Research Associate

Hackensack Meridian Health • Hackensack, NJ

2d

About The Position

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.
At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.
Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
The Clinical Research Associate facilitates direct patient care to all assigned patients and maintains a safe patient area. This role also supplies clerical support for the research team and their patient population with direct responsibility and accountability for patient recruitment, retention, scheduling and registration activities to achieve established outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a science or healthcare related field or
• 2 years equivalent experience and High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
• Excellent personal management skills.
• Research skills and responsibilities.
• Ability to work independently, and in a team, and handle multiple deadline driven tasks in a dynamic environment is essential.
• Ability to analyze budgetary line items for compliance with budget guidelines.
• Ability to make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments.
• Database management skills.
• Knowledge of federal, state and/or community funding sources and mechanisms.
• Ability to maintain professional demeanor and relationships with team members from all levels of an organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills that include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in related field.
• Society of Clinical Research Associates Certification or Certified Clinical Research Administrator or Certified Clinical Research Coordinator.

Responsibilities

• Manages patient recruitment activities and research team training for assigned studies, serves as a liaison with sponsors, other funded sites and coordinates activities across sites nationally and locally.
• May develop detailed recruitment materials, procedure manuals, source documents and ensures in protocol adherence and quality.
• Schedules and registers patients for study visits, testing and interviews.
• May obtain consent, administers testing and conducts interviews. Notifies site staff or primary care providers of patients/participants who appear to be impaired or distressed.
• Enters data from multiple sites in the study database, assists with data management and data analysis, performs routine data quality assurance procedures and resolves discrepancies.
• Assists in preparing and organizing study records, meetings, minutes, and writes draft reports and manuscripts.
• Manages payment, tracking, and documentation of patient study incentives.
• Assists in administrative tasks as assigned.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Benefits

• HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package.
• In addition to our compensation for full-time and part-time (20+ hours/week) job positions, HMH offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees