Recruitment/Posting Title Research Teaching Specialist II ("Study Rater"), Multiple Vacancies Job Category Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory) Department RWJ-Psychiatry-IMHS-ZM1604 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 six centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, clinical and translational research, 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 including New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Blackwood, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, 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, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Research Teaching Specialist II for the department of Psychiatry at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Under the direction of the Director of the Center for Psychiatric Health & Genomics (CPHG), the Research Teaching Specialist II (“Study Rater”) is responsible for the conduct of representative studies of persons with psychiatric illness and those with no mental health diagnosis, including recruitment and enrollment of participants from diverse ethnic communities and the Rutgers University catchment area through administration of screening and clinical diagnostic instruments and surveys. Current funded research studies focus on the enrollment of minorities under-represented in research, in particular those of Latinx and African ancestry.

Among the key duties of this position are the following: Participates as part of the enrollment team to establish diagnostic validity and reliability standards for the use of psychiatric diagnostic instruments, including the Diagnostic Instrument for Psychosis and Affective Disorders (DIPAD). Performs semi-structured diagnostic interviews relevant to ongoing investigatory activities of the CPHG, independently or as assigned. Independently follows research protocols including administering study consent, study diagnostic instruments, providing compensation to participants and recording all data in the study database. Assists with the instructing and training of lower-level study raters, recruiters and phlebotomists to develop the skills necessary to perform the required functions. Is responsible for maintenance, filing and other administrative duties for participants enrolled, consistent with research protocols. Assists with financial management as it relates to study participation (i.e. subject compensation and necessary documentation). Position Status Full Time Hours Per Week Daily Work Shift Work Arrangement FLSA Exempt Grade 25S Position Salary Annual Minimum Salary 70041.00 Annual Mid Range Salary 84083.00 Annual Maximum Salary 99858.00 Standard Hours 37.50 Union Description HPAE 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