Research Teaching Specialist V

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Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title	Research Teaching Specialist V
Job Category	Staff & Executive - Healthcare - Administrative Services
Department	UBHC-Institute-PISC
Overview	Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC), established in 1971, offers a full continuum of evidence based behavioral health and addiction services for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors throughout New Jersey. UBHC’s 1,060 experienced behavioral health professionals and support staff are dedicated to treatment, prevention, and education. UBHC, one of the largest providers of behavioral health care in the country, has a budget of $260 million and has 15 sites throughout New Jersey. Services are readily accessible and include: inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, screening, crisis stabilization, family/caregiver support, community outreach and case management, supportive housing, supported employment, prevention and consultation, employee assistance programs, and a licensed therapeutic school from preschool through high school. Specialty services include the New Jersey suicide prevention helpline and peer help lines for police, veterans, active military, teachers, mothers of special needs children and child protective service workers. In FY2016, UBHC treated 16,199 consumers, had 24,502 admissions, and touched the lives of 19,441 individual callers through peer support. In addition, UBHC is the primary mental health training resource for the New Jersey departments of Human Services, Children and Families, and Corrections, delivering 16,000 trainings each year.
Posting Summary	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Research Teaching Specialist V in Research, Addiction and Decision Neuroscience Lab within Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care. The Research Teaching Specialist V participates in all aspects of the research process, including project development, recruitment of human subjects, and data collection. Coordinates day-to-day activities of the Addiction & Decision Neuroscience Lab. Among the key duties of this position are the following: Acquires clinical, behavioral, psychophysiological, and brain imaging data in healthy community volunteers and patient populations. As directed, performs various research and technical operations relative to the ongoing investigatory activities of the laboratory. As directed, scores, cleans, and enters data into databases. Participates in the evaluation of existing procedures and weekly meetings suggesting revisions where necessary and proposing new procedures where required. Coordinates the day-to-day activities of the lab. Assists with training fellows, students and lab technicians in laboratory techniques as directed. Performs administrative duties, including helping with IRB protocols, finance management, and grants management, ensures that laboratory equipment is maintained in good working orders, and keeps detailed records of procedures and experiments.
Position Status	Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift
Work Arrangement
FLSA	Exempt
Grade	17S
Position Salary
Annual Minimum Salary	48324.000
Annual Mid Range Salary	57507.000
Annual Maximum Salary	67735.000
Standard Hours	37.50
Union Description	HPAE, Local 5094
Payroll Designation	PeopleSoft
Benefits	Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview .
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment	Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility	ABP

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience	Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science. Computer Science, Statistics, or related field.
Certifications/Licenses	Valid driver’s license or alternate means of transportation to travel throughout the state.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	Must possess the ability to work independently with good judgment and strong organizational and time management skills.
Preferred Qualifications	Previous experience conducting human subjects research is highly preferred. Previous experience working with clinical populations, neuroimaging (e.g., fMRI, EEG), and familiarity with programming, statistical, and/or image analysis software (e.g., SPSS, R, Matlab, Python, SPM/AFNI/FSL/Brain Voyager, and/or AcqKnowledge/BIOPAC) preferred.
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment	PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Standing, sitting, walking, talking, or hearing. No special vision requirements. Lifting up to 20lbs. WORK ENVIRONMENT: Office environment. Moderate noise.
Special Conditions	Flexibility with schedule on occasion (availability to see human subjects on evenings or weekends).

Posting Details

Posting Number	24ST0195
Posting Open Date
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus	Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus	Piscataway (RBHS)
City	Piscataway
State	NJ
Location Details

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