The⠀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.
The⠀Center for⠀Discovery⠀and⠀Innovation-⠀CDI was⠀established⠀by⠀Hackensack⠀Meridian⠀Health⠀(HMH) as⠀an⠀academic⠀basic and⠀translational⠀research⠀enterprise⠀to rapidly⠀translate⠀science⠀innovation⠀to the⠀clinic and⠀to improve⠀outcomes⠀for⠀patients⠀with⠀cancer,⠀infectious⠀diseases,⠀autoimmune⠀disease⠀and other⠀acute and⠀chronic⠀diseases.⠀The CDI⠀has grown⠀rapidly⠀since its⠀origins in⠀2019, and⠀now has 32⠀labs, 190⠀scientists⠀and allied⠀personnel⠀supported⠀by 60 NIH⠀grants and⠀more than⠀30 other⠀grants and⠀contracts.⠀Areas of⠀expertise⠀include⠀genomics,⠀epigenetics,⠀drug⠀resistance,⠀stem cell⠀biology,⠀drug⠀discovery,⠀diagnostics⠀and⠀biomarker⠀development,⠀and⠀pharmacology.
A day in the life of a Research Associate at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:
- 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.
Qualifications:
Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- 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.
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