Description

Job Description

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) School of Nursing is seeking a part-time Clinical Research Assistant (Contractual Contingent-I, 15-25 hours per week) to work in the Cancer Control Mind & Body Lab directed by Dr. Ian Kleckner within the Department of Pain and Translational Symptom Science. The goal of the Cancer Control Mind & Body Lab is to understand how the body and brain produce subjective feelings (emotions, symptoms, etc.) and use that knowledge to help patients with cancer feel better.

PRIMARY DUTIES:

The Clinical Research Assistant will help conduct research studies in Baltimore that assess the role of the brain in chemotherapy side-effects such as neuropathy, pain, and distress. Specific job duties would include helping to identify eligible patients at University of Maryland Baltimore and in the Baltimore area more broadly, as well as working with patients to describe the study to them, consenting participants, collecting study data, helping with study assessments, regulatory aspects of our studies, and possibly data analysis, literature reviews, and writing reports or manuscripts.

Qualifications:

Qualifications

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in a scientific field of study related to the research of the clinical setting.

EXPERIENCE: Prior clinical research experience preferred

SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE: N/A

CERTIFICATION/ LICENSURE: N/A

Except for qualifications established by law, additional related experience and formal education in which one has gained the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for full performance of the work of the job class may be substituted for the education or experience requirement on a year-for-year basis with 30 undergraduate college credits being equivalent to one year of related experience. In instances where specific education and/or experience is required only directly related education and/or experience may be substituted.

Hiring Range: $21.60/hr.- $22.50/hr.

UMB is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workforce and is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, sex, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, marital status, protected veteran's status, or any other legally protected classification.

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