Clinical Research Assistant

Required Qualifications (as evidenced by an attached resume):

Bachelor's Degree (foreign equivalent or higher). One (1) year of full-time patient facing experience (EMT, medical scribe, MA, virtual patient scheduling and follow ups, etc.). Experience with scientific protocols. Working knowledge of medical terminology. Experience working with Microsoft Office Suite.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with clerical duties, clinical trials/research, screening patients and/or enrolling patients in studies. Experience working with a student population.

Brief Description of Duties:

The Clinical Research Assistant will assist with research studies. They may interact directly with study participants. The Clinical Research Assistant will coordinate scheduled visits with other research team members. They will also assist with maintaining the integrity of collected data in an electronic database and assist with maintaining the study protocol documents and compliance with all Institutional Review Board policies. The successful incumbent must have excellent interpersonal, organizational and time-management skills. The Clinical Research Assistant will assist with clinical research studies. The incumbent will work directly with the Academic Associates in the Academic Associates Program. The Clinical Research Assistant will offer training and guidance to the Academic Associates in identifying patients for participation in active clinical trials. They may interact directly with study participants. They will also assist with maintaining the integrity of collected data in an electronic database and assist with maintaining the study protocol documents and compliance with all Institutional Review Board policies. The successful incumbent must have excellent interpersonal, organizational and time-management skills. Good communication and organizational skills.

Duties:

• Coordinate enrollment of undergraduate research participating in the Department of Emergency Medicine.
• Coordinate daily attendance and administrative requirements for the program.
• Assist residents and attendings with various administrative aspects of research, e.g. data collection forms, assembling documents and preparing data reports.
• Assist investigators with data entry and database maintenance.
• Assist research nurse with progress reports for industry sponsored clinical trials.
• Other duties as assigned.

Special Notes:

The Research Foundation of SUNY is a private educational corporation. Employment is subject to the Research Foundation policies and procedures, sponsor guidelines and the availability of funding. FLSA Non-Exempt position, eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA.

Essential Position: This has been designated as an essential position based on the duties of the job and the functions performed. Positions that are designated as such may be required to report to work/remain at work even if classes are canceled, and the campus is working on limited operations in an emergency.

For this position, we are unable to sponsor candidates for work visas.

Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.