Temp Research Assistant Emergency Med

Temple University's Emergency Medicine Department is searching for a Temporary Research Assistant.

Hourly Rate $15.00/hour

Position Summary We are looking for enthusiastic and hard-working Medical Students to join the Emergency Medicine Research Team for the Summer as a Research Assistant! You will learn to screen patients for eligibility for research studies, how to enroll patients in research studies, and assist with data acquisition and other hands-on clinical tasks as needed. You will work directly with clinical investigators and research staff who have direct contact with patients and families in the inpatient and outpatient settings.

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor's and at least six months of directly related experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Required Skills and Abilities
*Must have strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with a diverse population of patients, students, faculty, staff, and program participants.

*Ability to operate all standard office equipment/software, including MS Office and MS Excel.

*Ability to work independently or as a team with attention to detail and adherence to project deadlines.

Essential duties

* Patient Recruitment and Enrollment

* Data Entry into RedCAP

* Chart Review in our EMR

* Processing Labs

* Academic and Literature review in order to attain relevant background information for the assigned research project

* Assist in designing experiments, surveys, studies, and other projects to generate data and test hypotheses

* Collect data through interviews, observations, experiments, questionnaires, and other methods

* Records, processes data, and handles samples following established Department Protocols

* Organize research materials in databases, archives, or storage facilities.

This position requires a background check

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Compliance Statement:In the performance of their functions as detailed in the position description employees have an obligation to avoid ethical, legal, financial and other conflicts of interest to ensure that their actions and outside activities do not conflict with their primary employment responsibilities at the institution. Employees are also expected to understand and be in compliance with applicable laws, University and employment policies and regulations, including NCAA regulations for areas and departments which their essential functions cause them to interact.

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