Temporary Research Assistant

Position Details

Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title	Temporary Research Assistant
Job Category	Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)
Department	SHP-Health Informatics
Overview	New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating universitywide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research. Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates. Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Posting Summary	Rutgers School of Health Professions is seeking a Temporary Research Assistant for the Department of Health Informatics. The Temporary Research Assistant will assist the faculty member in the conduct of the faculty member’s multiple research studies. The position is responsible for providing research activities to support to the faculty member, such as participants recruitment (contact participants), screening, and enrollment in accordance with federal, state and institutional guidelines, protocol development, data collection, various types of record keeping, assists in statistical analysis and data coding, presentation and manuscripts preparation, etc. Among the key duties for this position are the following: Assist with protocol initiation and development, alongside PI and study team. Assist with eIRB initiation. Human subjects’ recruitment, management, monitoring. Data collection and data management (e.g., interviews, surveys, experiments). Support grant-related research activities. Assist with data clean, data analysis, and data interpretation. Assist with data collection in RedCap/Qualtrics. Assist with presentation and manuscripts preparation. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Position Status	Part Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift
Work Arrangement	This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement.
FLSA	Nonexempt
Grade	99H
Position Salary	$16.00
Annual Minimum Salary
Annual Mid Range Salary
Annual Maximum Salary
Standard Hours	35.00
Union Description	Non-Union
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	Temporary Staff Appointment - Hourly
Position Pension Eligibility

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience	Research experience or strong interest in behavioral, epidemiological, and/or health services research is required.
Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	Proficiency and knowledge of multiple statistical software packages preferred, such as SPSS, SAS, R, python, etc. Must be computer literate with proficiency and working knowledge of database and reporting tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint.
Preferred Qualifications	Bilingual in English/Spanish is preferred. Experience with social network analysis, text analysis, and other computational analysis is a plus.
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment
Special Conditions	Available for some evening and weekend for collecting data from the participants. Attends research study meetings in person or video chats. Willing to help recruit participants from local fairs and gatherings (non-school settings), etc.

Posting Details

Posting Number	24ST0989
Posting Open Date
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus	Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus	Newark (RBHS)
City	Newark
State	NJ
Location Details

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