Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Looking for Research Associate II (Data Manager) Full Time

Job Category

Staff & Executive – Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)

Overview

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.

Posting Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Research Associate II (Data Manager) for the Department of Medicine-Infectious Diseases within New Jersey Medical School.

Under the direction of the Data Operations and Management Center (DOMC) Director and Program Manager, the Data Manager is responsible for off-site study coordination and data management oversight of protocols positioned at international sites. The Data Manager will provide study coordination of specific protocols and will develop case report forms consistent with clinical protocols and investigator input. The Data Manager sets up SOPs for data collection sites to provide data capture and performs quality assurance audits to validate data in preparation for analysis by biostatisticians.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Works with investigators and DOMC staff to develop REDCap case report forms (CRFs) consistent with the approved protocol to capture clinical and laboratory data.
• Independently writes SAS programs to maintain and manage large research databases.
• Facilitates and coordinates orientation and trains volunteers/staff on instruments administration, data-gathering software and data collection.
• Maintains and manages research databases using Access and SAS software.
• Works with statisticians in creating the appropriate databases from collected data for analyses. Monitors data quality per standard operating procedures for each protocol with minimal supervision.
• Coordinates QA/QC with international on-site staff and Rutgers Study Coordinators.
• Summarizes and analyzes data.
• Assists in composing progress reports.

Position Status: Full Time

Daily Work Shift: Day

FLSA: Exempt

Grade: 23S

Position Salary: 63,232

Annual Minimum Salary: 63232.000

Annual Mid Range Salary: 75764.000

Annual Maximum Salary: 89873.000

Standard Hours: 37.50

Union Description: HPAE, Local 5094

Payroll Designation: PeopleSoft

Benefits

Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.
Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.

Terms of Appointment: Staff – 12 month

Position Pension Eligibility: ABP

Minimum Education and Experience

• PhD in a related science or a Master’s Degree in Public Health with research database experience plus three (3) years of experience in similar activities in scientific research experience as indicated.
• Minimum of 1 year of SAS programming experience.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Intermediate proficiency with other statistical packages (R, MS Excel, MS Access, etc.).
• Good understanding of clinical research components – data collection, human subjects protection, quality assurance and control.
• Excellent communication, organization y to learn and integrate other related computer applications into existing operations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong computer knowledge and graphic experience.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Must be able to exert force up to thirty pounds.
• Office environment.
• Occasional travel to different campuses.
• Occasional international travel may be requested.

Posting Open Date: 10/03/2023

Regional Campus: Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)

Home Location Campus: Newark (RBHS)

City

Newark

State

NJ