Research Assistant I, Trauma Outcomes Core Health
Research Assistant I, Trauma Outcomes Core Health
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Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals including doctors nurses business people tech experts researchers and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a notforprofit we support patient care research teaching and community service striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that highperforming teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
Job Summary
The Research Assistant will work under the supervision of a Senior Project Manager Research Fellow and Investigators. The RA will follow established policies and procedures to recruit and work with patients to complete surveys collect and organize patient data and maintain databases generated by several TOC research and clinical projects. Please note that this position will include patient data collection and interaction in the hospital inpatient setting and over the phone.Qualifications
The Trauma Outcomes Core (TOC) is a collaboration between the Center for Surgery and Public Health and The Division of Trauma Burn and Surgical Critical Care. The TOC conducts research to better understand outcomes after traumatic injury and uses this information to guide the development and implementation of interventions that address disparities in these outcomes. The TOCs largest project is The Functional Outcomes and Recovery after Trauma Emergencies (FORTE) project. FORTE collects longterm clinical physical and mental health outcomes for individuals who survive traumatic injuries with the overarching aim of establishing a national registry of longterm outcomes. About 50% of the Research Assistants time will be spent on FORTErelated work.
The other 50% of the RAs time will be spent on the NonEnglishSpeaking Trauma Survivors (NESTS) Pathway. NESTS funded by the MGB United Against Racism initiative will create a new postdischarge clinical and behavioral health pathway with the goal of increasing rates of outpatient mental health evaluation for nonEnglish speaking survivors of traumatic injury dealing with symptoms of depression anxiety or posttraumatic stress disorder. The RA will work closely with the NESTS Community Health Worker to support the identification of patients enrollment in an ondemand interpreter service and documentation/quality improvement data collection. The RA may also accompany the Community Health Worker on bedside visits for hospital inpatients.
The Research Assistant will work under the supervision of a Senior Project Manager Research Fellow and Investigators. The RA will follow established policies and procedures to recruit and work with patients to complete surveys collect and organize patient data and maintain databases generated by several TOC research and clinical projects. Please note that this position will include patient data collection and interaction in the hospital inpatient setting and over the phone.
While the Research Assistant will primarily assist investigators with FORTE and NESTS it is possible that the RA may help with additional research projects. If additional projects are identified percent effort on existing projects will be reevaluated.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Recruits and enrolls potential study participants.
- Coordinates monthly mailing to all potential study participants across study sites.
- Responsible for screening study applicants ensuring they meet appropriate criteria.
- Use Epic Electronic Health Record to collect patient demographic data.
- Conducts telephone and inperson interviews with patients.
- Collects study data (via telephone and inperson interview) and maintains confidential patient records in REDCap databases.
- Develops organizes and/or maintains multiple databases.
- Responsible for data validation and quality control.
- Prepares call lists and works with student callers to divide the list equally.
- Performs literature searches when needed for projects.
- Assists PIs/investigators with preparing presentations/abstracts/manuscripts for conferences or journal publications.
- Assists with regulatory documentation as directed by project manager.
- Responsible for training and orienting new staff. All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
B.S. or B.A.
- At least one year of work experience in a human subject research setting. Sound independent judgment and competence in research methodologies.
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