Company Description

UHN is Canada’s #1 hospital and the world’s #1 publicly funded hospital. With 10 sites and more than 44,000 TeamUHN members, UHN consists of Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, The Michener Institute of Education and West Park Healthcare Centre. As Canada's top research hospital, the scope of biomedical research and complexity of cases at UHN have made it a national and international source for discovery, education and patient care. UHN has the largest hospital-based research program in Canada, with major research in neurosciences, cardiology, transplantation, oncology, surgical innovation, infectious diseases, genomic medicine and rehabilitation medicine. UHN is a research hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.

UHN’s vision is to build A Healthier World and it’s only because of the talented and dedicated people who work here that we are continually bringing that vision closer to reality.

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Job Description

Union: Non-Union
Number of vacancies: 1
Site: Toronto General Hospital
Department: Toronto Centre for Liver Disease
Reports to: Director, Toronto Centre for Liver Disease
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Shifts: Days
Status: Temporary Full-Time
Closing Date: December 5, 2025

Position Summary

The Toronto Center for Liver Disease (TCLD) is seeking a Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) I or II. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading all aspects of the project life cycle, from planning to implementation and evaluation, working with the program manager to set project timelines, coordinate activities, and ensure the project remains on budget.

The CRC I or II will work with studies that involve regulatory approval from Health Canada. The successful candidate will be responsible for ethics submissions, regulatory oversight and will support and monitor project progress against metrics, timelines, and plans. Furthermore, they will actively identify and resolve issues affecting timely and successful completion of projects, and escalate issues to the Manager of the TCLD.

Duties

• Serves as the main point of contact for project implementation using best practices to achieve project goals, including obtaining local client, clinical, community, organizational, and system perspectives.

• Leads all aspects of the project life cycle, working closely with the Manager and Research Director and key stakeholders to:

• Develop project metrics, surveys, and data solutions
• Ensure projects are completed within budget and specified timeline, and refine approaches as needed
• Prepare reports and obtain stakeholder and project team feedback
• Prepare study budgets and timelines
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for implementation in order to ensure consistency, safety and effectiveness
• Review data from various sources, analyze and interpret the information to inform project progress
• Lead discussions on project progress and present to senior management on key milestones
• Develop strong relationships with stakeholders and leverage multiple communication mechanisms and styles to effectively manage relationships with key stakeholders to ensure engagement in and continued support of projects
• Identify key issues, potential risks to project, and stakeholder relationships. Provide recommendations to the Manager and Research Director related to issue resolution options
• Support grant applications
• Manages multiple competing priorities, and able to rapidly shift focus in response to changing priorities
• Lead regulatory and Research Ethics Board (REB) submissions; Executes study-related administrative tasks and management of research ethics (REB) submissions, collection of regulatory documents, submissions to regulatory authorities etc.; Work together with coordinators at other sites to train them in using appropriate data entry; participate in the recruitment of study participants; (identifies and screens potential subjects, obtains informed consent, conducts pre-testing and administers questionnaires or other data collection tools)
• Plans, implements and coordinates all aspects of data collection and source documentation, as per UHN policy and ICH/GCP guidelines; identifies problems using assessment skills and reports any abnormalities to MD or health care team member
• Coordinates patient visit schedule as per study protocol; executes all aspects of study visit (assessment, adverse events, monitoring safety, medication, questionnaires, sample collection including venipuncture, plasmapheresis and leukapheresis, processing and shipment of samples according to clinical protocol); assesses study-related literature; and coordinates monitoring/audits
• May provide functional supervision of assigned personnel, as required
• Good collaborator and team player with excellent writing and communication skills for coordination with multiple sites, nationally and globally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or recognized equivalent, in a health or science-related discipline
• Holds recognized certification in clinical research (e.g., ACRP or SOCRA) (for CRC II)
• 3 to 5 years clinical and/or professional experience, and 1 to 3 years clinical research experience
• Experience with investigator-initiated multicentre studies (an asset)
• Experience with Health Canada (an asset)
• Experience in research contract budget management (for CRC II)
• Experience in management of research ethics (REB) submissions internationally and locally (required)
• Knowledge of research regulations and guidelines preferred (such as ICH/GCP, Tri-Council Policy, Declaration of Helsinki, FDR, CFR and Health Canada TPD (required)
• Grant writing experience (an asset)
• Project planning, management, and implementation experience (required)
• Effective communicator with strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to foster relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to produce high quality reports and meet deadlines
• Well-developed decision-making, problem-solving, and judgement skills, as well as excellent time management and organizational skills (required)
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, and demonstrated ability to take initiative both independently and collaboratively
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Intermediate to advanced skills in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to effectively handle confidential matters and materials
• Ability to work well under pressure

Additional Information

Why join UHN?

In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world, UHN offers a wide range of benefits, programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor, allowing you to find value where it matters most to you, now and throughout your career at UHN.

• Competitive offer packages
• Government organization and a member of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP https://hoopp.com/)
• Close access to Transit and UHN shuttle service
• A flexible work environment
• Opportunities for development and promotions within a large organization
• Additional perks (multiple corporate discounts including: travel, restaurants, parking, phone plans, auto insurance discounts, on-site gyms, etc.)

Current UHN employees must have successfully completed their probationary period, have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHN's attendance management program, to be eligible for consideration.

All applications must be submitted before the posting close date.

UHN uses email to communicate with selected candidates. Please ensure you check your email regularly.

Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate. Should it be determined that any information provided by a candidate be misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, UHN reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of their application.

UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.