Clinical Research Assistant

Staff - Non Union

Job Category Non Union Technicians and Research Assistants

Job Profile Non Union Salaried - Research Assistant / Technician 3

Job Title Clinical Research Assistant

Department McKeown Laboratory Pacific Parkinson's Research Centre Division of Neurology | Department of Medicine | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range $4,567.04 - $5,385.67 CAD Monthly

Posting End Date January 20, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date January 31, 2027

This position is expected to be filled by promotion/reassignment and is included here to inform you of its vacancy at the University.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

The Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre is seeking a full‑time Clinical Research Assistant to join our multidisciplinary research team. In this role, you will play a vital part in advancing our studies by using your strong communication skills to recruit and engage with research participants, most of whom are individuals living with Parkinson’s disease. As a Clinical Research Assistant, you will support participant recruitment and testing, which may involve non‑invasive brain stimulation, behavioral tasks, wearable sensors, validated clinical scales, and neuroimaging techniques such as EEG and fMRI.

The successful candidate will also help design and implement studies and evaluate the effectiveness of experimental designs. Additionally, you will provide support to research staff and physicians and maintain close interaction with research participants throughout the study process.

The Research Assistant will report to the Research Lab Manager and Principal Investigator of the study, and will work closely with graduate students, fellows, and research staff from different departments on campus.

• Reviews electronic medical record (EMR) charts for recruitment of appropriate research participants, in a respectful and confidential manner disease.
• Re-relative recruits and screens potential movement disorders patients by telephone according to general study criteria.
• Addresses any general study queries from the community or from other research personnel.
• Maintains a detailed tracking log of participants.
• Obtains informed consent and explains studies to research participants.
• Assists in applications to the Ethics Board, with amendments as needed.
• Performs patient study visits ensuring accurate and timely data collection in modalities such as non‑invasive brain stimulation, EEG, fMRI, wearable sensors. Excellent communication skills and work ethic is required and essential.
• Performs clinical assessments such as the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and the Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (MDSUPDRS).
• Documents and maintains detailed documentation of all recruitment processes and acquired data during study visits.
• Monitors and troubleshoots electronic resources, teachesanic experimental techniques to students, post‑doctoral fellows, scientists, and other researchers.
• Performs literature searches when required, participates in seminars, group meetings, and conferences, and prepares abstracts, manuscripts, presentations, and educational materials.

Errors made could influence the ability of the PI to meet critical deadlines, as well as compromise the results of research projects and affect funding applications, thereby impacting the credibility of the Investigator. Poor decisions may be damaging to the reputation of and cause financial loss to the Principal Investigator, The Centre, the Research Institute, and the University.

The Research Assistant will work closely with researchers, graduate students, and clinical fellows. Direct supervision will be provided by the Research Lab Manager and Principal…