Postdoctoral Fellow

to apply as an internal applicant.

Req : 214668
Department/Program: STIC, Research Services
Location: Halifax
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100% FTE) for 1 year x 1 position(s)
Start Date: April 2026
Union Status: Research, Management/Non Union Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $27.9487 - $35.8974 /hour
Closing Date:
February 01, 2026 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities.

We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization.

There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country.

We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2

SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

The Opportunity

This is a Postdoctoral Fellow (PDF) position at IWK Health, working with Dr. Janet Curran, Principal Investigator, in the Strengthening Transitions in Care (STIC) Lab and the Pediatric Emergency Department. The STIC Lab uses a collaborative and patient-centred approach to develop and evaluate interventions to improve transitions in care for children and families. The PDF will have a thorough understanding of implementation science methods and an interest or experience in emergency medicine research.

This is a hybrid position; the PDF will be required to be on-site in person at IWK Health in Halifax 3 days per week.

Role Description and Responsibilities:

1) 0.6 FTE will support the Emergency Department Patient-Activated Transition from Care to Home (ED-PATCH) study, a national hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation trial led by Dr. Curran

• PDF will be responsible for supporting the design and roll-out of implementation strategies for ED-PATCH at all study sites across Canada
• PDF will work with STIC Lab research staff to analyze quantitative and qualitative research data
• PDF will lead the preparation of the study-related manuscript

2) 0.4 FTE will support the Emergency Department Learning, Evaluation, and Analysis Research Network (ED-LEARN) program at the Pediatric Emergency Department (ED) at IWK Health, which will examine the current state of IWK ED operations and the impact of redevelopment

• Communicate scientific findings via research meetings, oral presentations, and publications
• Interpret and visualize results…