Clinical Research Assistant PD

Overview

SUMMARY:

Under the general supervision of the laboratory director, Dr. Carskadon, and the daily direct supervision of the project coordinator, the role of the Sleep Research Assistant (SRA) is to perform a variety of duties including form preparations, various recruitment duties, interactions with participants and their families, and other duties necessary to perform research projects. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:
Instill Trust and Value Differences;
Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate.

• Essential interaction with research participants and their families; participants can include children, adolescents, and adults; information encountered or collected must remain confidential, accurate, and treated with meticulous attention to detail.
• Attend study planning meetings and participate in participant recruitment activities (writing and placing advertisements, brochures, flyers; conducting telephone interviews; screening research volunteers and their families).
• Prepare materials for in-lab studies (organizing protocols, forms, supplies, orientation materials, and related items in advance of study).
• Perform structured interviews with research participants and their families.
• Perform procedures involved with the collection of continuous activity recordings (initializing, downloading, and scoring actigraph data according to standard protocols).
• Participate in data entry and error checking.
• Contribute to preparing and keeping current materials for the Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects.
• Demonstrate exceptional "people skills" with enthusiasm, organization, creativity, and determination.
• Maintain a flexible schedule during certain studies that may require activities in evenings or on weekends; personal transportation is required to pick up equipment or participants from their homes.
• Assist other teams when projects require additional attention; orientation sessions or laboratory tours with participants and families may require extended or weekend hours.

• Bachelor's degree in any of the life sciences.
• Experience working with human volunteers and human participant recruitment. Familiarity with data/data file management, computer data management programs, and Macintosh computers is a plus. Additional training is provided.
• Independent action – Performs independently within department policies and practices. Refers specific complex problems to supervisor where clarification of departmental policies and procedures may be required.

Pay Range: $19.97-$32.96

EEO Statement: Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Bradley Hospital - 1011 Veterans Memorial Pkwy East Providence, Rhode Island 02915

Work Type: variable, per diem

Work Shift: Variable

Daily

Hours:

8 hours

Driving

Required:

No