Clinical Research Coordinator

Description:

The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) is a world-renowned biomedical and hospital research centre. Located in Montreal, Quebec, the Institute is the research arm of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. The RI-MUHC is supported in part by the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQS).

Position Summary

Department: Anesthesia. Prehabilitation Clinic

The incumbent recognizes the whole of the patient and establishes a collaborative partnership with this whole including the carers of the patient.

The clinical research coordinator - nurse must ensure the smooth running of the clinical studies. He or she must work in collaboration with the members of the team and health care group to take the responsibility of the overall management of patients.

Role

70 %

Responsible for delivering nursing care centered on the patient and their carers, especially patients needing complex care. The care is based on current data and organisational priorities, Conceives, evaluates and coordinates the programs needed for the appropriate therapy, promotes behaviour change towards health in the patient and their carers in the perioperative period, and provides teaching about the perioperative period.

30%

Démontre un engagement professionnel et joue un rôle d’orientation en matière de formation et d’amélioration de la qualité des soins et services, ainsi que dans le cadre de projets de perfectionnement et de recherche au sein d’un centre universitaire des sciences de la santé.

General Duties

Working under the supervision of the clinic director, the incumbent will:
 

• Ensure the safety of patients,
• Carry out the clinical and physical assessment of patients and study participants, and completes the patient record appropriately, in accordance with the requirements of the protocol when present,
• Verifies drug compliance and patient records,
• Collaborate with the members of the medical team to create and coordinate the execution of an optimisation plan,
• Coordinate the tests required,
• Maintain and update the concomitant medication patient register, list of undesirable events, questionnaires and source documents
• Coordinate all aspects of the data collection and source documentation with the clinic secretary, and
• Give different type of injections that require monitoring,
• Assists participant recruitment for research studies,
• Carry out any other task assigned by the immediate supervisor which is relevant to the smooth delivery of nursing care and conducting of research studies in the clinic.