Job Description

Research Assistant

Overview

Alexandra Hospital, a member of the National University Health System (NUHS) cluster, is a historic site providing integrated, holistic care to patients. The hospital is a test bed for innovative care approaches in Singapore and is currently running a diverse portfolio of studies. Alexandra Research Centre for Healthcare In a Virtual Environment (ARCHIVE) is set-up to create a data-, analytical-, and hypothesis-testing infrastructure to support the design of innovative experiments in hospital-supported community-focused patient-centred virtual care (vCare) models. ARCHIVE\'s projects also incorporate digital technology to ensure the care models are future ready.

The successful candidate\'s principal role will be to assist in literature review, IRB submission, coordinate recruitment, data collection, data entry and analysis. The research assistant will liaise with the relevant personnel in hospital to smooth the process of recruitment and data collection, under the supervision of Research Fellow and Principal Investigator (PI).

Duties & Responsibilities

Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Proficient in conducting literature reviews and appraisals of publications.
• Coordinate the submission of new IRB applications, study amendments and annual reports
• Work closely with principal investigators, research fellows, and program manager to execute studies by planning, preparing study protocols, and implementing these studies efficiently.
• Conduct research study activities like patient recruitment, data collection, data analysis and data management
• Assist in data collection from electronic health records
• Provide research updates to study team on regular basis.
• Maintain the highest standard of professional conduct and record keeping in accordance with hospital policies, ethics requirements and local regulations
• Assist with any other duties of a similar nature that are delegated by the PI.

• Hold a Bachelor\'s degree in Science/ Public Health/ Social Science; Preferably with some experience in research
• Experience in clinical research preferred (patient recruitment, data collection, and/or data analysis)
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary environment with different groups of stakeholders.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Critical thinking skills and ability to learn quickly.
• Prior experience in publication of research findings would be an advantage.

National University Health System