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Please read the instructions, print out the form and send to us. Please read the form carefully since there are four items we need.
Enjoy the Fourth of July holiday.
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Carol
Title: Research Assistant
Summary: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital is seeking a team-oriented Research Assistant to manage the Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System (BHBIMS) longitudinal database. BHBIMS conducts a broad range of research activities focusing on understanding the long term outcomes for persons with burn injury and is one of 4 burn model systems in the US funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). The position requires a high degree of interaction with patients, medical staff, collaborating researchers, and the burn survivor community. A two year commitment is strongly preferred.
Key Duties: - Manage a longitudinal database including screening, recruiting, and following up with subjects.
- Enroll and follow-up with participants according to protocols including but not limited to, obtaining informed consent, administering questionnaires, and following up with phone calls.
- Travel to other hospitals including Massachusetts General Hospital, Shriners Hospital for Children, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
- Work in concert with Principal Investigators (PIs) and research team to develop and implement patient follow-up strategies.
- Assist PIs in data analysis, literature searches, research, manuscript writing, and overall administrative assistance.
- Provide assistance to research staff by organizing files, projects, data, etc.
- Assist with routine data verification and quality control, ensuring data integrity and consistency with prescribed study protocol.
- Ensure compliance with the Partners Institutional Review Board and other federal and institutional guidelines.
- Other duties as assigned.
Skills and Abilities: - Excellent interpersonal skills are required for working with the study participants and various members of research team and clinical staff.
- Anticipate challenges and develop and implement strategies to address them.
- Articulate phone etiquette necessary for contacting and interviewing research participants.
- Work independently, be self-directed and contribute as a member of a team.
- Demonstrate initiative with ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines and adapt to changing situations.
- Demonstrate professionalism and respect for subject rights and individual needs.
- Follow established policies, procedures, and objectives.
- Careful attention to detail.
- Computer proficiency required. Microsoft office applications preferred with ability to learn new software.
Laura Simko
Project Coordinator
Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
300 First Avenue|Charlestown, MA 02129
Phone: (617) 952-6313
