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Research Study Coordinator 1
- University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
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Req #: 234352
Department: DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Posting Date: 05/16/2024
Closing Info:
Closes On 05/30/2024
Salary: $3,477 - $4,409 per month
Shift: First Shift
Notes:
As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-summary-classified-staff-greater-than-half-time-20220908\_a11y.pdf)
As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.
UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty. All of which has allowed the UW to be nationally recognized as a “Great College to Work For” for four consecutive years.
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine is the third largest clinical department within the School of Medicine with 330 full-time faculty members, 460 courtesy faculty members, and over 350 staff. Department faculty provide clinical services in 5 hospitals, 14 primary care locations, and several outpatient sites in addition to telepsychiatry consultations to more than 150 clinics in Washington and beyond. As the only academic psychiatry department serving the five state WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho), the Department’s highly competitive residency training program is largely responsible for developing the mental health workforce in the Pacific Northwest. The Department’s robust research portfolio totals $67 million in grants and contracts per year for projects ranging from clinical neurosciences to treatment development to health policy and population health. The Department is recognized as an international leader in developing, testing, and implementing Collaborative Care, an integrated care model increasingly seen as a solution for population-based mental health care. Other areas of excellence include Addictions, Autism, High Risk Youth, Neurosciences, and Trauma, and the Department is developing innovative new programs in Technology and Mental Health, Global Mental Health, Maternal and Child Mental Health, and Targeted Intervention Development.
The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine currently has an outstanding opportunity for a Research Study Coordinator 1. Psychiatry is the third largest department in the School of Medicine and the largest non-divisioned department. The overall annual operations funding from all sources is over $130 million.
Under the supervision of Dr. Jill Locke, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, the Classified Staff Research Study Coordinator provides support for behavioral science research studies involving human subjects. Activities include supporting the coordination of one or more school-based research projects with community partners, including recruitment, retention, data collection and coding.
This Research Study Coordinator 1 (NE S SEIU 925 Non Supv) position will primarily support the implementation trial of Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence, a leadership-based organizational implementation strategy to support evidence-based practice use in elementary schools. The position also will support in a secondary role a recess-based intervention (Remaking Recess) for autistic students and their classmates who are socially isolated or peripheral on the playground.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
+ Coordinate data collection efforts in schools, through in-person school visits, data management and survey distribution platforms such as REDCap and Qualtrics.
+ Coordinate the identification and recruitment of human subjects (i.e., school educators, parents and autistic children) for multiple projects including writing and reviewing human subjects' applications, developing consent forms and human subject procedures in compliance with applicable regulations.
+ Assist with the coordination of human subject activities (coaching sessions, observations) and participation in the study. Monitor workflow for field activities, support research assistants regarding field activities.
+ Assist with liaison with community partners (e.g., school principals, teachers, and paraeducators).
+ Design procedures for collecting and summarizing data and the development of procedures for the design of measurement instruments and scoring systems.
+ Record timely data tracking, entry, and cleaning.
+ Prepare human subject applications, writing and editing technical reports and manuscripts for publication or presentation. **MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS**
+ Two years of college level course work in a relevant academic area AND two years of experience performing work in support of clinical, biomedical, or behavioral research studies involving human subject OR equivalent education/experience. **DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS**
+ Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study (Psychology, Sociology, Education, Public Health or other social/behavioral sciences).
+ Experience coordinating school based and/or community based research involving human subjects.
+ Experience working with schools or coordinating large federally funded efficacy trials.
+ Experience developing, editing, administering, and tracking electronic surveys.
+ Experience working with public schools.
+ Ability to effectively communicate with study participants and community partners.
+ Strong organizational skills and ability to meet competing priorities.
+ Knowledge of software applications including proficiency using MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel & Access); REDCap; Qualtrics; SPSS; NVivo; R.
University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
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