Recruitment/Posting Title Temporary Research Assistant Job Category Staff & Executive - Research Support (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory) Department NJMS-Medicine-Infectious Diseases 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.

Rutgers RBHS is an anchor institution that boasts locations in Newark, New Jersey, a city of promise. Posting Summary Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Temporary Research Assistant in Medicine – Infectious Diseases for New Jersey Medical School.

Under the direction of the Principal Investigator(s), Data and Operations Management Center (DOMC) Director and other leadership, the Temporary Research Assistant is responsible for data collection, quality assurance of collected data (clinical, laboratory, demographic), regulatory submissions, routine data management tasks for data transmitted from the international sites, manuscript development, proposal assistance and other relevant scientific activities.

Among the key duties of this position are the following: Work with international sites in data capture, quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) and regulatory activities during protocol conduct. Work with investigators, statisticians and study coordinators in design and set-up of case report forms (CRFs) for specific clinical, translational and basic science protocols. Work with study coordinators and database programmer to develop appropriate and detailed standard operating procedures, training manuals and other materials for study conduct and data collection in the clinic, field and laboratory. Generate and respond to data queries for quality assurance of data collected in the field. Identify missing, incorrect and illogical responses for queries to field sites for correction. Maintain databases as per operating procedures and under guidance of database programmer and study coordinator(s). Position Status Part Time Hours Per Week Daily Work Shift Work Arrangement FLSA Nonexempt Grade 99H Position Salary 16/hour Annual Minimum Salary Annual Mid Range Salary Annual Maximum Salary Standard Hours 35.00 Union Description Non-Union 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 Temporary Staff Appointment - Hourly Position Pension Eligibility