Clinical Research Assistant (human subject research / TBI)

Public Trust: NACLC (T3)

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to work alongside federal civilian agencies. Make an impact by providing services that help the government ensure the well being and support of U.S. citizens.

Job Description

GDIT’s Military Health Team is hiring a Clinical Research Assistant to support clinical investigations for the TBI Center of Excellence (TBICoE) located at Ft. Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

As the TBI Pathway of Care manager within the MHS, the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence promotes state-of-the-science care from point-of-injury to reintegration for service members, veterans, and their families to prevent and mitigate consequences of mild to severe TBI.

The Clinical Research Assistant is responsible for assisting with the performance of clinical research projects in a clinical or field based operational setting, including recruitment of potential study subjects, collection of data using psychometric and neuropsychometric tools, data scoring and entry, and scheduling participants for follow up appointments

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Recruits, screens, and consents research participants.
• Performs data collection, organization, and entry for clinical investigation projects.
• Performs data collection and entry quality checks and quality assurance.
• Maintains study related documents and supplies; secures, organizes and documents following all federal/ state regulations.
• Creates, collects, disseminates, maintains appropriate files of study data, and assists with review and completion of study manuals and SOPs.
• Schedules potential research participants for testing or evaluation.
• Completes protocol-specific testing and evaluation requirements. ​
• Facilitates follow-up assessment reminders and scheduling.
• Extracts data from patient medical records; transcribes and resolves data queries in case report forms (hardcopy or electronic); prepares documents, under direction of project leaders; reports statistical analyses and descriptive data from patient's study books to be used in research/clinical investigations/studies reports.
• Maintains awareness and compliance of research regulatory issues.
• Provides written and verbal updates to senior staff.
• Communicates regularly with study team, under direction of project leaders, via email and conference calling as needed.
• May assist with TBI program/project improvement initiatives at the site
• Assists with literature searches and/or obtaining and collating materials for reports, manuscripts, and meetings.
• Other duties consistent with the above responsibilities.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED (REQUIRED):

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 1+ year of experience in research/clinical investigations/studies required.
• Human Subjects training required.
• Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Ability to pass a T3 security investigation.

WHAT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER (PREFERRED):

• Prior experience within the DoW/VA systems of care strongly preferred.
• Experience using psychometric and neuropsychometric assessment tools, data scoring and entry.

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES FOR SUCCESS:

• Ability to follow detailed instructions required.
• Excellent communication and analytical skills required.
• S/he must adhere to legal, professional and ethical codes with respect to confidentiality and privacy.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match

• Comprehensive health and wellness packages

• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career

• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications

• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from

• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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Work Requirements

Years of Experience

1 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

None