Avery Yandt

Experience

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  St. Jude Medical

  Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Summer Student

  Through my role supporting warehouse, administrative and management staff, I gained invaluable knowledge of the medical device industry. I worked with Quality Assurance team on a variety of projects, including an inventory clear out and the preparation for a regulatory audit. I returned at in December to support the finance department as they closed 2011 and prepared for 2012.

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  Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

  Feb 2012 - Nov 2015

  Through performing administrative tasks including registering patients and facilitating department flow, I developed the knowledge and skills necessary to lead quality improvement projects. I designed and evaluated the Emergency Department Patient Service Clerk Positional Manual and the Community Information Boards for patients looking for local pharmacies and walk-in clinics.As an Emergency Department Partnership Council member, I attended bimonthly meetings to discuss and problem solves multidisciplinary quality and safety issues in the Emergency Department. Show less

  • Administrative Assistant, Emergency Research

    Jul 2014 - Nov 2015

  • Patient Service Clerk

    Feb 2012 - Aug 2014
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  CHEO Research Institute

  Feb 2014 - Jul 2014

  Research Assistant

  Working with CHEO's Emergency Department Research Group, I gained clinical research expertise in a fast-paced environment. I was responsible for screening and approaching participants to determine eligibility for two clinical trials, including a Health Canada Regulated trial. Further, I obtained informed consent and enrolled eligible patients, performed follow-up calls to obtain data points and liaised with departmental volunteers and staff to ensure successful recruitment. A strong working knowledge of Tri-Council Policy, CHEO Standards of Practice, Good Clinical Practice and Health Canada Division 5 Regulations was needed to perform these tasks. Show less

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  CHEO Research Institute

  Nov 2015 - Apr 2019

  Responsible for leading projects to improve research capacity and patient engagement across the CHEO Research Institute. These projects included software optimization, resource development, and program implementation. Tasks include drafting institutional policies, performing environmental scans, presenting new programs to stakeholders, and analyzing qualitative data. I managed multiple local and provincial clinical research studies, including two Health Canada regulated clinical trials. My tasks included training and managing a ten-person staff; reviewing consent forms, study documents, and protocols for feasibility and research ethics compliance; and liaising with study sites to ensure studies are run in compliance with provincial and national regulations.

  • Project Manager

    Jan 2017 - Apr 2019

  • Research Coordinator

    Nov 2015 - Jan 2017
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  University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law | Common Law

  Jan 2018 - Apr 2018

  Research Assistant

  Four-month position through the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethic's Santéship program. I researched recent Canadian and international trends in medical consent law.

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  Nelligan O'Brien Payne LLP

  May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Summer Student

  I supported lawyers in all practice areas by performing research and analyzing the legal issues. After providing a legal analysis of the issues, I drafted, with the lawyer's supervision, the appropriate material to be filed at Court in support of the application, action, or motion.

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  Nelligan Law

  Aug 2020 - Sept 2022

  • Associate Lawyer

    Jul 2021 - Sept 2022

  • Articling Student

    Aug 2020 - Jul 2021
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  Equilibrium Law

  Oct 2022 - May 2023

  Lawyer
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  The Canadian Nurses Protective Society (CNPS)

  May 2023 - now

  Legal Counsel