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Req #: 233630

Department: SCHOOL OF MEDICINE:PSYCHIATRY & BEHAVIORAL SCI

Appointing Department Web Address: https://psychiatry.uw.edu/

Job Location Detail: Harborview Medical Center

Posting Date: 04/29/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $3477 - $3907 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-summary-classified-staff-greater-than-half-time-20220908_a11y.pdf)

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine is the third largest clinical department within the School of Medicine with 330 full-time faculty members, 460 courtesy faculty members, and over 350 staff. Department faculty provide clinical services in 5 hospitals, 14 primary care locations, and several outpatient sites in addition to telepsychiatry consultations to more than 150 clinics in Washington and beyond. As the only academic psychiatry department serving the five state WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho), the Department’s highly competitive residency training program is largely responsible for developing the mental health workforce in the Pacific Northwest. The Department’s robust research portfolio totals $67 million in grants and contracts per year for projects ranging from clinical neurosciences to treatment development to health policy and population health. The Department is recognized as an international leader in developing, testing, and implementing Collaborative Care, an integrated care model increasingly seen as a solution for population-based mental health care. Other areas of excellence include Addictions, Autism, High Risk Youth, Neurosciences, and Trauma, and the Department is developing innovative new programs in Technology and Mental Health, Global Mental Health, Maternal and Child Mental Health, and Targeted Intervention Development.

The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine currently has an outstanding opportunity for a Temporary Research Study Assistant. Psychiatry is the third largest department in the School of Medicine and the largest non-divisioned department. The overall annual operations funding from all sources is over $130 million.

This Fixed Duration Appointment (FDA) Research Study Assistant (RA) for the Harborview-based Trauma Survivors Outcomes and Support (TSOS) research program. TSOS currently supports two trauma center studies: one investigation funded through the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) and one funded through the Patient-Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI). The RA will assist with the day-to-day administration of both studies which aim to develop new interventions for injured trauma survivors.

Competitive candidates will be detail-oriented, conscientious, and able to complete diverse types of tasks, take direction from more than one person, and communicate effectively with a diverse group of people. There is also potential for promotion to higher levels of research tasks and positions. This position is ideal for recent graduates interested in pursuing a PhD, Masters-level degree, or equivalent graduate education in a related field.

Responsibilities

• Recruit injured patients from inpatient trauma center and emergency department settings. • Track progress of patients enrolled in the NIMH-funded studies; complete follow-up interviews, which may be completed over the telephone or in-person. • Enter data, and ensure data quality using SPSS, Excel, and web-based platforms such as REDCap. May prepare summary narrative reports, graphs, tables, charts and illustrations. • Contact trauma center staff and administer surveys to trauma center staff at trauma centers nationwide. • Maintain confidentiality of research data and participant records. • Copy-edit and assist in the preparation of manuscripts, presentations, reports and grants submissions, including text and tables/figures. • Conduct literature reviews. • Draft and copy edit various professional correspondences. • Assist in drafting/editing IRB application/modification content, filing IRB communications and approval letters, creating and maintaining tracking databases for invoices and site-specific data, drafting email communications, and filing regulatory paperwork. • Assist with administrative duties including scheduling meetings, planning travel, reimbursing expenses, and filing paperwork. • Communicate daily with project personnel. Notify appropriate research personnel regarding problems or complications reported by participants or sites. Attend regular project meetings, supervision, and work collaboratively with staff. • Coding qualitative human subject data and standardized patient data interviews for quality assessment. • Perform other related duties as assigned/required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Two years college-level coursework in a relevant academic area AND one- year appropriate experience OR equivalent education/experience.

Desirable Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related academic area or equivalent education/experience. • Experience on a research team. • Interest in mental health and/or trauma/injury research.

Application Process:

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University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.