Research Specialist

HealthPartners • Bloomington, MN

2d • Remote

About The Position

HealthPartners is hiring for a full-time Research Specialist. This role provides confidential support to Senior Research Investigators and Research Investigators. Responsibilities include preparing manuscripts and presentations, arranging meetings, conferences, and travel, managing communications, working with data in spreadsheets and databases, creating charts and graphs, and facilitating the progress of study functions. The role may also coordinate office services functions for the Institutes Services team. A specific focus for the Recruitment Research Specialist is to coordinate and manage recruitment and data collection, providing support for research projects by assisting Principal Investigators, Project Managers, and Coordinators with subject recruitment, information gathering, mailings, database updates, study procedure development, and general facilitation of study progress.

Requirements

• Associate degree in a health science related field.
• One year of relevant work experience, preferably in a health science related field.
• Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Endnote or similar software programs.
• Excellent writing skills (excellent spelling, grammar, and editing skills).
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Exceptionally good organizational skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective professional relationships with medical persons, study participants, project staff, and others.
• Strong data-entry skills.
• Knowledge of research methodology.
• Ability to adapt to shifting priorities.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree in a social science or health-related field.
• 1-2 years research experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated excellent communications skills in representing directed needs of Research Foundation to outside agencies and organizations.
• Ability to take broad guidelines of a task, initiate a course of action and then coordinate the activity through completion.
• Ability to adhere to a research protocol but also has sufficient flexibility and judgment to handle unforeseen situations that may arise.
• Ability to recognize potential inefficiencies in the protocol procedures and to suggest improvements.
• Experience with PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Access, Power BI, and RedCap software packages.
• Research related survey work experience.
• Formal knowledge of survey methods.
• Experience with survey development software packages, scanning systems, and data collection.

Responsibilities

• Prepare scientific manuscripts for submission to journals, including copy editing, formatting according to specific journal requirements, and obtaining required consents for publication.
• Assist Senior Research Investigators and Research Investigators in various ways to contribute to their accountabilities.
• Coordinate office space moves, including moving phones, ordering office furniture, and ordering computers and accessories.
• Support Research Investigators, Senior Research Investigators, and/or Institute Managers as assigned.
• Serve on Systems and Development Team to identify issues regarding processes and systems and maintain policies and procedures.
• Participate in the development of research proposals, including editing, proofing, and formatting documents, ensuring proposals meet funding agency requirements.
• Arrange meetings, conferences, and travel arrangements.
• Participate in business continuity planning and implementation.
• Promote a culture of service and teamwork in daily work.
• Assist and back up other staff team members as needed.
• Participate actively in staff meetings and activities.
• Develop detailed project plans, timetables, resource estimation, and tracking to meet deadlines.
• Collaborate with internal sources to design systems, forms, questionnaires, and surveys.
• Identify and act upon barriers to success and work to enhance plausible solutions.
• Implement study protocols and ensure adherence to regulatory guidelines.
• Design and oversee data collection processes, develop and implement methodology to assess data accuracy and completeness.
• Update various databases related to recruitment, patient appointments, and study progress.
• Schedule patient appointments and send appointment reminders to study participants.
• Prepare and track mailings for potential study candidates or active participants.
• Perform phone interviews with potential study participants to assess study eligibility.
• Facilitate appointments for selected studies by collecting forms, administering questionnaires and incentives, and other related duties.
• Maintain and update study documentation.
• Assist the Investigator and/or Project Manager with regulatory reporting.
• Oversee recruitment and follow-up activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree