What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Research Assistant I- The Cardiology Department position at Boston Children's Hospital?
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The Clinical Research Assistant will coordinate several projects involving outcomes of adults with congenital heart disease. This will include established research protocols, such as coordination of a large international database of over 1800 patients with tetralogy of Fallot, known as INDICATOR. This position involves routinely updating the database, and the coordinator will be taught how to analyze imaging data associated with these studies. The Clinical Research assistant will also be responsible for development and execution of new protocols.
Primary responsibilities include weekly meetings with the primary investigator, data collection through medical record review, contributing data to the existing database, submission of new research protocols to the scientific review committee and IRB, literature reviews, preparing presentations, grant writing and coordination of team meetings (including agenda creation and summary documents).
There will be opportunities for the Research assistant to be included in authorship of manuscripts, observation of clinical activities and inclusion in team learning conferences. This is a two-year position with the goal to provide the research assistant with the skills and experience to further their career in medicine.
This Clinical Research Assistant I will be responsible for:
- Coordinate information with all sites included in the INDICATOR multicenter registry.
- Working with existing databases, such as REDCAP.
- Address queries posed by the statistical team regarding data points.
- Performing analysis on cardiac imaging studies with appropriate mentorship/instruction provided by the primary investigator.
- Clinical data entry.
- Update and maintenance of the database.
- Development of new protocols with the primary investigator.
- Prepare and amend IRB applications.
- Literature searches and PowerPoint presentation preparation.
In order to qualify, you must have:
- A Bachelor's Degree in STEM.
- A two year time commitment is preferred.
- Analytical skills to gather and interpret data in which the information or problems are moderately complex to complex.
- Well-developed communication skills in order to provide critical information to patients, effectively deal with conflicting views or issues, and the ability to mediate fair solutions.
- Advanced writing skills.
Boston Children's Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes.
Boston Children's Hospital requires all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and Flu, (unless you are eligible for a medical or religious exemption).
Boston Children's Hospital is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability.
