What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Research Asst - MRA position at Mass General Brigham?
At Mass General Brigham, we know it takes a surprising range of talented professionals to advance our mission—from doctors, nurses, business people and tech experts, to dedicated researchers and systems analysts. As a not-for-profit organization, Mass General Brigham is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve.
At Mass General Brigham, we believe a diverse set of backgrounds and lived experiences makes us stronger by challenging our assumptions with new perspectives that can drive revolutionary discoveries in medical innovations in research and patient care. Therefore, we invite and welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups in healthcare — people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ community, and/or gender expansive, first and second-generation immigrants, veterans, and people from different socioeconomic backgrounds – to apply.
The Pediatric Mood, Imaging, & NeuroDevelopment (PediMIND) Program at McLean’s Child Division seeks to advance what is known about the brain, behavior, and symptom mechanisms underlying child and adolescent mental health conditions, including suicide, non-suicidal self-injury, irritability, and bipolar disorder.
Led by Daniel Dickstein MD who is also Chief of McLean’s Child Division and a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, the PediMIND Program is a multi-disciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists, and research assistants.
We are recruiting a full-time clinical research assistant, whose duties include:
- Working directly with child and adolescent research participants, helping conduct interviews, collect questionnaires, perform computer testing, assist MRI scanning, and help with data analysis and publication.
- Provides assistance on clinical research studies as per study guidelines and protocols.
- Recruits and evaluates potential study patients. Per protocol instruction, conducts telephone interviews and schedules patients for study visits or screenings.
- Interacts with patients/subjects with regard to study, including participant education, procedural instruction, and follow up. Serves as a liaison between the participant and PediMIND research team.
- Responsible for collecting data and maintaining participant information database for the study, including data input, data analysis, and running reports. Maintains participant records as part of record keeping function.
- Responsible for sending various study information to study participants.
- Answers phone calls and email inquiries about study protocol. Refers participants when appropriate to supervisor and research staff.
- Monitors and sets up any needed equipment.
- Maintains inventory and orders supplies when necessary.
- Some experience and interest in working with children, teens, or young adults preferred—whether in research, childcare, summer camp, team sports, or mentorship (big brothers/sisters).
Job Summary
SummaryWorking under the supervision of a Senior Research Assistant, Manager or Principal Investigator and following established policies and procedures, provides assistance on clinical research studies.
Supervisor available to handle unusual situations and regularly reviews progress of work. Does this position require Patient Care? No
Essential Functions
- Collects and organizes patient data.
- Maintains records and databases.
- Uses software programs to generate graphs and reports.
- Recruiting patients for clinical trials, conducts phone interviews and schedules patients for visits.
- Obtains patient study data from medical records, physicians, etc.
- Conducts library searches.
- Performs administrative support duties as required.
- Verifies accuracy of study forms.
- Updates study forms per protocol.
- Prepares data for analysis and data entry.
- Assists with formal audits of data.
- Documents patient visits and procedures.
- Assists with regulatory binders and QA/QC procedures.
- Assists with interviewing study subjects.
- Administers and scores questionnaires.
- Provides basic explanation of study and in some cases obtains informed consent from subjects.
- Performs study procedures such as phlebotomy.
- Assists with study regulatory submissions.
- Writes consent forms.
- Verifies subject inclusion/exclusion criteria.
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Additional Job Details (if applicable)
- Standing Frequently (34-66%)
- Walking Frequently (34-66%)
- Sitting Occasionally (3-33%)
- Lifting Frequently (34-66%) 35lbs (w/assisted device)
- Carrying Frequently (34-66%) 20lbs - 35lbs
- Pushing Occasionally (3-33%)
- Pulling Occasionally (3-33%)
- Climbing Rarely (Less than 2%)
- Balancing Frequently (34-66%)
- Stooping Occasionally (3-33%)
- Kneeling Occasionally (3-33%)
- Crouching Occasionally (3-33%)
- Crawling Rarely (Less than 2%)
- Reaching Frequently (34-66%)
- Gross Manipulation (Handling) Frequently (34-66%)
- Fine Manipulation (Fingering) Frequently (34-66%)
- Feeling Constantly (67-100%)
- Foot Use Rarely (Less than 2%)
- Vision - Far Constantly (67-100%)
- Vision - Near Constantly (67-100%)
- Talking Constantly (67-100%)
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