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
Our Commitment to and Progress Towards Anti-Black Racism
THP and IBH have made a commitment to becoming a safer and more inclusive environment with a dedicated focus on dismantling anti-Black racism and white supremacy at THP. This commitment is in response to the recognition that Black people systemically experience the organization differently than their white and non-Black colleagues. Similarly, Black scientists and research staff experience the research ecosystem differently. Anti-Black racism is the starting point as Black individuals and communities are disproportionately impacted by the harms of systemic racism and white supremacy culture. In this work, we are committed to disrupting and reconstructing the processes, practices, and systems that contribute to anti-Black racism.
THP established its Equity Secretariat Office in 2020, providing education and training on anti-Black racism, and establishing a THP Circle on Anti-Racism and Inclusion. Today, the Equity Secretariat has become the Equity, Anti-Racism, and Inclusion Office, with a specific focus on dismantling anti-Black racism and white supremacy and advancing other dimensions of inequity within THP. This office supported the completion of an externally led Anti-Black Racism Climate Review and resulting report, which includes recommendations and actions that are being integrated into THP’s operating plan. At IBH, the Anti-Black Racism Allyship Initiative (ABRAI) was established in 2020 to understand the experiences of Black staff within IBH and develop an action plan in partnership with Black staff to address anti-Black racism. The action plan has been translated into operational objectives that support the recruitment, retention, and career development of Black staff. As part of this plan, IBH has established an optional, monthly Black Excellence meeting for Black staff at IBH where the purpose is to provide a safe space where all hold power and attendees can connect, network, and support each other.
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
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Successful completion of a Community College Diploma (3 year program) or equivalent
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1 - 2 years related research experience
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Experience with coordinating research activities across multiple internal and external partners
- Demonstrated initiative, independence, organization and productivity
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Demonstrated experience with project planning, management, and coordination
- Broad knowledge and understanding of community based research
Responsibilities
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Provides administrative support for recruitment and consent, data collection and entry, and study coordination.
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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.
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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:
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Takes ownership, accountability, and responsibility for his/her/their actions and own performance
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Demonstrates an ability to accept change and manage change effectively
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Seeks new experiences to develop his/her/their capabilities
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Demonstrates a pattern of self-development and a drive to learn by engaging in formal and informal learning to develop knowledge and technical skills
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Demonstrates integrity, humility, maturity, empathy, and a positive attitude
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Works collaboratively with others to meet goals
- Speaks and writes clearly, concisely, and with impact
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Takes pride in his/her/their work, balancing quality, capacity and risk
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Demonstrates critical thinking skills
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Seeks out, considers, and integrates the appropriate data, ideas, and experiences to take initiative in making decisions and solving problems
Please submit the following application components in a single file:
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Cover Letter detailing interest in the role, reason for applying and any relevant experience
- CV
What’s in it for You?
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An opportunity to be part of a team of health research, innovation and improvement leaders in a culture of service and improvement supported by collaboration and partnership
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A team and organization that is genuinely invested in your development and growth
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Many active and ongoing diversity, equity and inclusion activities and committees you can be part of
Building an Anti-Racist, Equitable and Inclusive Team and Why it is Important to Us – A new Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community:
When we set out to build our vision and future, we connected with and heard from our community - patients, families, visitors, physicians, staff and volunteers. Our plan to create a new kind of health care for a healthier community means advancing health across the hospital, the system and the community and is built on an inter-connected system of care organized around patients - inside and outside the hospital. Recognizing this mission could not be realized without also assessing and investing in our internal practices, culture and processes we are building an organization where everyone at THP feels they belong, their voice matters, and contributes to our collective success. We commit to making systemic fairness a reality for all and are working to ensure that the community we serve is reflected at all levels, and in all professions at THP. Diversity is our strength and we recognize and value teaching and learning we all contribute and benefit from in our environment; our unique lived experiences matter and shape our actions and behaviors. In becoming an antiracist organization, we acknowledge the existence of oppression, racism, bias and complicity, and we have been working steadily to make changes in the way we work to dismantle these barriers. This includes developing and realizing an action plan to advance racial equity and embed anti-racism accountability across IBH, starting with our anti-Black racism priority initiative.
Important Message for Potential Applicants:
If you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We encourage applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code to consider this opportunity.
To pursue this career opportunity, please visit our website: www.trilliumhealthpartners.ca
Internal Candidates who believe they possess the necessary qualifications and experience for this position and who have been in their current position for at least six (6) months are encouraged to apply.
Candidates are selected on the basis of their skill, ability, experience and qualifications. Where these factors are relatively equal seniority shall govern providing the successful applicant.
Trillium Health Partners’ (THP) is an equal opportunity employer who values the importance of antiracism work and is committed to integrating antiracism, diversity, equity and inclusion best practices throughout THP operations, policies and culture. Therefore, we ask that even if you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We encourage all applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code based on race, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nations, Métis or Inuk/Inuit person to consider this opportunity.
In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.
As a condition of employment, we require all staff to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, in addition to other vaccinations required by the Public Hospitals Act.
All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Trillium Health Partners is identified under the French Language Services Act.
We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
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