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clinical research assistant
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Job Title
CLINICAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Job ID
71598
Location
HSC- Central Campus
Open Date
09/05/2025
Job Type
Short Term Employee
Close Date
09/11/2025
Employee Group
Unifor Unit 1, Staff
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Department
Rehab Sciences
Salary Grade/Band
Grade 6
Salary Range
$ $36.83 (hourly)
Contract Duration
11.1 Months
Hours per Week
28
Posting Details
Schedule
Monday - Thursday 8:30 -4:30
Education Level
Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field of study
Career Level
Requires 2 years of relevant experience
Job Description
JD #
JD00593
Pay Grade:
6
Title:
Clinical Research Assistant
Unit/Project Description:
For Department use only.
Beyond ICU Methods Centre Clinical Research Assistant. We conduct research to improve outcomes of critical illness survivors.
We are looking for a Clinical Research Assistant to join our team.
Potential CIHR-funded projects include REVIVe, a multi-center observational study of rehabilitation, frailty, and outcomes in adult and pediatric survivors of acute respiratory infection, and ACE-ICU, a pilot randomized clinical trial of early arm cycle ergometry in mechanically ventilated patients.
Job Summary:
Responsible for organizing and administering one or more clinical research projects within required deadlines under the direction of a Principal Investigator or project leader.
Purpose and Key Functions:
- Oversee the collection, entry, verification, management, analysis, and reporting of data.
- Use statistical software to analyze data and interpret results.
- Design and maintain databases, data collection forms, error checking methods and related programs for efficient collection, analysis, and reporting.
- Modify and reconfigure databases to ensure the optimal storage of data and minimize data entry complexities.
- Troubleshoot moderately complex computer problems.
- Write data management and operations documentation for the project.
- Liaise between the centre and remote clinic sites and personnel.
- Conduct structured patient interviews.
- Ensure that the relevant research methodology is applied and all research material is handled in accordance with established protocols, policies, and procedures.
- Participate in the development of promotional strategies and related materials to encourage participation and support for research projects.
- Develop presentations and present information and training sessions to project personnel and patients.
- Keep project participants informed of project progress through regular reports and newsletters.
- Gather and compile information and data required for the preparation of scientific papers, abstracts, and graphs.
- Conduct literature searches.
- Oversee the extraction and compilation of data required for reports and disseminate data to research groups and collaborating partners.
- Implement and maintain the research project budget. Create financial projections and make adjustments to the research project budget throughout the fiscal year.
- Exercise appropriate budget controls, monitor, and reconcile accounts.
- Write a variety of letters and memos.
- Participate in research project meetings and propose recommendations for procedure modifications and development in the areas of data management, quality control, and assurance.
- Write, update, and archive data management and quality assurance conventions.
- Respond to inquiries received from project personnel regarding relevant project issues and procedures.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study.
- Requires 2 years of relevant experience.
Assets:
For Department use only .
Familiarity with clinical rehabilitation research
Experience with international multicentre clinical trials an asset
Experience with Clinical Trials Ontario, Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board an asset
Good Clinical Practice, TCPS2 and other ethics related certifications required
Experience with the intensive care/ critical care clinical environment an asset
Proficiency with MS Office required (Outlook, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Experience with MOSAIC preferred
Experience with REDCap, R, or equivalent software an asset
Knowledge of application/ identification of eligible expenses for different granting agencies required
Additional Information:
Additional training with research methods an asset
To coordinate with international collaborators, some teleconferences will be required outside traditional office hours
How To Apply
To apply for this job, please submit your application online.
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Senior Clinical Research Associate
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ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We're proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.
As a CRA you will be joining the world's largest & most comprehensive clinical research organization, powered by healthcare intelligence.
En tant qu'ARC (Associé(e) de recherche clinique), vous rejoindrez la plus grande et la plus complète organisation de recherche clinique au monde, propulsée par l'intelligence en santé.
**What You Will Be Doing:**
+ Contribute to the identification of new sites for clinical trials
+ Assume ambassadorial role to facilitate communication between sites and sponsor CPO to increase value proposition to investigators.
+ Facilitate the preparation and collection of site and country level documents during all phases of the trial. Supports the Clinical Study Manager in the oversight of Country and Site Trial Master Files (TMF). During all phases of the trial ensure archiving per relevant SOP.
+ Execute site initiation and training, generate initiation visit report.
