Research Assistant 1, Lawson
St. Joseph's Health Care London
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: London, ON
Contract type: Full time
Lawson
St. Joseph's Hospital - London, ON
Temporary Full Time
Salary Range: $26.01 - $32.51 /hour
This temporary full-time position until approximately May 25, 2026, (with potential for renewal), subject to the availability of work.
The successful candidate will be working under the supervision of Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso, Director of the Gait & Brain Laboratory, and a senior project manager, within a multi-disciplinary research team at Parkwood Institute on interventional research studies related to mobility and cognition in older adults. The successful incumbent will be joining a recently funded national interventional virtual trial to improve mobility and cognition in older adults. With training, their main duties will be conducting remote cognitive and mobility assessments and coaching older adult participants in better improving five lifestyle domains: exercise, cognitive training, diet, sleep, and vascular risk factors. The successful incumbent will work under the supervision of the Study Research Coordinator (RC) and will also conduct day-to-day operations of the research study including recruitment, performing of participant assessments in accordance with IRB/REB regulations, and other duties as required. He/she must ensure compliance with the research study protocol, research policies, and regulatory requirements. This is a 5 day (37.5 hours) per week position.
Essential Qualifications
St. Joseph's Hospital - London, ON
Temporary Full Time
Salary Range: $26.01 - $32.51 /hour
This temporary full-time position until approximately May 25, 2026, (with potential for renewal), subject to the availability of work.
The successful candidate will be working under the supervision of Dr. Manuel Montero-Odasso, Director of the Gait & Brain Laboratory, and a senior project manager, within a multi-disciplinary research team at Parkwood Institute on interventional research studies related to mobility and cognition in older adults. The successful incumbent will be joining a recently funded national interventional virtual trial to improve mobility and cognition in older adults. With training, their main duties will be conducting remote cognitive and mobility assessments and coaching older adult participants in better improving five lifestyle domains: exercise, cognitive training, diet, sleep, and vascular risk factors. The successful incumbent will work under the supervision of the Study Research Coordinator (RC) and will also conduct day-to-day operations of the research study including recruitment, performing of participant assessments in accordance with IRB/REB regulations, and other duties as required. He/she must ensure compliance with the research study protocol, research policies, and regulatory requirements. This is a 5 day (37.5 hours) per week position.
Essential Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in health-related field
- Experience working in clinical trials
- Proficiency in computer applications and software such as Microsoft Word, Excel and
- PowerPoint required
- Excellent organizational and analytical skills
- Demonstrated attention to detail
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
- Proven flexibility with a high level of initiative and self-direction
- Comfortable with technology such as Teams/Zoom and online platforms
- Familiarity with LHRI policies and procedures an asset
- Certified Personal Trainer or Clinical Exercise Physiologists
- Graduate Degree in basic or health sciences
- Certification in effective coaching
- Provide vaccination records or proof of immunity against measles, mumps rubella, varicella (chicken pox), Hepatitis B, COVID-19 and influenza.
- Provide documentation of the Tuberculosis skin testing
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