Student Intern, Psychiatry Research (Per Diem, Temporary)

Boston Medical Center•Boston, MA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position supports the roll out of the SEED (Starting Early to Enhance Development) program, a new clinical program in the Department of Psychiatry at BMC. The SEED program offers groups and individual treatment to families from pregnancy through age 5. The research assistant will work closely with Dr. Levey and her team to identify training opportunities for clinicians, recruit patients, track outcomes, and explore programs at other institutions offering similar services. There will also be opportunities to analyze data from other global settings and integrate those findings with the work of SEED.

Requirements

Recent college graduate or student enrolled in a related graduate or undergraduate degree program, preferably beyond a second semester junior.
Must have the ability to perform multiple tasks and prioritize duties.
Ability to work independently.
Must possess excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
Must have an interest in performing new and varied work assignments, and be flexible with regard to work assignments.
Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Word is required.
Knowledge or ability to learn Minitab.
Must have the ability to maintain confidentiality.

Nice To Haves

Translation to Spanish or Haitian Creole

Responsibilities

Provides a wide variety of administrative and general support duties in assigned areas.
Collaborates with staff on special projects, prepares related spreadsheets and other documents as required.
Completes data collection, data analysis and other duties as necessary for successful completion of the department’s projects and initiatives.
May assist the principal investigator with translation to Spanish or Haitian Creole, interpreting experimental results, and in preparing and writing manuscripts.
Assist with patient recruitment for clinical programs and research studies.
Create systems for collecting data and tracking patient outcomes.
Review literature on infant mental health and parent-infant clinical programs.
Help prepare grant applications for research to study program outcomes.