Neuroscience Research Assistant

Cook Children's Health Care System•Fort Worth, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Research Assistant assists with all aspects of research including, but not limited to recruitment, consent process, registering participants, setting up experiments, collecting clinical and research data from patients and healthy participants, retrieving and organizing data from medical records, and performing basic to mid-level data analysis. Cook Children's Health Care System offers a unique approach to caring for children because we are one of the country's leading integrated pediatric health care delivery organizations. Patients benefit from the integrated system because it allows Cook Children's to use all of its resources to treat a patient and allows for easy communication between the various companies by physicians with a focus on caring for children and adolescents. Cook Children’s is an equal opportunity employer. As such, Cook Children’s offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class in accordance with applicable federal laws. These opportunities include terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including but not limited to hiring, job placement, training, compensation, discipline, advancement and termination. Promise, a strong word with deep meaning that everyone understands—especially kids. This is the foundation of our organization and what drives us to blaze new trails in medical care, research, advanced technology, as well as programs and initiatives that benefit children who may not otherwise have access to quality health care. Every day our employees come to work with the intention of keeping our Promise. It's the guiding principle that helps our patients and their families get better and stay healthy. As a member of our Cook Children's team, you can be an important part of making that happen. Please, create a profile and upload your resume/CV by clicking the Get Started button.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in appropriate field (e.g., healthcare, social or health science, etc.) and 1-3 years of relevant experience.
Computer proficiency in word processing and Excel
Excellent writing and editing skills
Strong organizational skills and be detail oriented
Excellent interpersonal and oral, written, and electronic interpersonal communication skills

Nice To Haves

A Master’s degree with relevant experience is preferred
Experience with project management methodologies preferred
Knowledge of research and medical terminology, grant writing and governmental rules and regulations preferred
Knowledge and understanding of operational, logistical and administrative requirements of research studies preferred