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Recruitment/Posting Title Research Teaching Specialist II

Job Category Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)

Department NJMS-Medicine-Hematology

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 New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) is seeking a Research Teaching Specialist II for the department of Medicine – Hematology/Oncology. Under the direction of the Principal Investigator (PI) and Principal Research Associate, the Research Teaching Specialist II will provide specialized substantive analytic, plus limited administrative, support for the procurement and analysis of outcomes data in a ~10,000-person linked cohort, begun in the 1980’s and backed by a bio specimen repository, of persons with a history of illicit drug use. The Research Teaching Specialist II will assist in acquisition and quality control of outcomes data from multiple sources, management of complex project databases, descriptive and statistical analysis of data, coordination with multiple outside collaborators and groups, including collaborating drug treatment centers, for data collection, obtaining consent from and interviewing study subjects, revising and editing survey instruments, writing and editing manuscripts and various other reports and abstracts, maintaining administrative records, and related research and administrative tasks. There are several ongoing research projects.

Essential duties and responsibilities include some of the following:

  • Coordinates acquisition of outcomes data from multiple sources.
  • Assesses validity of results of matching prospective cohort subjects’ records to various data sources and integrates outcomes data.
  • Participates in review, quality control, and analysis of study data.
  • Assists in coordinating use of prospective cohorts’ genomic data by collaborating institutions, as well as in linking and merging such genomic data to baseline, follow-up, and outcomes data on cohort subjects.
  • Collaborates with the Principal Investigator, the Principal Research Associate, the Study Coordinator, and other research staff in preparation of materials for peer-reviewed publications and reports.
  • Conducts literature reviews, in conjunction with a research librarian when appropriate, including critical assessment of relevant papers, and oversees integration of new references into the project reference database.
  • Assists with training, supervising, and guiding post-doctoral fellows, medical, graduate and undergraduate students and research assistants in data management techniques and other research procedures as directed and assists in developing priorities.
  • Assists in writing IRB and other research protocols, monitoring compliance, and integration of activities with outside consultants and collaborating groups.
  • Monitors the function of electronic equipment and ensures that it is maintained in good working order, and assists with comprehensive secure and confidential backup procedures on a continual basis.
  • Keeps detailed records of procedures and data and organizes those materials.
  • Maintains and assists in organizing paper and electronic research and data records.
  • Coordinates meetings and other activities with participating drug treatment centers and other collaborators.
  • Understands and adheres to Rutgers compliance standards as they appear in RBHS’ Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Position Status Full Time

Hours Per Week 

Daily Work Shift 

Work Arrangement 

FLSA Exempt

Grade 25S

Position Salary 

Annual Minimum Salary 68938.000

Annual Mid Range Salary 82759.000

Annual Maximum Salary 98285.000

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.

Seniority Unit

Terms of Appointment Staff - 12 month

Position Pension Eligibility ABP

  • Minimum Education and ExperienceMaster’s Degree from an accredited college or university in epidemiology, biostatistics, quantitative methods, public health, biomedical science, premedical studies, or a related field plus two (2) years of related research experience; or a Bachelor’s Degree with a major or concentration in one of the above fields plus three (3) years of related research experience.
  • Certifications/LicensesMust have a current New Jersey driver’s license.
  • Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
  • Excellent quantitative skills.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in use of Microsoft Office, including at a minimum Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Knowledge of SAS® Software or extensive experience in computer programming with R, Python, or other computer languages that require implementation of data procedures.
  • Preferred Qualifications
  • Prior research experience, especially in epidemiology, public health, or quantitative social science, is an asset.
  • Flexibility of hours is a plus.

Equipment Utilized

Physical Demands and Work Environment

  • Special Conditions
  • Must possess own vehicle or alternative means of transportation from one site to another.
  • May be involved in transporting frozen specimens, Rutgers biosafety training and certification related to transport will be required in advance.
  • This position may require some weekend or evening hours at the discretion of the Principal Investigator.

Posting Number 24ST0469

Posting Open Date

Special Instructions to Applicants

Regional Campus Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)

Home Location Campus Newark (RBHS)

City Newark

State NJ

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