AIMS Research Assessor & Screener

The Semel Institute is seeking to hire a full time Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator to complete the duties of AIMS Research Assessor & Screener. In this role you will report to thePrincipal Investigator and will be responsible for conducting research activities as a part of a clinical research study involving patient contact, obtaining consent, and collection of psychological.

Duties of this role can include:

• Recruitment - Coordinate & maintain subject recruitment strategies:
• Assisting with maintaining the flow of subject participants into study to ensure subject pool sufficient to meet study's recruitment objectives.
• Screening and Subject eligibility:
• Person will participate in outreach to clinical and community sites to recruit participants;
• Person will serve as a study assessor; including conducting screening for eligibility and baseline assessments;
• Person will undergo the study assessor trainings and inter-rater reliability testing before certification to assess in this study;
• Person will review informed consent and eligibility procedures with study participants;
• Person will conduct subject interviews including administration of standardized study questionnaires and instruments using all of the diagnostic / interview-based instruments that we propose in this study (GRID Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, Scale for Suicide Ideation).
• Follow-up assessment
• Coordinate scheduling of assessment visits
• Complete follow-up assessments including interviews as noted above
• Maintain confidentiality and non-judgmental attitude regarding study participants when reviewing questionnaire responses for accuracy, completeness, and appropriateness.
• Maintain flow of subjects into study adequate to meeting enrollment targets.
• Maintain subject adherence over course of a longitudinal follow-up period.
• Research Administrative & Data Management Tasks
• Schedule participant baseline and follow-up assessments
• Generate and oversee all communication with study participants.
• Prepare necessary data forms for study participants.
• Assist in maintaining subject files throughout project.
• Assist in maintaining study participant tracking files.
• Assist in maintaining current subject scheduling
• Assist in maintain working relationship with statisticians regarding subject recruitment, data collection, and reports; data cleaning; tracking of missing and completed data; data entry.

Required:

• Demonstrated skills with clinical and non-clinical subject recruitment,
• Demonstrated skills in working with older adult populations,
• Experience in interviewing subjects via telephone and in person about sensitive topics, such as medical history, depression, substance dependence, and family history of same,
• Demonstrated skills in questionnaire administration, avoiding judgment and bias,
• Experience with Word, Excel and PowerPoint,
• Ability to independently compose appropriate and grammatically correct correspondence,
• Ability to work independently, to follow instructions, and to work cooperatively with other staff members and other research groups/services,
• Ability to sensitively, effectively, and discretely handle confidential data and subject information,
• Excellent interpersonal skills necessary for maintaining study integrity and credibility with physicians, office staff, medical staff, and subject,
• Ability to work under multiple deadlines and complete work in a timely manner