{"id":19865,"date":"2017-06-08T09:42:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T09:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/research-assistant-position-available-working-on-alzheimers\/"},"modified":"2017-06-08T09:42:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T09:42:41","slug":"research-assistant-position-available-working-on-alzheimers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/research-assistant-position-available-working-on-alzheimers\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Assistant position available working on Alzheimer&#8217;s"},"template":"","news_categories":[10,11],"news_tags":[],"class_list":["post-19865","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-job-opportunity","news_categories-student-news"],"acf":{"intro_text_subtitle":"","intro_text_body":"<p>Be part of Rush University Medical Center and their commitment to advancing scientific medical knowledge through research.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Position<\/strong>: Alzheimer Center Research Assistant 2 position in the RUSH Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Center,\u00a0conducts a variety of established research and clinic functions under direct supervision.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Responsibilities<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Schedules research participants for all trial-related activities required by research protocol<\/li>\n<li>Obtains, stores and ships biological specimens according to research protocol. This includes drawing blood and collecting additional specimens as necessary.<\/li>\n<li>Collects data via in-person and\/or telephone interviews with clinic patients, participants and caregivers<\/li>\n<li>Administers and scores an assortment of neuropsychological, lifestyle and physical function tests with patients, participants and caregivers<\/li>\n<li>Promptly enters data into electronic forms and\/or web-based applications. This includes checking data for completeness and accuracy<\/li>\n<li>Utilizes internal web-based systems to schedule, track, and update participant and patient information<\/li>\n<li>Maintains participant and patient charts including editing for completeness and accuracy<\/li>\n<li>Reviews patient charts to determine eligibility status according to research protocol<\/li>\n<li>Applies a thorough knowledge of the research protocols to serve as a resource person to the clinicians and study coordinators<\/li>\n<li>Assists clinicians and study coordinators as necessary to ensure research protocol compliance and to maximize overall participant satisfaction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Qualifications<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bachelor\u2019s degree preferred<\/li>\n<li>Phlebotomy skills preferred<\/li>\n<li>Strong interpersonal skills necessary to interact with a diverse group of people including elderly patients, caregivers, and staff<\/li>\n<li>Must have good organizational skills and ability to prioritize, good judgment and decision-making skills, skill in attending to detail and accuracy in scoring test results<\/li>\n<li>Ability to work well both independently and in a group setting in order to meet project goals<\/li>\n<li>Computer proficiency<\/li>\n<li>Day travel within the greater Chicago area and surrounding suburbs required. Access to an automobile in good working condition required Knowledge of data recording and procedures in clinical studies desirable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information go to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rush.igreentree.com\/CSS_External\/CSSPage_SearchAndBrowseJobs.ASP?T=20170609145754&amp;\">Rush University Medical Center Job Search <\/a><\/strong>and type the job number, <strong>2016-1837<\/strong> into the bottom search.<\/p>\n","intro_text_excerpt":"New graduates, consider this great full-time employment at the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center as a research assistant","content_author":"Viviana Kabbabe-Thompson","content_sticky":false,"intro_text_include_image":false,"intro_text_image":false,"intro_text_image_alt_text":"","intro_text_image_caption":"","intro_text_image_attribution":"","news_include_thumbnail":false,"news_thumbnail_image":false,"news_thumbnail_image_alt_text":""},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/19865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/19865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=19865"},{"taxonomy":"news_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tags?post=19865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}