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Job Posting Title:

MSL Clinical Research Assistant

Location:

Dallas - Hospital

Additional Posting Details:

This post-graduate position is a 1 year program with benefits included.

Monday - Friday

8:00am - 4.30pm

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Assist with patient evaluations, run equipment, and assist in all aspects of patient testing visits.

• Assist with data collection and processing and analysis for all movement assessments in children and young adults.

• Provide technical assistance for the Movement Science Lab.

• Serve as research assistant to the Movement Science Lab senior staff.

• Organize data and generate data summaries for the PI or other study personnel to conduct statistical analyses

• Assist in abstract preparation

• Present research findings or study updates at in-house conferences 

• Demonstrates ability to interact with pre-school, school-age, and adolescent children at developmentally appropriate level

• Other reasonably related duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in bioengineering, biomechanics, computer science, or a related field with an interest in biomechanics, motion analysis required

• Experience with computers required, programming experience preferred

• Knowledge of biomedical terminology, anatomy and biomechanics preferred

• Knowledge or previous experience in a Movement Science Lab preferred

• Experience with motion capture preferred

• Must be self-motivated, take direction, ask questions, and respond to feedback

• Able to work successfully both independently and in group-settings

• Expected to work at a last pace with attention to detail

• Office, research, or health care experience preferred

• Experience with electronic medical records preferred

• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite

Research Assistants are expected to be actively involved in all aspects of patient engagement from greeting and introducing the family to the lab through assisting during all aspects of patient testing. Based on their interests, RAs may have occasional, one-time, shadowing opportunities in other areas of the hospital. Regardless of their background, the successful candidate can expect to work as a part of an interdisciplinary team that encourages collaboration. This may involve orthopedics, sports medicine (Frisco MSL), neurology, physical therapy, psychology, engineering.