethical standards could result in significant consequences to the subjects, the study, the Principal Investigator, and the institution. Errors in judgment could harm the subjects, delay the progress of the study, result in loss of funding, or otherwise influence the integrity of clinical research. Non-routine decisions or actions should be discussed with the Research Coordinator and/or PI.

Supervision Received
The applicant will work as a part of a team that includes Research Assistants, a Research Coordinator, undergraduate and graduate students. He/she will report directly to the Research Coordinator who reports directly to Dr. Shazhan Amed.

Supervision Given
May be asked to supervise summer students.

Minimum Qualifications
- High school graduation, some additional training in a related field and a minimum two years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Completion of a university degree in a relevant discipline or technical program and a one year to two years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience are considered an asset.
- Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one's own

- Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one's own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Preferred Qualifications

- Demonstrated ability to organize work and communicate effectively both verbally and in writing

- Demonstrated experience in recruitment of patients for research studies

- Demonstrated experience in using REDCap for electronic consent and survey administration

- Ability to effectively to communicate and work with a diversity of people in calm, courteous, and effective manner

- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

- Demonstrated ability to work effectively independently and in a team environment.

- Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities while being thorough, accurate, and displaying a high level of attention to detail

- Ability to effectively use Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint