Clinical Research Assistant I- The Program for Patient Safety/Quality

We are looking for enthusiastic, intelligent, and organized individuals for a full-time research assistant position working with faculty members in the Program for Patient Safety and Quality (PPSQ) and the Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM) at Boston Children's Hospital.

The Program for Patient Safety and Quality oversees the safety and quality of care provided at Boston Children's including running enterprise-wide quality improvement initiatives. The CEPQM is funded through the national Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) to extend the Center's prior work that developed pediatric quality of care measures for broad national use. CEPQM received additional funding to develop a telemedicine pediatric patient experience survey which will be one of the main projects of the coming year.

This Clinical Research Assistant I will be responsible for:

• Preparing institutional review board (IRB) documentation and submissions; serving as liaison with participating study sites and funding agencies.
• Screening, consenting, recruitment, and selection of patients for studies.
• Conducting data collection activities and preparing analytical reports; and helping to draft manuscripts, summaries, and presentations for submission to medical journals and conferences.
• Provides detailed background information regarding studies to families, communicates all policies and procedures, and responds to all inquiries.
• Evaluates suitability of prospective study candidates and makes selections based upon clinical knowledge of each study.
• Serves as liaison to the families/patients in the research studies, conducted at both on site and off site locations, guiding and advising them throughout each phase of the study.
• Coordinates follow up visits as necessary.
• Acts as a resource to study participants, addressing any concerns they may have.
• Troubleshoots resolution of any issues that may arise throughout the study.
• Coordinates and prepares the necessary documentation for Institutional Review Board IRB and Committee on Clinical Investigations CCI submissions, together with the Private Investigator of the study.
• Creates and prepares data collection statistical reports and analytical summaries for distribution to study research team for review and analysis.
• Writes articles and summary papers of studies for submission to medical journals, as may be necessary/requested.
• Participates in the training of newly hired research study assistants, as required.
• Coordinates activities between the hospital and research laboratories to ensure correct testing/processing and send out instructions specific to the study.
• Communicates project policies and procedures to personnel.
• Monitors and reviews data collection and data entry, and informed consent procedures, ensuring consistency of application for each study.
• Performs other miscellaneous administrative duties as assigned or required.

In order to qualify, you must have:

• A Bachelor's Degree in STEM or Psychology.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize assignments.
• Ability to become familiar with new topics quickly.
• Attentiveness to details.