Description

The Semel Institute is seeking to hire a full time Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator to complete the duties of AIMS Research Assessor & Screener. In this role you will report to the Principal Investigator and will be responsible for conducting research activities as a part of a clinical research study involving patient contact, obtaining consent, and collection of psychological.

Duties of this role can include: 

Recruitment – Coordinate & maintain subject recruitment strategies: Assisting with maintaining the flow of subject participants into study to ensure subject pool sufficient to meet study’s recruitment objectives.  Screening and Subject eligibility: Person will participate in outreach to clinical and community sites to recruit participants; Person will serve as a study assessor; including conducting screening for eligibility and baseline assessments; Person will undergo the study assessor trainings and inter-rater reliability testing before certification to assess in this study; Person will review informed consent and eligibility procedures with study participants; Person will conduct subject interviews including administration of standardized study questionnaires and instruments using all of the diagnostic / interview-based instruments that we propose in this study (GRID Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, Scale for Suicide Ideation). Follow-up assessment Coordinate scheduling of assessment visits Complete follow-up assessments including interviews as noted above Maintain confidentiality and non-judgmental attitude regarding study participants when reviewing questionnaire responses for accuracy, completeness, and appropriateness. Maintain flow of subjects into study adequate to meeting enrollment targets. Maintain subject adherence over course of a longitudinal follow-up period. Research Administrative & Data Management Tasks Schedule participant baseline and follow-up assessments Generate and oversee all communication with study participants. Prepare necessary data forms for study participants. Assist in maintaining subject files throughout project. Assist in maintaining study participant tracking files. Assist in maintaining current subject scheduling Assist in maintain working relationship with statisticians regarding subject recruitment, data collection, and reports; data cleaning; tracking of missing and completed data; data entry. 

Pay Range: $27.08 – $43.55 hourly