Temporary Research Assistant

Job Category Staff & Executive
- Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)

Department

Department RWJ
- Neuroscience & Cell Biol

Overview

New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences ( RBHS ) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.
Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.
Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

Posting Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Temporary Research Assistant for the department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Under the direction of the RWJMS Program Director, the candidate will serve to complement and enhance teaching in Anatomy at RWJMS and SGS in Piscataway. Duties include assistance during all Anatomy and Histology lab sessions for the  academic year. Upon request, the candidate will work on prosecutions and capture/label cadaver images or videos and assist with assessment question upload, exam proctoring, and administrative course duties.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• In the SGS / BMS Gross Anatomy Course, the TRA will:
  • Circulate in the lab to assist students with cadaver dissection and answer student questions
  • Develop and present weekly lab reviews
  • Assist with practical exam set up and reviews
  • Proctor and grade exams
  • Provide student review before remediation exams
  • Answer student questions/run 1 office hour per week
  • Proctor and grade exams
• In the SGS / BMS Embryology on-line course, the TRA will:
  • Help manage content for the on-line course
  • Answer student questions
  • Run 1 office hour per week
  • Proctor and grade exams
• In the SGS / BMS Medical Physics on-line Anatomy course, the TRA will:
  • Help manage content for the on-line course
  • Answer student questions
  • Run 1 office hour per week
  • Proctor and grade exams
• In the RWJMS Anatomy and Histology Labs, the TRA will:
  • Circulate in the lab to assist students with cadaver dissection/histology
  • Answer student questions
  • Develop prosections and assist with lab set up
  • Assist with practical exam set up and reviews
  • Proctor exams
  • Assist with administrative duties, including assessment question entry into Canvas/Examsoft and support for sessions

FLSA

FLSA Nonexempt

Grade

Grade 99H

Salary Details

Salary Details $30.00/hour

Minimum Salary

Minimum Salary 15.92

Mid Range Salary

Mid Range Salary 75.00

Maximum Salary

Maximum Salary 150.00

Offer Information

The final salary offer may be determined by several factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s qualifications, experience, and expertise, and availability of department or grant funds to support the position. We also take…