Research Assistant II, General Internal Medicine

Position: Research Assistant II, General Internal Medicine

Department: Research - GIM

Location: Portland, ME

Schedule: 40 hours per week, Hybrid

This will be a full time role based in Portland, Maine. The role will require monthly/bi-monthly travel to Boston. This role will be considered hybrid (allowing for flexibility of time to work from home as well as requiring work in the field in Portland with community partners and for participant recruitment and data collection). Position Summary The RA2 will be responsible for supporting the management research studies focused on substance use and infectious disease in community, clinical, and carceral settings. Specifically, the RA will implement activities as part of multi-site research study developing, testing, and optimizing a community paramedic and medical legal partnership intervention, as well as support of with research projects on Dr. Wurcel’s team on an as needed basis. The RA2 will oversee the daily and administrative aspects of the research projects, which include interactions with study participants, research coordinators, study investigators, work study students and other research staff.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for the administrative aspects of the research study, including: managing program records and handling communication needs of the program.
• Provides assistance in the development of reports, presentations, and data analysis. Assists in data collection and provides feedback on study’s progress.
• Recruits subjects to participate in the study by using approved methodologies
• Conducts the enrollment of study participants, including explaining research procedures, and obtaining informed consent of subjects and/or their families, and completing randomization procedures.
• Schedules appointments of study participants; conducts reminder phone calls and/or sends mailouts.
• Reviews the data collection forms for each enrollee for completion and quality; checks work of junior staff performing data entry to ensure timely and accurate entry. Provides technical guidance to junior staff.
• Obtains and distributes participant reimbursements for participation.
• Perform administrative duties associated with the study’s safety monitor, tracking and reporting adverse events and collecting data specified by the lead site. Responsible for all other administrative duties related to research activities.
• Supports preparation and maintenance of Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals and correspondence, with both the Boston Medical Center IRB, as well as the central IRB used for the multi-site trial, including amendments and renewals as necessary.
• Conducts literature searches. Assists Investigators with manuscript and presentation preparation and research.
• Makes independent judgements of suitability of potential participants for clinical trials. Develops and implements patent recruitment strategies.
• Recommends changes to protocols and evaluates data.
• Oversees work of new or junior research assistants.

Other Administrative Duties

• Schedules meetings involving the director, departmental staff, and individuals from other agencies.
• Uses reference database software (e.g., Reference Manager) to incorporate and edit references into grants and manuscripts as needed
• Supports coordination process of research grant submissions as needed 23. Prepares narratives, budgets and tables as necessary
• Assists with reporting to NIH and other government agencies
• Maintains and updates Supervisors’ CV’s, bibliographies, and related documents as needed

Other

• Training and orienting new research assistants and other staff
• May serve as team leader or supervisor in a smaller lab

(The above statements in this job description are intended to depict the general nature and level of work assigned to the employee(s) in this job. The above is not intended to represent an exhaustive list of accountable duties and responsibilities required). Education JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree is required. Major in a field related to the research highly preferred.
• Master’s Degree is preferred. With a Master’s Degree, no work experience is required.

Experience

• 2-5 years of experience and have demonstrated sound independent judgement and competencies in research methodologies.
• Experience with recruiting subjects, with an understanding of the ethical and technical conduct of researc…