Senior Clinical Research Assistant

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Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

Working very independently with little guidance from the Director and Associate Director of the Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, coordinates all activities of research area including but not limited to:
Supervising the daily activities of research assistants, implementing, and maintaining quality assurance procedures, performing statistical analyses, designing research protocols with the laboratory's Principal Investigators.

Does this position require Patient Care? No

• Directly supervises the activities of Northeastern Co-Op students and student visitors working in the BPRL, including hiring, firing, performance evaluations and discipline of staff.
• In collaboration with the Director, of the BPRL, develops, implements, and maintains an orientation and training program for all staff to include standard clinical procedures (e.g., ECG, phlebotomy), biohazard safety, and clinical assessments (e.g., SCID, ASI).
• Coordinates all research study activities involving magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy (MRI/MRS) for the laboratory.
• Functions as a resource for all issues concerning physiological recordings and behavioral task stimulus presentations (with Presentation software) in the scanner.
• Identifies timing problems and develops solutions for data collection.
• Designs, implements, and evaluates recruitment strategies for study participants to include flyer announcements, print media procedures, and electronic advertisements.
• Interacts with research volunteer participants with regard to all BPRL-related studies, including patient education, counseling, procedural instruction, and follow-up.
• Also serves as a liaison between participants and the study physician.
• Responsible for overseeing the data collection and recording processes.
• Ensures confidentiality and privacy of research volunteers' protected health information.
• Implements and maintains quality assurance procedures for biohazardous materials in the BPRL laboratories and exam room.
• Plans, designs, and performs statistical analyses on MRI and MRS data using FSL and Free Surfer.
• In collaboration with multiple Principal Investigators, develops and implements new research protocols, including design, data collection systems and IRB approval.
• In collaboration with Principal Investigators, prepares and presents certain portions of presentations at scientific forums (McLean Research Day, Harvard Medical School Mysell Research Day), in addition to preparing articles for publication by contributing to writing elements of Introduction, Methods, Results or Discussion sections.
• Responsible for directly supervising Clinical Research Assistants I and II in this area.
• Trains and orients staff, in addition to hiring, firing, evaluating and disciplining.
• Coordinates staffing and scheduling for BPRL research protocols.

Education:

Bachelor's Degree required. Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree? No.

Licenses and Credentials:
Experience directly related, progressively more responsible experience. 3-5 years required. Supervisory experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must possess the ability to work independently and display initiative to introduce innovations to research study.
• Must have sound interpersonal skills and the ability to supervise others.
• Must possess strong analytical skills and conceptual thinking.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and set deadlines.
• Ability to identify problems and develop solutions.
• High degree of computer literacy.
• Ability to demonstrate respect and professionalism for subjects' rights and individual needs.

Remote Type: Onsite

Work Location: 115 Mill Street

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

0

Employee Type: Per Diem

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

Pay Range: $25.89 - $36.41/Hourly

Grade: MRA
502

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