Job Description

Job Description

TITLE

Research consultant

SUPERVISOR/LINE MANAGER

Lead, Academic Clinical Trial Unit

LOCATION

TGI, Delhi office

DURATION

12 months

FULLTIME/PART TIME

Full time

About The George Institute

We are a medical research institute affiliated with leading universities aiming to challenge the status quo in health care.  With 700+ people around the world, and projects in over 40 countries, our Strategy 2025 is all about impact – specifically, the impact of The George Institute’s activities on the health of millions of people, particularly those living in disadvantaged circumstances around the world.

Our strategy focuses on three key research priorities:

Better Treatments: finding better treatments for the world’s biggest health problems

Better Care: transforming primary health care to support better health for more people

Healthier Societies: harnessing the power of communities, governments and markets to improve health

Our innovative commercial enterprises help maximise our impact. 

Here is a sample of the things we are doing to achieve our goal of having the greatest possible impact on global health:

We are identifying better and safer treatments for our biggest killers like stroke, heart disease and high blood pressure;

In many countries, our award winning FoodSwitch smartphone app is helping people make healthy food choices when shopping;

In China, we ran a successful education and awareness program to reduce the amount of salt eaten by people by 25% each day

In rural India, we have shown that mobile technology can help diagnose mental health, as well as help treat cardiovascular disease, and we’re looking at similar approaches to treating chronic diseases in Indonesia and China;

Together with Aboriginal communities in NSW, Australia, we developed an innovative community led program to assist young Aboriginal drivers attain their license, now implemented in a dozen of locations;

We are developing an affordable dialysis machine, with potential to save millions of lives each year and transform the way kidney disease is treated globally. 

The George Institute India

The George Institute, a wholly owned legal not-for-profit Indian research institute, has been conducting research related activities in India since 2002. The George Institute India’s mission mirrors that of the parent organization, namely the discovery and implementation of solutions to chronic and disabling health problems through research, policy development and capacity building.

A number of large-scale projects in population, health systems and clinical research, funded by a diverse group of sponsors, both public and private, are conducted in India. The George Institute India comprises two distinct operating groups: Research and Development, and Infrastructure and Resources. It has two separate offices - in Hyderabad and New Delhi, where the research staff and senior management are based.

Context:

Better treatments programme is one of the research pillars of TGI. As part of this program, several clinical trials in the area of NCDs, chronic Kidney disease, COVID-19 and other disease areas are being conducted. This gives an opportunity to aspiring researchers to learn various skills required through the life cycle of a project 

George institute in collaboration with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi and Apollo Hospital, Delhi has developed a behavioural intervention delivered via a mobile application aimed to support monitoring of rehabilitation following knee replacement. This is a 5-year project and currently it is in the intervention phase. This project is funded by DBT-Wellcome trust India Alliance. We are a multi-disciplinary research team consisting of public health researchers,surgeons, physiotherapists and digital health specialists. We require an consultant who is interested in research and will work with the research team. They should be based out of Delhi. 

The role of consultant would be to assist with patient recruitment at the clinical sites and participate in various project related activities along with the team members. This will assist in development of key skills such as communications, teamwork, and attention to detail and will also expose the consultant to real life research environment.

Supervisor

The consultant will be reporting to Lead, Academic Clinical Trials Unit.

Scope of Work

The consultant would be expected to:

Familiarize with research protocol and the processes.

Coordinate recruitment of patients from clinical site.

Communicate with patients and family members for follow up during the study.

Coordinate with the physiotherapy department of the clinical site for patient screening, recruitment and follow-up.

Conduct data collection activities, collect trial data at baseline and follow-up using paper forms from patients.

Actively follow up of trial participants over telephone.

Data entry from paper forms to trial database (REDCap).

Other study related work assigned by supervisor.

The consultant should also:

Be available for team meetings

Be able to compile weekly report and share with the team

Liaise with other team members (internal and external) as required 

Work, Health and Safety

Comply with GI’s Work Health and Safety Policy and related procedures, and similar policies which apply when visiting the premises of affiliates and collaborating sites

Promote and contribute to a safe, secure environment for staff and visitors

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Qualification: Masters in Life sciences or Bachelors in Life sciences with MPH/ masters or diploma in clinical research. Masters in physiotherapy/nursing/pharmacy can also apply.

Excellent interpersonal skills.

Medium level of proficiency in English and be able read and write Hindi.

Prior experience of working in hospital or research setup.

Basic knowledge in working in Microsoft applications (MS word, MS excel).

Demonstrated capability to produce outcomes and achieve objectives within agreed time periods.

Well organised and efficient, with the capacity to work under strict time-lines.

Ability to demonstrate flexibility and to be adaptable of changing project priorities, work with other project team members and ambiguous environments.

Ability to focus on producing the high quality work and on ensuring optimum accuracy of outputs.

How to apply:

Interested candidates should send their resume with full contact details, mentioning their area of interest, skills and competencies. Clearly mentioning the “Consultancy Application” in the subject line to hrindia@georgeinstitute.org.in by 5 May 2024. 

Our big and bold mission to improve the health of millions of people worldwide needs a diverse and innovative team to deliver it.  So we foster a dynamic, inclusive and flexible workplace where each individual can bring their best selves to work.

Everyone is encouraged to apply, including people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with a disability, people of all gender identities and sexual orientations, and mature-aged adults.                                                          

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