Job Description
Department: SOM KC Cardiovascular Medicine
CCR - Research Support
Position Title: Research Assistant - Cardiovascular Medicine
Job Family Group: Professional Staff
Job Description Summary: The position requires expertise through formal training as well as experience in most aspects of outcomes based clinical research in the Division of Interventional Cardiology and Vascular Medicine in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine. This includes large database management and desaturation, statistical analysis including advanced techniques, and an ability to write manuscripts, research proposals, grants, and other research related activities. The employee will also assist with clinical trials and clinical registries with data entry. The individual will be required to fulfill all credentialing and exam requirements to be able to conduct human subjects research at the University of Kansas Medical Center. The individual chosen should be a team player and a leader as they will be working with medical students, residents, fellows as well as attending physicians. Highest ethical standards for clinical research are mandatory.
Job Description: Required Qualifications Education : Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, or Clinical Research
Work Experience :
- Experience writing for medical journals.
- Data management
Preferred Qualifications Education : Master's, MD, or related degree
Work Experience : Data based and outcomes research
Skills: - SPSS, R, SAS and other statistical software
- Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office Suite
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Organizational skills
Job Duties Outlined: •
- Delegate and coordinate assignments to team members, including medical students and other KUMC staff members.
- Keep research meeting minutes.
- Mange and track daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly task lists.
- Data management and statistical analysis
- Write abstracts/manuscripts.
- Process manuscript submissions, including communicating with journals and timely resubmissions.
- Help prepare grant applications.
- Request and obtain secure access to protected health information.
- Comply and maintain data security per KUMC/TUKHS policies and approvals.
- This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Required Documents: Comprehensive Benefits Package: Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available.
Employee Type: Regular
Time Type: Full time
Rate Type: Hourly
Compensation Statement: The pay range listed for this position is determined by our compensation program using market data and salary benchmarking. A combination of factors is considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, education, experience and training, qualifications relative to the requirements of the position, and funding. At the University of Kansas Medical Center, a reasonable estimate for the starting pay range will be the minimum to midpoint of the posted range, taking into account the combination of factors listed above.
Pay Range: $22.66 - $32.85
Minimum $22.66
Midpoint $27.75
Maximum $32.85 University of Kansas Medical Center
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Holiday work, Full time, Work experience placement,