Student Research Worker

• Job Type: Short Term Casual
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary:
  Temporary
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 10
• Standard
  
  Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: $23/HR-$23/HR

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

The Division of Scholarship and Research at the School of Nursing is recruiting a short term casual to work as a part of Dr. Melissa Beauchemin’s research team. The casual will work closely with Dr. Beauchemin to support a research study that is testing a navigation intervention for adolescents and young adults with cancer who have financial hardship or unmet health-related social needs.

The successful candidate must possess prior experience conducting research interviews, a high level of initiative, excellent organizational and communication skills, and be attentive to detail in addition to familiarity with data management. Ability to work on site in clinical locations (Washington Heights) is preferred.

• Recruiting patients to the study
• Conducting informed consent, administering surveys, and conducting qualitative interviews
• Maintaining a database of patient contacts and interview scheduling, ensuring the completeness and accuracy of data collected, and contributing to progress reports and manuscript preparation

• Requires a bachelor’s degree.
• Computer fluency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work well in a team.

• Previous research experience is desired.
• Statistical and database management experience desired.
• At least one year of related experience, or equivalent in education, training and experience.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) is preferable due to the nature of this study.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran.

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