Project Assistant - Senior Friendly (2023-4566)

Summary Of Duties

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre’ Department of Quality & Patient Safety is seeking a dynamic individual to provide support to multiple projects connected to the hospital’s Senior Friendly Strategy. This position will work as part of the Senior Friendly Team and will report to the Manager, Senior Friendly & Best Practices.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Conduct key stakeholder interviews, focus groups or patient/family interviews, as needed
• Conduct literature reviews, extracting data from abstracts and full journal articles as needed
• Assist with the collection of qualitative and quantitative data
• Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned depending on the individual requirements of each project
• Collect data from patient and care team records and enter relevant data into a database with extremely high accuracy
• Organize and format project results to be presentable and easily comprehensible.
• Conduct basic data analyses

Qualifications/ Skills

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Understanding of privacy legislation including the Personal Health Information Act and the Public Hospitals’ Act
• Knowledge and experience in geriatric care, particularly in the areas of delirium and functional decline is an asset
• Excellent computer skills, proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), with specific emphasis on Microsoft Excel and/or Access
• Experience working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Bachelor degree in health sciences or health profession
• Experience in a hospital or working with healthcare staff preferred
• Experience in data collection and analysis preferred