Recruitment/Posting Title Temporary Research Assistant Job Category Staff & Executive - Allied Health Department SHP-Health Informatics 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. Posting Summary Rutgers School of Health Professions (SHP) is seeking a Temporary Research Assistant to work in the Health Informatics Department.

The Research Assistant will assist the faculty member in the conduct of the faculty member’s multiple research studies. Among the key duties for this position are the following: responsible for providing research activities support to the faculty member, such as participants recruitment (contact participants), screening, and enrollment in accordance with federal, state and institutional guidelines, protocol development, data collection, various types of record keeping, assist in statistical analysis and data coding, presentation and manuscripts preparation, etc. Available for some evening and weekend for collecting data from the participants. Attends research study meetings in person or video chats. Willing to help recruit participants from local fairs and gatherings (non-school settings), etc.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following:

Assist with protocol initiation and development, alongside PI and study team. Assist with eIRB initiation. Human subjects’ recruitment, management, monitoring. Data collection and data management (e.g., interviews, surveys, experiments). Support grant-related research activities. Assist with data clean, data analysis, and data interpretation. Assist with data collection in RedCap/Qualtrics. Assist with presentation and manuscripts preparation. Performs other related duties as assigned. Position Status Part Time Hours Per Week Daily Work Shift Work Arrangement Consistent with the current application of Rutgers Policy 60.3.22 or the applicable provisions of relevant collective negotiations agreements, this position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement. Flexible work arrangements are not permanent, are subject to change or discontinuation, and contingent on the employee receiving approval in the FlexWork@RU Application System. FLSA Nonexempt Grade 99H Position Salary $16.00 per hour Annual Minimum Salary 00.00 Annual Mid Range Salary 0.00 Annual Maximum Salary 0.00 Standard Hours 35.00 Union Description Hourly Employees 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 Temporary Staff Appointment - Hourly Position Pension Eligibility None