Casual Research Assistant III - Internal Medicine

Location: Texas Medical Center-Houston, Texas

Category: Research

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Requisition #: 240002B4

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

*Position Description: * An approximately 10-20% time Casual Research Assistant (RA) position is available in the UTHealth McGovern Medical School Department of Medicine. The primary role of this position is to support an ongoing federally funded research project exploring teamwork between patients and ambulatory clinicians and understanding how that teamwork can improve patient safety.  Position may begin as early as October 2024. This position is mostly remote but may require occasional travel to Houston. Hours will fluctuate weekly with the project demands.

*Major Responsibilities: * The RA will be responsible for working in a team setting with the physician faculty members and other RAs. This person will be responsible for conducting literature reviews, data collection through surveys, interviews, and observations, data analysis, and assisting with conference presentations and manuscript preparation.

POSITION KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Plans and implements research experiments according to research protocol. Research activitiesmay include some or all of the following: patient recruiting and screening, traditional laboratoryexperiments and activities, informatics, field interviewer recruiting, screening, and training and/oranimal laboratories.

• Makes independent decisions as required, which may impact research team or assigned project.

• Maintains accurate and timely records which may include notebooks, records, databases, etc. asneeded by the research project.

• Assists with identifying type and quality of supplies needed for research project to ensure costeffectiveness and ensure smooth operations.

• May monitor laboratory and/or other supplies to ensure sufficient inventory to support researchprojects.

• May maintain clean laboratory equipment and/or work area to ensure a safe and efficient workenvironment.

• Stays abreast of new and updated protocols for research department. Participates in continuingeducation programs, seminars, and workshops.

• May provide guidance and training of laboratory technicians, field interviewers, research subjects,support staff and/or other assistants to ensure efficient, timely and high quality results.

• May provide updates to P.I. regarding research progress.

• Complies with all governmental and University policies, rules, regulation and codes.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

• Advanced knowledge of concepts of research field assigned.

• Basic knowledge of standard Office Software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook is required.

• It is essential that this person possesses exceptional organizational abilities.

• This person should be self-motivated, be able to work independently and efficiently.

• This person should be detail oriented.

• Must possess good time management skills.

• This person should have excellent written and oral communication skills. 

• Experience in qualitative research methodologies is preferred.

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in appropriate field of science or relevant experience in lieu of education.

Preferred Education:

• Possession of a Master's degree in public health or similar is preferred.

Minimum Experience:

• Two (2) years of related experience in a research or clinical lab environment.

• May substitute required experience with equivalent years of education beyond the minimum education requirement.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects. This position may include work involving potentially hazardous chemical, biological or radioactive agents.

Security Sensitive:

This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.

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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)

Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.

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Work location is based on the needs of the department and may be adjusted.