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Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title	Research Teaching Specialist V
Job Category	Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)
Department	RWJ-Medicine-Cardiology 5-Meb
Overview	New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research. Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates. Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Posting Summary	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Research Teaching Specialist V for the department of Medicine at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The Research Teaching Specialist will assist in activities to support and grow the clinical research in the division under the direct supervision of the research director of the division. These activities include, but may not be limited to, supporting lab testing, including setup, processing and shipping, ordering of supplies, developing source documents, data entry, record maintenance and archiving, study visit tracking, assisting with budget preparation, registration of study subjects, IRB submission and maintaining compliance with IRB, HIPAA, and FERPA guidelines, and engaging scientifically in grant applications. The ideal applicant has the ambition to learn about cardiovascular disease and should be a great team player to participate in cutting edge cardiology research. Supportive environment within dynamic team.  Among the key duties of this position are the following: Work closely with supervising research director and principal investigator(s) to develop protocols for clinical research proposals, organized research activities and maintain effective communication between project staff, external collaborators, funding agencies, and regulatory entities. Follow protocol guidelines in the collection of clinical data and/or administration of clinical tests. Coordinate, implement and manage procedures to collect data from patient charts, medical records, prescreening interviews, questionnaires, diagnostic tests and other sources. Ensure compliance with protocol guidelines and requirements of regulatory agencies (such as IRB, HIPAA, and FERPA guidelines); identify problems and/or inconsistencies and monitor patient progress to include documentation and reporting of adverse events; recommend corrective action as appropriate. Assist with and oversee ongoing research studies based on the research protocols, including subject recruitment, data collection, database entry and management, statistical analysis and administrative duties. Supervise consenting activities, maintain study databases at the highest level of completeness and accuracy, and safeguard the safety and the right to privacy for study participants. Maintain documents required for the regulatory binder, investigative drug binder and any other document repositories required by the principal investigator, or regulatory entities.
Position Status	Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift
Work Arrangement	This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement.
FLSA	Exempt
Grade	17S
Position Salary
Annual Minimum Salary	47446.000
Annual Mid Range Salary	56975.500
Annual Maximum Salary	66505.000
Standard Hours	37.50
Union Description	HPAE, Local 5094
Payroll Designation	PeopleSoft
Benefits	Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview . Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment	Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility	ABP

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience	Bachelor Degree preferred in a relevant science or a related field (e.g. biological sciences, biomedical engineering, public health, business administration).
Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	Must be computer literate with proficiency and working knowledge of database and reporting tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Must be capable of independent decision-making, and multitasking. To be successful, the candidate must have excellent organization, communication and interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment	Physical Demands: Reading, standing, sitting, walking, talking and hearing. Lifting up to 25 lbs. laboratory environment; exposure to study subjects in a clinical environment and exposure to research animal models.  Work Environment: Office environment with moderate noise. Must follow all safety precautions in laboratory, as required.
Special Conditions

Posting Details

Posting Number	23ST2420
Posting Open Date
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus	Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus	Downtown New Brunswick
City	New Brunswick
State	NJ
Location Details

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