The Semel Institute is seeking to hire a full time Staff Research Associate II to complete the duties of Study Coordinator / Recruiter. In this role you will play an important role by screening research participates, obtaining subject consent, recruiting subjects, performing clinical Interviews, completing training and quality assurance calibration and performing annual quality assurance training. Duties can include  the following: Maintain study records for the MIRECC registry. Other administrative duties as assigned. Screening potential research participants on pre-determined selection criterion. Review informed consent form with patients and normal controls section by section, reading the form, if necessary. Make copy of consent for each subject. Perform the UCLA Evaluation to Sign Consent with patient subjects to make certain they have the capacity to consent. Maintain relationships within a pre-existing network of potential recruitment sources. Create new community liaisons with clinic directors and care providers. Give presentations about the studies to patient and professional audiences. Place ads for community control subjects, and screen interested participants. Schedule new subjects for screenings and diagnostic interviews. Serve as the subject’s primary contact through the recruitment process. Conduct diagnostic and symptom assessment interviews. Provide crisis management for emergency situations. Receive standardized training all clinical diagnostic, symptom, and functioning assessments in concordance with UCLA reliability guidelines. Perform annual quality assurance training for these measures. Operates scanner console, prepares subjects for fMRI scan, maintains scanner safety protocols. Attends regular UCLA CCN scanner user meetings, communicates with UCLA CCN scanner staff as needed. Performs scanner laptop maintenance and manages the fMRI tracking spreadsheet for all fMRI studies. Please note that this is not necessary inclusive of all required duties.  Pay Range: $28.88 – $46.46 hourly