POSITION SUMMARY:
The SE Research Centre conducts impact-oriented health services research to synthesize, generate, translate, adapt and directly apply scientific evidence in the design, delivery and evaluation of person and family-centred health and social care services.
This 2-year Research Fellowship will require expertise in evaluation. The Research Fellow will be primarily responsible for the entire evaluation of the project described below. The Research Fellow will also assist with evaluating and improving other projects in the SE Research portfolio of research and evaluation studies to ensure shared resources and efforts are aligned. This position will require a combination of remote work and onsite work across Canada, and the successful candidate will be expected to have a high level of adaptability and flexibility in managing their workload accordingly, including availability for travel.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
Evaluation Study Development & Implementation
- Develop and implement a high quality, rigorous, applied health services evaluation study protocol for the project described below, with support from Research Scientists and/or the Scientific Director, including: obtaining research ethics approval, recruitment, data collection, data analysis, and knowledge mobilization activities
- Ensure high quality data collection, data management, and data analysis in the evaluation study, with support from Research Associates
- Support the development and implementation of research and evaluation study protocols for other SE Research Centre-led applied health services research studies to ensure alignment with the project described below, in collaboration with Research Scientists and/or the Scientific Director
- Promote all projects within the SE Research Centre research program both internally and externally with other researchers, academic audiences, health and social care specialists/ providers, innovators and business leaders and the public
Knowledge Mobilization
- Lead the development of project reports, summaries, and social media content to support messaging and knowledge mobilization of the evaluation study results to the project collaborators as well as to a wide range of audiences
- Lead writing activities for academic publication with support from Research Scientists and/or the Scientific Director
- Monitor conference opportunities, develop, and submit conference abstracts, and support development and execution of presentations in a variety of formats to academic, practitioner and decision-maker audiences
Team Support/ Mentorship
- Support Research Associates with strong project management of scientific research studies including all project documentation
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and Experience
- PhD in health services research related discipline from a recognized university
- A minimum of five years of experience participating in relevant health services research activities Experience with writing for various audiences, including academic publication
- Experience mentoring others in an academic and/or research context
- Tri-Council Policy Statement (2): Ethical Conduct of Research Involving Humans certificate
- GBA+ training
Skill/ Competency Requirements
- Ability to employ a wide range of data collection and data analysis methods
- Strong team collaboration and internal/ external networking skills in the context of research studies
- Strong problem-solving skills in the context of executing research protocols
- Strong oral and written communications skills and diplomacy and interpersonal skills
THE PRIMARY PROJECT:
Background on Our Dementia Journey Journal
- Our Dementia Journey Journal (ODJJ) is an interactive resource that enables sustainable relationship-building between caregivers and care providers of persons living with dementia through the sharing of meaningful and relevant information pertaining to physical, functional and social care and support. It also helps caregivers and care providers (re)negotiate their respective roles as the circle and/or setting of care changes along the dementia journey and optimize their respective knowledge of and about the persons living with dementia. The evidence-based, validated ODJJ is available on analog, digital and mobile platforms and is ready for scaled implementation in English, and will be available in French, Hindi, and Punjabi.
Spreading and scaling Our Dementia Journey Journal
- The primary populations who will be offered use of Our Dementia Journey Journal in this project are the caregivers and care providers of persons living with dementia in congregate and/or community-based long-term care homes, with an additional specific focus on First Nations and South Asian communities from a linguistic and cultural diversity perspective. In the project, we will be undertaking work to engage other communities who believe they would benefit from the ODJJ and incorporate their input and guidance to adapt the ODJJ – with a view to scale and spread activities after federal funding ceases.
- We will be starting with long-term care homes in Alberta, First Nations communities, and South Asian communities in Ontario. We will then expand availability and use of the ODJJ in long-term care homes and South Asian communities in other provinces, and in additional First Nations communities.
- An important part of the funded project will be for evaluation. The intervention research methodology we will use is the CFIR constructs, adapted to include digital health solutions (Damschroder et al, 2009; Damschroder et al., 2022), applied using a Sex and Gender Based Analysis Plus (SGBA+) lens. To measure use and impact of ODJJ, a variety of data collection tools will be used, including journaling, surveys, focus groups, interviews. The evaluation will lead to an understanding of the differences in implementation and uptake in the different community types, in order to be able to tailor the implementation, and to develop a future marketing plan and a long-term sustainability plan for different communities.
Collaboration
- A wide range of collaborators have committed to supporting the project implementation, evaluation and planning for future marketing and sustainability. The project will also be supported by and participate in the Canadian Dementia Learning and Resource Network.
This is a hybrid role and would require travel to our Markham office on an as needed basis
ABOUT US:
At SE, we love what we do. Every day, we bring hope and happiness to clients, homes, and communities across Canada. We treat each person with dignity and love, like our own family; we build empathy; and we do the right thing. We are always inspired to make a difference. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we share knowledge, provide the best care, and help each client to realize their most meaningful goals for health and wellbeing. We’re a great place to work, and we hope you’ll join our team.
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Please note that due to the unprecedented circumstance of the Global Pandemic and the resultant public health crisis; and in the interest of the health and safety of our patients/clients, employees, and greater good of public health, SE Health requires those that wish to work for this organization to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Fully vaccinated means a person has received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and it has been 14 days since the last dose.
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