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Submitted: 2014-11-25
Job Title: Research Assistant
Company: True North Clinical Research, Inc.
Location: Halifax, NS
Description:
True North Clinical Research is hiring a Research Assistant.

Description:

The Research Assistant’s primary responsibility is assisting the Research Coordinator(s) in conducting Clinical Trial Research. The successful candidate will be able to perform basic laboratory duties in a timely fashion with a high degree of accuracy. Therefore this position is aimed at candidates with psychological, biological or other areas of study with a science focus. The Research Assistant will also be responsible for maintaining all source documentation. Along with the source document maintenance, it is the Research Assistant’s role to prep subject binders for every upcoming visit. The candidate should also be comfortable conducting subject interviews with potential trial patients. These are the general tasks related to the Research Assistant position but they are open to change as required.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Performing basic lab functions
• Packaging all samples for courier shipping
• Following all necessary safety standard operating procedures
• Creating, maintaining, and updating all source documents
• Subject binder preparation
• Subject interviews

Required Skills:

• Speak, write and read English
• Understand medical/psychological terminology and scientific procedures
• Have strong planning and organizational skills
• Strong multi-tasking abilities
• Have good leadership and research skills
• Strong computer literacy
• Excellent word processing skills
• Comfortable handling biological samples
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to continuously learn
• High level of confidentiality
• High level of safety awareness

Education & Experience:

• High School Diploma
• Some University - in particular a focus in sciences - is a strong asset
• Experience in creating documents is a strong asset
• Experience handling biological samples is a strong asset

Salary and Hours:

The Research Assistant will receive an hourly wage of $13.00 with the possibility of a one-dollar increase after a year. The first three months of the position will be a probationary period. The position will start with part time hours, but has the potential for full time hours at a later date. The office hours are Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 17:00. We would like the position to start as soon as possible.

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only selected candidates will be contacted.

www.truenorthcr.com