Research Study Coordinator 2

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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 overall annual operations funding from all sources is over $130 million.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time Research Study Coordinator 2 (RSC2)(NE S SEIU 925 Non Supv). Under the supervision of the Center Manager, the RSC will support the Perinatal Mental Health & Substance Use Education, Research & Clinical Consultation (PERC) Center's various projects. The PERC Center aims to transform perinatal mental health and substance use care through excellence in clinical consultation, education, and health services research.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Training Support and Evaluation: (35%)

Coordinate the implementation and evaluation of provider trainings and other day-to-day tasks, as necessary.

Build out and test evaluation data collection tools.

Complex calendaring for projects.

Provide general support to the PERC Center as needed.

Research and evaluation of existing projects: (15%)

Assist in all aspects of developing research and evaluation projects, including designing studies, developing methodology, and data collection, analysis, interpretation, and reporting to determine research methods best suited to project objectives.

Utilize statistical and database management software to analyze qualitative and quantitative data collection gathered in studies, producing comprehensive narrative reports, charts, graphs, illustrations, and tables.

Conduct literature reviews to analyze data and create concise narrative reports to ensure research methods best suited to study are utilized.

Human Subjects: (50%)

Assist with recruiting research subjects by establishing guidelines for identifying subject populations.

Design and develop various forms, questionnaires, and clinic protocols to systematically gather and consolidate observations and data.

Conduct informed consent discussions, interviews, research assessments with research subjects and review human subjects' applications and consent forms in compliance with applicable federal and state regulations.

Create and deliver participant packets and other study materials, as needed.

Complete data entry and accuracy-check tasks.

Track participants/make reminder calls.

Assist with written reports, study mail outs, participant incentives and other study-related duties, and provide referral services to participants.

Assist with Institutional Review Board (IRB) applications, IRB modifications, protocols, and workflows.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

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 subjects.

OR equivalent education/experience.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Fluent in Spanish & English

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Ability to self-motivate and work independently with limited supervision and as part of a team.

Competitive candidates will be attentive to detail.

Experience with software applications including but not limited REDCap, MS Office (OneDrive, Outlook, Word and Excel),

Excellent writing and communication skills, particularly in the context of collaborating with and coordinating investigators from multiple organizations.

Demonstrated ability to problem-solve effectively and collaboratively and manage concurrent tasks with flexibility and accountability.

Two years of college level course work in a relevant academic area and two years of experience as a Research Study Assistant.

Demonstrated experience and interest in coordinating research that involves people with mental health and/or substance use concerns.

Demonstrated experience and interest in interacting with research subjects that have mental health and/or substance use concerns.

Experience conducting quantitative and qualitative data analyses.

Training in CITI Human Subjects and HIPAA Compliance protocols.

Interest in perinatal mental health/substance use care.

Grant and manuscript writing experience.

Experience coordinating research at the UW.