Research Assistant, Pharmacy

Job Description

The successful candidate will work with A/Prof Doreen Tan on Designing Therapies Specially for You (DTSY) Research Program to oversee projects on Person-Centred Delivery Care Models and AI-related Digital Health Projects.

The main responsibilities of the position include:

• Own and be responsible for the successful delivery of projects, ensuring they are completed on time, meeting requirements and within allocated budget
• Subject recruitment and follow up research visits with patients
• Coordinate and work closely with PIs, potentially from multiple collaborator sites
• Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with the clinical partners and academic stakeholders, through meeting management and creation of high-quality oral and written communications content
• Set up and manage the ethics application, study investigator files and research databases for an ethics board approved study
• Strategise and provide administrative support for multi-site research agreements and ethics board review 
• Oversee submission of progress and final reports, and ensure proper closure of completed research projects
• Provide grant processing support for claims and report submissions
• Facilitate grant verification and variation submissions
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein 

Qualifications

Qualifications / Discipline:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related discipline, preferably in Biomedical or Life Sciences

Skills:

• Strong administrative and project management skills, with ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
• Strong oral, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Responsible and independent, with a strong sense of prioritisation, integrity and the ability to work in a team
• Pioneering and innovative personalities are a plus

Experience:

• We are looking for a pioneer who can set up new and innovative practice models for the future of person-centred care.
• At least 3 years’ experience in Human Biomedical Research (HBR) and/or experience working in public hospitals / healthcare systems. 
• Experience in leading teams and/project work will be advantageous.

Covid-19 Message

At NUS, the health and safety of our staff and students are one of our utmost priorities, and COVID-vaccination supports our commitment to ensure the safety of our community and to make NUS as safe and welcoming as possible. Many of our roles require a significant amount of physical interactions with students/staff/public members. Even for job roles that may be performed remotely, there will be instances where on-campus presence is required.

Taking into consideration the health and well-being of our staff and students and to better protect everyone in the campus, applicants are strongly encouraged to have themselves fully COVID-19 vaccinated to secure successful employment with NUS.

More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus
Organization: Science
Department: Pharmacy
Job requisition ID: 15669