+ Implement complete site management including monitoring visits, regulatory assessment, drug supply management, etc. to ensure compliance with protocol, GCP, global and local regulations, global and local processes.
+ Identify problems at sites; resolve issues and escalate as appropriate.
+ Complete preparation and generation of visit monitoring reports as per relevant SOP.
+ Review and manage data at site; resolve technical and content issues on a continuous basis in order to achieve timely database lock targets.
+ Implement site close-out activities and generate site close-out report.
+ Provide feedback on site performance for future trial site feasibility/selection
+ Improve skills by timely completion performance of assigned global and local training.
+ **Responsabilités:**
+ Contribuer à l'identification de nouveaux centres pour des études cliniques
+ Assumer un rôle d'ambassadeur pour faciliter les communications entre les centres d'étude et le Directeur de l'expérience patient du promoteur, afin de rehausser la proposition de valeur aux chercheurs.
+ Faciliter la préparation et la collecte des documents aux centres d'étude et à l'échelle du pays pendant toutes les phases d'étude. Soutenir le travail du gestionnaire de l'étude clinique pour la surveillance des fichiers maîtres de l'étude (FME) aux centres d'étude et à l'échelle du pays. Pendant toutes les phases d'étude, s'assurer que l'archivage est conforme aux procédures d'exploitation normalisées.
+ Effectuer l'initiation des centres d'étude et la formation du personnel, rédiger le rapport de la visite d'initiation.
+ Mettre en place la structure complète de gestion des centres d'étude, entre autres, les visites de surveillance, les évaluations réglementaires, la gestion de l'approvisionnement en médicaments, pour assurer la conformité au protocole, aux BPC, aux réglementations mondiales et locales, et aux processus mondiaux et locaux.
+ Identifier les problèmes aux centres d'étude; résoudre les problèmes et les communiquer à un palier supérieur de la direction, le cas échéant.
+ Effectuer la rédaction complète et la distribution des rapports sur les visites de surveillance, conformément aux procédures d'exploitation normalisées pertinentes.
+ Examiner et gérer continuellement les données recueillies aux centres d'étude, afin de résoudre rapidement les problèmes techniques et de contenu pour atteindre les cibles de verrouillage de la base de données en temps opportun.
+ Mettre en œuvre les activités de clôture des centres d'étude et rédiger le rapport de clôture des centres d'étude.
+ Fournir des commentaires sur les performances des centres d'étude afin d'évaluer leur candidature pour de futures études cliniques.
**Your Profile:**
+ Bachelor's Degree or higher in life sciences or equivalent
+ Minimum 2 years' clinical site monitoring experience from CRO or Pharmaceutical company
+ Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of ICH-GCP
+ Able and willing to travel up to 60% regionally (sites in Quebec City and Montreal)
+ Able and willing to work on several protocols/therapy areas
+ Experience in phase I-IV trials
+ Working knowledge of Electronic Data Capture (preferred)
+ Experience/working knowledge of the oncology disease area (preferred but not required)
+ Experience of Centralized/Risk Based/Targeted monitoring (preferred)
+ Experience of working within a metric based environment (preferred)
+ Excellent attention to detail
+ Highly developed time management and organizational skills
+ Focused on meeting study deliverables/targets
+ Flexible and willing to adapt to changing priorities/timelines
+ Experience in oncology is required
+ Blingual English/French Required
**Compétences**
+ Baccalauréat ou diplôme supérieur en sciences de la vie ou un équivalent
+ Minimum de 2 à 4 ans d'expérience en surveillance de centres d'étude pour une entreprise de recherche contractuelle ou une société pharmaceutique
+ Des connaissances et une compréhension approfondies des bonnes pratiques cliniques élaborées par la Conférence internationale sur l'harmonisation (BPC-CIH)
+ Bilinguisme français/anglais (maîtrise verbale et écrite) exigé
+ Disposé(e) et apte à voyager jusqu'à 60 % du temps à l'échelle régionale (centres d'étude à Québec et à Montréal)
+ Disposé(e) et apte à travailler sur plusieurs protocoles/domaines thérapeutiques
+ Expérience dans les études cliniques de phase I à IV
+ Connaissance pratique de la saisie électronique des données (préférable)
+ Expérience/connaissance pratique dans le domaine des maladies oncologiques (préférable, mais non requise)
+ Expérience dans la surveillance centralisée/axée sur les risques/ciblée (préférable)
+ Expérience de travail dans un environnement métrique (préférable)
+ Souci du détail
+ Compétences organisationnelles et de gestion du temps de haut niveau
+ Déterminé(e) à fournir les livrables et atteindre les objectifs des études
+ Flexible et disposé(e) à s'adapter aux changements dans les priorités/échéanciers
**What ICON can offer you:**
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That's why we've made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.
