Research Assistant - Neurology (Neuromuscular)
About The Position
The Research Assistant performs a variety of duties involved in conducting physical, chemical, biological and other research laboratory tests, experiments, and determinations to obtain data for research purposes. This Research Assistant is responsible for supporting clinical research coordinators within the division on recruiting, study visit scheduling and preparation, maintenance of the investigator site file, data entry, and other various tasks. The Research Assistant collaborates with multidisciplinary teams, research, and hospital staff to assist in the overall clinical study coordination of clinical research. This position supports assigned clinical research studies by pre-screening potential patients, preparing study subject binders and lab kits, entering study data, and maintaining the electronic regulatory binder.
Requirements
- Two (2) years of relevant experience. Relevant education may substitute for experience on a year for year basis.
- Time-management
- Interpersonal skills
- Multi-tasking
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Microsoft Office
- Resume/CV
- Cover Letter
Nice To Haves
- Prior health care or research experience.
- Experience with electronic medical records.
- Experience in Neurology or Neuromuscular research.
Responsibilities
- Update and maintain regulatory binders.
- Ensure all study data is entered into sponsor-provided and/or internal KU databases per sponsor requirements.
- Answer and address data queries within study databases.
- Assist with potential study subject screening and recruitment.
- Assist clinical research coordinators in study visit preparation by printing forms and preparing lab kits.
- Compile, analyze, document, and draw tentative conclusions from experimental results.
- Confer with principal investigator to review work assignments and develop plans for research experiments; make minor modifications to existing laboratory procedures and techniques as needed.
- Review laboratory methods manual, scientific journals, abstracts, and other literature for information applicable to research experiments.
Benefits
- health insurance
- dental insurance
- vision insurance
- health expense accounts with generous employer contributions
- Employer-paid life insurance
- long-term disability insurance
- various additional voluntary insurance plans
- Paid time off, including vacation and sick
- ten paid holidays
- One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment
- paid time off for bereavement
- paid time off for jury duty
- paid time off for military service
- paid time off for parental leave
- retirement program with a generous employer contribution
- additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
