Research Assistant Addiction Psychiatry Per Diem Job at Boston Medical Center
POSITION SUMMARY:
This specific Research Assistant position will involve supporting the Director of Adolescent Addiction Psychiatry, Dr. Amy Yule, on research projects within the Dept. of Psychiatry's Center For Addiction Psychiatry, primarily working with youth ages 14-30 with substance use disorders and co-occurring psychiatric illness and their families. Under the supervision of the Principal Investigator for the assigned research studies, the Research Assistant will conduct interviews and data collection using approved techniques. Assists with administering questionnaires, gathering data, maintaining subject databases, performing general administrative tasks including IRB submissions, and participating with the research team in preparation of data and other related duties.
The position will be split between two projects:
National Institute of Health funded prevention grant: Aid in systematic data collection and procedural compliance for a longitudinal study of outpatient behavioral health patients (ages 16-30) at Boston Medical Center as part of a National Institute of Health funded prevention grant (HEAL initiative, https://heal.nih.gov/research/new-strategies/at-risk-adolescents). This study aims to evaluate psychopathology, opioid use disorder (OUD), nicotine and other substance use disorders (SUDs) and to explore important mediators and moderators of the effect of treatment of psychopathology on the onset or exacerbation of OUD/SUD.
Wellness and Recovery After Psychosis (WRAP) Without Walls (WWW): WWW is a new program that will be using an assertive community treatment model to engage adolescents and young adults with substance induced psychosis or first episode psychosis with a co-occurring substance use disorder in treatment. WWW also has an evaluation arm, which the RA will be involved with.
Position: Research Assistant
Department: Addiction Psychiatry
Schedule: Part Time, Per Diem
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:
JOB REQUIREMENTS
EDUCATION:
EXPERIENCE:
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
Req id: 28733
This specific Research Assistant position will involve supporting the Director of Adolescent Addiction Psychiatry, Dr. Amy Yule, on research projects within the Dept. of Psychiatry's Center For Addiction Psychiatry, primarily working with youth ages 14-30 with substance use disorders and co-occurring psychiatric illness and their families. Under the supervision of the Principal Investigator for the assigned research studies, the Research Assistant will conduct interviews and data collection using approved techniques. Assists with administering questionnaires, gathering data, maintaining subject databases, performing general administrative tasks including IRB submissions, and participating with the research team in preparation of data and other related duties.
The position will be split between two projects:
National Institute of Health funded prevention grant: Aid in systematic data collection and procedural compliance for a longitudinal study of outpatient behavioral health patients (ages 16-30) at Boston Medical Center as part of a National Institute of Health funded prevention grant (HEAL initiative, https://heal.nih.gov/research/new-strategies/at-risk-adolescents). This study aims to evaluate psychopathology, opioid use disorder (OUD), nicotine and other substance use disorders (SUDs) and to explore important mediators and moderators of the effect of treatment of psychopathology on the onset or exacerbation of OUD/SUD.
Wellness and Recovery After Psychosis (WRAP) Without Walls (WWW): WWW is a new program that will be using an assertive community treatment model to engage adolescents and young adults with substance induced psychosis or first episode psychosis with a co-occurring substance use disorder in treatment. WWW also has an evaluation arm, which the RA will be involved with.
Position: Research Assistant
Department: Addiction Psychiatry
Schedule: Part Time, Per Diem
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:
- Recruits Spanish and English speaking subjects to participate in the study; conducts the enrollment of study participants, including explaining research procedures & protocols, and obtaining informed consent of subjects and/or their families.
- Schedules appointments of study participants; conducts reminder phone calls and/or sends mailouts.
- Administers questionnaires, conducts interviews, and assists study participants in navigating through questionnaires.
- Identify subjects with significant clinical concerns and relays this information to the Principal Investigator.
- Maintains patient study files in accordance with legal and institutional guidelines.
- Reviews the data collection forms for each enrollee for completion and quality; checks work of junior staff performing data entry to ensure timely and accurate entry (reviews protocols, abstracts secondary data from existing records, notes, etc.)
- Performs a variety of data management procedures (e.g., data entry, producing basic reports, data cleaning, database maintenance).
- Run statistical tests on data using a statistical program (SPSS; generates results and summaries).
- Provides assistance in the development of reports, grants, presentations and data analysis.
- Assists with manuscript and grant preparation and research.
- Conducts literature searches and synthesizes information in requested formats.
- Attends all required training and meetings of the research team, as instructed by Principal Investigator.
- Perform administrative duties associated with the study's Data Monitoring and Safety Board, tracking and reporting adverse events and collecting data specified by the DSMB.
- Responsible for all other administrative duties related to research activities.
- Prepares and maintains Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals and correspondence, including amendments and renewals as necessary.
- Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance programs, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
- Participates in staff meetings/initiatives including appropriate quality improvement and education activities, or if unable to attend non-mandatory activities, accepts responsibility to review meeting minutes and becomes knowledgeable of issues discussed.
- Performs office-related duties such as answering phones, picking up and delivering mail, storing and distributing office supplies, handling faxes, scanning, filing, photocopying, collating materials, maintaining the update of policy manuals, etc.
- Conforms to hospital standards of performance and conduct, including those pertaining to patient rights, so that the best possible customer service and patient care may be provided.
- Utilizes hospital's behavioral standards as the basis for decision making and to facilitate the hospital's goals and mission.
- Follows established hospital infection control and safety procedures. Other duties as assigned.
- Obtains and distributes reimbursements/participation vouchers and/or payments.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
EDUCATION:
- A minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required.
EXPERIENCE:
- Prefer experience in clinical research, public health experience or working with children and families.
- Previous experience with recruiting subjects, with an understanding of the ethical and technical conduct of research preferred
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
- Excellent English communication skills (oral and written).
- Bilingual candidate preferred, fluent in spoken and written English, and Spanish.
- Cultural sensitivity and comfort with a wide range of social, racial and ethnic populations.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (i.e. MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook) and web browsers. Experience with statistical software a plus.
- Must be able to maintain strict confidentiality of all personal/health sensitive information.
Req id: 28733
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