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Job Description

Overview

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. 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.

The Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences has an opening for a full time **Research Study Coordinator 2** to assist in grant-funded research activities. The employee will provide research support and work closely with faculty and staff supervisors and colleagues in the implementation of a study funded by the National Institutes of Health that involves human subjects and aims to examine substance use and sleep behaviors among college students.

Responsibilities

Managing measures/data

+ Assist with custom programming/editing web-based surveys.

+ Work with team to create, update, and document measurement instruments and scoring systems.

+ Maintain Fitbit devices and implement procedures for obtaining participant data from Fitbit devices based on study needs.

+ Manage access to and documentation of research datasets, including assisting with data archiving.

Managing personnel

+ Assist in recruiting and training undergraduate research assistants, work-study students, and/or student volunteers as needed.

+ Coordinate work tasks with staff, undergraduate research assistants, work-study students, and/or student volunteers as needed.

Interacting with research participants

+ Communicate with participants via mailings, phone (calls, texting), and email.

+ Assist with web-based recruitment activities.

+ Manage subject payments and follow appropriate documentation procedures.

+ Coordinate pick-up/drop-off and/or mailing of Fitbit devices.

Tracking research participants

+ Assist with development and implementation of complex tracking systems for managing large longitudinal, weekly and daily study.

+ Provide recruitment and retention updates to project team.

+ Ensure appropriate flow of participants through study procedures (e.g., following up with participants to maintain high retention).

+ Update and maintain a database for tracking of study participants through study components, including retention for weekly and daily surveys.

Other responsibilities

+ Prepare, review, and modify Human Subjects (IRB) forms.

+ Prepare timely status reports and updates for Investigators.

+ Conduct literature reviews.

+ Maintain adherence to study protocols.

+ Summarize study results and prepare reports.

+ Coordinate meetings with study team members.

Minimum Requirement

+ A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant academic area AND two years of experience coordinating the operations of clinical, biomedical, or behavioral research studies involving human subject.

+ Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration.

Desired Qualifications

+ Experience implementing and conducting clinical or social psychology research, including working directly with research participants.

+ Experience preparing human subjects applications and knowledge of NIH requirements relating to research involving human subjects and clinical trials.

+ Knowledge of custom survey programming for data collection within proprietary Rivulent platform.

+ Experience with statistical software packages (e.g., SPSS, R Studio).

+ Advanced computer skills using a range of software programs including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Teams).

+ Ability to work independently with limited supervision.

+ Ability to organize and prioritize tasks.

+ Experience and/or aptitude in participant/client tracking and follow-up.

+ Creative problem-solving skills and strong attention to detail.

+ Excellent interpersonal skills.

+ Excellent oral and written communication skills.

+ Experience with computer-, web-, and/or phone-based data collection.

+ Knowledge of scholarly literature pertaining to substance use.

+ Experience with data management.

Compensation, Benefits and Position Details

Pay Range Minimum:

$47,448.00 annual

Pay Range Maximum:

$63,468.00 annual

Other Compensation:

-

Benefits:

For information about benefits for this position, visit https://www.washington.edu/jobs/benefits-for-uw-staff/

Shift:

First Shift (United States of America)

Temporary or Regular?

This is a regular position

FTE (Full-Time Equivalent):

100.00%

Union/Bargaining Unit:

SEIU Local 925 Nonsupervisory

About the UW

Working at the University of Washington provides a unique opportunity to change lives – on our campuses, in our state and around the world.

UW employees bring their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to building stronger minds and a healthier world. In return, they enjoy outstanding benefits, opportunities for professional growth and the chance to work in an environment known for its diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.

Our Commitment

The University of Washington is committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful and welcoming community for all. As an equal opportunity employer, the University considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, or veteran status consistent with UW Executive Order No. 81 (https://policy.uw.edu/directory/po/executive-orders/eo-81-prohibiting-discrimination-harassment-and-sexual-misconduct/) .

To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 or [email protected] .

Applicants considered for this position will be required to disclose if they are the subject of any substantiated findings or current investigations related to sexual misconduct at their current employment and past employment. Disclosure is required under Washington state law (https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=28B.112.080) .

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.