Research Assistant - Cardiovascular Medicine

Department:

SOM KC Cardiovascular Medicine

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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:

• Resume/CV

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. https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

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 rang