Research Ii - Edmonton, Canada - Alberta Health Services

Alberta Health Services

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Edmonton, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Your Opportunity:

The Research II position supports the Public Health Surveillance initiative, working with internal and external stakeholders in an interdisciplinary team.

Accountable to the Lead, Public Health Surveillance, this temporary one-year role involves understanding Population Health, health systems, and social determinants of health.

The Research II engages in stakeholder management, handles diverse project requirements, and collaborates with Medical Officers of Health, Epidemiologists, IT, researchers, and government health agencies.

Responsibilities include collecting, analyzing, and interpreting population and public health data. This role focuses on advanced data management, analytics, reporting, and dashboard development within the Surveillance & Reporting team.

The Research II position consults with clients to define service/information requests, selects methodology and data sources, conducts analysis, and presents findings to support operational planning, strategic planning, program evaluation, evidence-based decision-making, and performance reporting in public health areas for AHS.

The Research II role involves utilizing diverse data sources (e.g., population, socio-demographics, healthcare utilization) to describe and monitor population health.

Responsibilities include organizing and manipulating data using tools like Oracle servers, SAS coding, GIS, and Tableau for analysis and reporting.

The position requires establishing positive relationships with key staff and analyzing trends, implementing alerts using methods like cluster and changepoint detection.

Description:

As a Research II, you will be responsible for coordinating research activities which generate and disseminate new knowledge that assists with advancing the understanding of health disciplines and various health and medical concerns.

Working with the principal investigator, you will assist with the study design and development of research protocols, determine appropriate data collection methods and measurement procedures, interpret results, develop recommendations and coordinate study approvals.

You will also contribute to grant submissions and budgeting, conduct literature reviews and environmental scans and provide day-to-day oversight of research studies/projects.

Classification: Research II
Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
Unit and Program: Surveillance & Reporting/Public Health Surveillance & Informatcis
Primary Location: Coronation Plaza
Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
Multi-Site: Not Applicable
FTE: 1.

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Posting End Date: 29-NOV-2023

Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits

Date Available: 22-JAN-2024

Temporary End Date: 25-JAN-2025

Hours per Shift: 7.75
Length of Shift in weeks: 2
Shifts per cycle: 10
Shift Pattern: Days
Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
Minimum Salary: $41.12
Maximum Salary: $54.61
Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Master's degree in a health or science related field. Registration with applicable professional association or college where required.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Strong skills in biostatistics, epidemiology as well as working with large and complex health-related data sets. Proficiency in data statistical software (ex. SAS, SPSS, R, STATA) and/or other data management language (ex. SQL). Experience in data visualization software and/or interactive web reporting tools (ex. Tableau) is an asset. Understanding of relational databases and experience with accessing and using data from Oracle servers an asset. Experience in geospatial cluster detection methodologies and implementation an asset. Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary projects that involve multiple stakeholders. Excellent interpersonal, communication (written and verbal) and problem-solving skills. Demonstrated ability to work independently and as an effective team member in a high-paced team setting. Strong problem solving, critical appraisal and decision-making skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's degree in public health, biostatistics, epidemiology, statistics, health sciences (or related field) with 3 years of progressive public health-related experience preferred.

Demonstrated clear pattern of professional and personal development.