Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC), established in 1971, offers a full continuum of evidence based behavioral health and addiction services for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors throughout New Jersey. UBHC's 1,060 experienced behavioral health professionals and support staff are dedicated to treatment, prevention, and education. UBHC, one of the largest providers of behavioral health care in the country, has a budget of $260 million and has 15 sites throughout New Jersey. Services are readily accessible and include: inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, screening, crisis stabilization, family/caregiver support, community outreach and case management, supportive housing, supported employment, prevention and consultation, employee assistance programs, and a licensed therapeutic school from preschool through high school. Specialty services include the New Jersey suicide prevention helpline and peer help lines for police, veterans, active military, teachers, mothers of special needs children and child protective service workers. In FY2016, UBHC treated 16,199 consumers, had 24,502 admissions, and touched the lives of 19,441 individual callers through peer support. In addition, UBHC is the primary mental health training resource for the New Jersey departments of Human Services, Children and Families, and Corrections, delivering 16,000 trainings each year.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Research Teaching Specialist I for the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research Department within Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care.The primary purpose of the Research Teaching Specialist I is to serve as the lead statistical resource for large, complex health services research studies funded by the NIH and other competitive funders, as well as the State of New Jersey and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Under the direction of the Director of the Center, the Associate Director for Data & Analytics and/or Principal Investigator, the incumbent designs and conducts highly specialized technical research. The incumbent supervises a junior member of the analytic staff; contributes to project and resource planning; understands and keeps abreast of all federal state, agency, grant, and center standards for ensuring human subjects privacy protection; and collaborates with other members of the investigative team to develop rigorous scientific projects that avance the Center's mission of informing state health policy and expand the Center's research portfolio. This position will also contribute to the scientific advancement of the Institute for Health's Survey Data Core.Among the key duties of this position are the following:

Consistent with the current application of Rutgers Policy 60.3.22 or the applicable provisions of relevant collective negotiations agreements, this position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement. Flexible work arrangements are not permanent, are subject to change or discontinuation, and contingent on the employee receiving approval in the FlexWork@RU Application System.

Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.

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