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“Capturing the Impact of Collaborative Practice in Long-Term Care: The Nova Scotian Context” is an NSHRF REDI team development grant. The proposed team development project aims to extend our research partnerships beyond its current focus on a facility in Halifax to other LTC facilities throughout Nova Scotia. Specifically, the team development grant aims to assist our team in completing necessary preparatory research development, including: expanding our literature review to include organizational change literature and interprofessional competency development; identifying existing tools and, where necessary, developing new tools to capture the impact of interprofessional initiatives on learners, staff, clients and the organization; and fostering additional partnerships with other LTC providers who would like to initiate and evaluate similar initiatives in their settings.
The Research Assistant will work with the collaborative research team, which consists of academic partners from H University and partners from the long term care sector.
Duties:
• Update literature search using primary, grey, and online sources
• Catalogue, maintain, and organize literature using a reference manager
• Assist in gathering evaluation tools and developing an evaluation plan
• Assist in coordinating research team
• Complete REB application
• Assist in preparation of grant application
• Assist in preparing presentations, reports, and manuscripts
• Other tasks as needed
Qualifications and Experience:
• Master’s degree, or degree in progress, in relevant field (social or health sciences, health administration, applied health services research) or equivalent
• Excellent writing and organizational skills
• Strong communication skills, including telephone skills
• Experience with collaborative research an asset
• Experience with qualitative research an asset
• Experience with program evaluation
• Experience with REB applications an asset
• Experience in long term care preferred
• Ability to work independently, as well as within a collaborative, interprofessional team environment
• Experience with Microsoft Office, database search engines, and reference management software
Part time: Approximately 10-20 hours/week
Term: 3-4 months (with possible extension)
Rate: $20-23/hour, commensurate with qualifications and experience
Start Date: Immediately, with flexibility over holidays
To apply, send your cover letter, resume and the names of three references by email to: Dr. Ellen Hickey, School of Human Communication Disorders: ehickey@dal.ca
Please cc to Dr. Heidi Lauckner, School of Occupational Therapy: Heidi.lauckner@dal.ca
Applications must be received by 10am on Friday, December 13, 2013
Interviews to be held on December 17 or 18.
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