In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.
Our benefits examples include:
+ Various annual leave entitlements
+ A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family's needs.
+ Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
+ Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family's well-being.
+ Life assurance
+ Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.
Visit our careers site ( to read more about the benefits ICON offers.
At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We're dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
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Clinical Research Coordinator, Oncology Research
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Do you want to work for a world-renowned research institute that pushes the boundaries of biomedical science and health research? Right here in Montreal At the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), you can be part of an organization focused on scientific discovery and innovation in patient-centered medicine. Join us today and make a difference
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RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MUHC
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
Under the supervision of the Manager of Oncology Research, Centre for Innovative Medicine (CIM), the Oncology Clinical Research Coordinator is responsible for supporting the successful conduct of clinical research studies in oncology. The Clinical Research Coordinator collaborates with Investigators and health care personnel to assume responsibility for the overall patient management and coordination of several clinical studies for the CIM-Oncology Department of the RI-MUHC.
The Centre for Innovative Medicine is located in the new Glen site hospital which is a unique center in Canada of 5000 m2 dedicated exclusively to clinical research.
General Duties
- Recruits research participants, prescreens patients and obtains informed consent,
- Assesses patients for protocol eligibility through personal interviews and/or medical record review in in-patient and out-patient settings,
- Maintains, completes and updates, concomitant and adverse event logs and questionnaires and protocol specific source documentation,
- Completes patient charting accordingly,
- Coordinates protocol related tests, i.e, venipuncture including sample collection, Pharmacokinetics (PKs), Pharmacodynamics (PDs), urine collection and Electrocardiogram (ECG),
- Processes and shipments of samples according to clinical protocol and manuals,
- Create study specific source documentation, i.e, study visits, AE and Conmed logs, study imaging forms, pathology request forms, ICF tracking log prior to study activation, and other study related forms,
- Provides coordination of all aspects of data collection and source documentation,
- Maintains and updates regularly the study lab kit inventory logs, destroys expired kits and requests study kits as needed,
- Schedules site initiation visits, monitoring visits and follows-up with issues identified,
- Acts as a liaison with the radiation and medical oncology groups,
- Conduct other related tasks as assigned by supervisor.
Website of the organization
Education / Experience
Education: DEC in sciences or a related field
Experience: Minimum 1 year of clinical research experience,
- Experience in a hospital/clinical setting is an asset,
- Experience in hematology and/or oncology is an asset.
Required Skills
- Exhibits strong interpersonal and organization skills,
- Ability to take initiative, work under pressure, manage multiple projects and priorities,
- Ability to pay attention to detail,
- Ability to generate and maintain accurate records,
- Ability to draft communications and correspondence in French and English,
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills in French and English,
- Bilingual: French and English spoken and written,
- Critical thinking an asset,
- Solid written and verbal communication skills,
- Autonomous, flexible sense of ethics and good judgment,
- Excellent interpersonal skills,
- Excellent organization, ability to multitasks and prioritize time-sensitive issues,
- Ability to work under minimal supervision,
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel),
- Clinical research experience is an asset,
- Knowledge of international, federal and provincial laws and regulations governing clinical research (ICH-GCP) is an asset.
Additional information
Status
: Full-Time (35-hour workweek)
Pay Scale
: Commensurate to qualifications and experience. $44,408.00-$82,426.80.
Work Shift
: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.
Work Site
: Glen Site.
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Why work with us?
- 4-week vacation, 5th week after 5 years,
- Bank of 12 paid days (personal days and days for sickness or family obligations),
- 13 paid statutory holidays,
- Modular group insurance plan (including gender affirmation coverage),
- Telemedicine,
- RREGOP (defined benefit government pension plan),
- Training and professional development opportunities,
- Child Care Centres,
- Corporate Discounts (OPUS + Perkopolis),
- Competitive monthly parking rate,
- Employee Assistance Program,
- Recognition Program,
- Flex work options and much more
To learn more about our benefits, please visit
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