Research Technician

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit:

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

Position Summary:

The temporary position will be responsible for assisting with recruiting study subjects for clinical research studies, as well as sending study communications to participants via mailings, phone calls and email for multiple studies. Position may assist with study visits, including taking vital signs, collecting and processing blood and urine samples across multiple studies. Position will assist in taking medical histories and screening study subjects for inclusion in the study and maintaining accurate records while safeguarding the confidentiality of research participants across multiple studies. Position will provide administrative support services as assigned to include but not limited to study packet preparation, supply inventory, study document filing and updating tracking documents across multiple studies.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Demonstrated possession of the competencies necessary to perform the work.

Management Preferences:

Ability to take vital signs and collect and process blood & urine samples across multiple studies.