Department

Ophthalmology - 413201

Career Area

Research Professionals

Posting Open Date

05/01/2023

Application Deadline

05/05/2023

Position Type

Temporary Staff (SHRA)

Position Title

Social/Clinical Research Assistant

Position Number

20054422

Vacancy ID

S021339

Full-time/Part-time

Part-Time Temporary

Hours per week

10

Work Schedule

Position Location

North Carolina, US

Hiring Range

15.00/hour

Proposed Start Date

Estimated Duration of Appointment

6 months not to exceed 11 months

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit

The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing 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. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
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 will 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 will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

Position Summary

The Department of Ophthalmology has a need for a Research Assistant. The person in this role will be expected to interact with human research participants, to perform Biometric measurements, Refraction and Visual acuity assessments, Visual Field data capture, and Phlebotomy for studies that require blood draws. Will work with adult and pediatric participants.Duties include:

• Communicate with potential and enrolled research participants for recruitment, enrollment and retention of eligible study patients. The person in this role may be expected to discuss each study’s structure, document the consenting process with patients, and perform outreach and follow up calls by phone.
• Assist Investigators during study patient visit encounters.
• Follow up on identified adverse events, health status, and patient medications.

• Perform accurate and legible documentation of study data on paper or electronic source documents during participant study visits for assigned studies.
• Enter data into electronic data systems such as iMedidata, Redcap or other EDC as needed. Respond to queries in all EDC’s, reconcile with source documents and Epic entries to maintain quality of research data.
• File source document sets reliably in study binders, assist with preparation for site monitoring visits and calls.
• Collect, process and ship human specimens when required. Ensure all research supplies are maintained and current.

• Screen clinical schedules in EPIC for potentially eligible patients for all studies.
• Schedule follow-up visits for study participants, maintain study participant visit windows and scheduled visits on the shared Research calendar.
• When required during study visits, ensure timely and accurate research billing and stipend payments to participants.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

Prior clinical research experience. Excellent organizational and communciation skills.

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

Prior experience in a clinical research setting preferred.

Special Physical/Mental Requirements

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