Clinical Research Assistant I Division of Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction
About The Position
Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham. This position includes a great deal of patient contact and opportunities to learn research skills such as data collection, management, and analysis, as well as scientific writing. Working under the supervision of a Principal Investigator and following established policies and procedures, provides assistance on clinical research studies in a highly productive research group within the Division of Alcohol, Drugs, and Addiction at McLean Hospital under the direction of Roger D. Weiss, M.D. May be responsible for the following activities: recruiting and evaluating patients for studies; collecting and organizing patient data; scheduling patients for study visits; maintaining and updating data generated by the study, and assistance with preparing scientific presentations, posters, and writing papers for publication in scientific journals.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree required
- Related experience 0-1 year
- Careful attention to details.
- Good organizational skills.
- Ability to follow directions.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- All employees must possess basic computer skills to use a variety of electronic or online systems for communication, clinical and administrative purposes.
- Working knowledge of clinical research protocols.
- Ability to demonstrate respect and professionalism for subjects' rights and individual needs.
- Works independently under close supervision.
Responsibilities
- Collects and organizes patient data.
- Maintains records and databases.
- Uses software programs to generate graphs and reports.
- Recruiting patients for clinical trials, conducts phone interviews and schedules patients for visits.
- Obtains patient study data from medical records, physicians, etc.
- Conducts library searches.
- Performs administrative support duties as required.
- Verifies accuracy of study forms.
- Updates study forms per protocol.
- Prepares data for analysis and data entry.
- Assists with formal audits of data.
- Documents patient visits and procedures.
- Assists with regulatory binders and QA/QC procedures.
- Assists with interviewing study subjects.
- Administers and scores questionnaires.
- Provides basic explanation of study and in some cases obtains informed consent from subjects.
- Performs study procedures such as phlebotomy.
- Assists with study regulatory submissions.
- Writes consent forms.
- Verifies subject inclusion/exclusion criteria.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
