Research Assistant II - 991389

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Primary Purpose:

Contributes to basic and applied research activities. Assists scientists in laboratories and in clinical trial related work. Sets up, operates, and maintains laboratory instruments and equipment, monitors experiments, makes observations, and calculates and records results.

This position is contingent on the availability and continuation of external-funding and/or contract. As such, any offer of employment may be withdrawn or employment ended in the event the external funding and/or contract ceases or is reduced.

 

Job Category: Non-Exempt

Hiring Range: 

Pay Basis:  Hourly

Subject to Grant Funding? Yes  

Essential Job Functions: 

1. Conducts research or assists in the conduct of research, including the collection of information and samples.
2. Analyzes experimental data and interprets results to write reports and summaries of findings.
3. Keeps detailed logs of all work-related activities.
4. Uses computers, computer-interfaced equipment, robotics or high-technology industrial applications to perform work duties.
5. Cleans, maintains, and prepares supplies and work areas.
6. Sets up, adjusts, calibrates, cleans, maintains and troubleshoots laboratory and field equipment.
7. Advances expertise through education, training, and/or research experience.
8. Assesses eligibility of potential subjects through methods such as screening interviews, reviews of medical records, and discussions with physicians and nurses.
9. Informs patients or caregivers about study aspects and outcomes to be expected.
10. Schedules subjects for appointments as required by study protocols.
11. Oversees subject enrollment to ensure that informed consent is properly obtained and documented.
12. Tracks enrollment status of subjects and documents dropout information such as dropout causes and subject contact efforts.
13. Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Job Requirements: 

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: Knowledge:
1. English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
2. Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Skills:
1. Reading Comprehension - Proficient understanding of written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
2. Active Listening - Proficient skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to under the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
3. Critical Thinking - Proficient skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
4. Science - Proficient skills using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
5. Complex Problem Solving - Proficient skills in identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
6. Active Learning - Proficient skills in understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
7. Judgment and Decision Making - Proficient skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
8. Speaking - Proficient skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.
9. Systems Analysis – Proficient skills in determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Abilities:
1. Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
2. Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g