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Req #: 232974

Department: DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Posting Date: 04/08/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $4,736 - $10,031 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230701_a11y.pdf )

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty. All of which has allowed the UW to be nationally recognized as a “Great College to Work For” for four consecutive years.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine is the third largest clinical department within the School of Medicine with 330 full-time faculty members, 460 courtesy faculty members, and over 350 staff. Department faculty provide clinical services in 5 hospitals, 14 primary care locations, and several outpatient sites in addition to telepsychiatry consultations to more than 150 clinics in Washington and beyond. As the only academic psychiatry department serving the five state WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho), the Department’s highly competitive residency training program is largely responsible for developing the mental health workforce in the Pacific Northwest. The Department’s robust research portfolio totals $67 million in grants and contracts per year for projects ranging from clinical neurosciences to treatment development to health policy and population health. The Department is recognized as an international leader in developing, testing, and implementing Collaborative Care, an integrated care model increasingly seen as a solution for population-based mental health care. Other areas of excellence include Addictions, Autism, High Risk Youth, Neurosciences, and Trauma, and the Department is developing innovative new programs in Technology and Mental Health, Global Mental Health, Maternal and Child Mental Health, and Targeted Intervention Development.

The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine currently has an outstanding opportunity for a full time Research Coordinator. Psychiatry is the third largest department in the School of Medicine and the largest non-divisioned department. This individual will report to the Associate Director of Human Resources. The overall annual operations funding from all sources is over $130 million.

Under the supervision of Dr. Jill Locke, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, the Research Coordinator provides support for behavioral science research studies involving human subjects. Activities include taking a lead role on the coordination of one or more school-based research projects with community partners, including the development and monitoring of research procedures; responsibility for quality assurance systems to accomplish research goals; contribution to the analysis of research study results and the preparation of reports for review boards, funders, and publication.

This position will primarily support the implementation trial of a recess-based intervention (Remaking Recess) for autistic students and their classmates who are socially isolated or peripheral on the playground. The study will evaluate a multi-phase implementation strategy to support Remaking Recess use across different interventions for individuals with autism, settings, and ages.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate multiple data collection efforts in schools, through data management and survey distribution platforms such as REDCap and Qualtrics. (25%)

• Oversee the identification and recruitment of human subjects (i.e., school educator, parents, and children) for multiple projects including writing and reviewing human subjects’ applications, developing consent forms and human subject procedures in compliance with applicable regulations. (25%)

• Implement research protocol and monitor participant adherence to protocol; take action to correct problems such as deviation from protocol requirements; verify accuracy of data. (15%)

• Coordinate and participate in study recruitment, scheduling, and human subject activities (interviews, focus groups, electronic surveys) and participation in the study. Monitor workflow for field activities; serve as primary contact for research assistants regarding field activities. (10%)

• Establish and maintain contact with community partners (e.g., school principals, teachers, and paraeducators), act as a liaison between the project team and research project partners and funding agencies. (10%)

• Assist in design of procedures for collecting and summarizing data and the development of procedures for the design of measurement instruments and scoring systems. (5%)

• Ensure timely data entry and cleaning and use statistical and database management programs to analyze data and prepare summary narrative reports, graphs, tables, charts, and illustrations. (5%)

• Prepare human subject applications, writing and editing technical reports and manuscripts for publication or presentation. (5%) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in psychology, sociology, education, public health, or other social/behavioral sciences.

• Minimum of two years of experience coordinating the operations of clinical, biomedical, or behavioral research studies involving human subjects.

• Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Experience coordinating school based and/or community-based research involving human subjects.

• Experience working with autistic individuals. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience conducting research interviews.

• Experience developing, editing, administering, and tracking electronic surveys.

• Experience working with public schools.

• Ability to effectively communicate with study participants and community partners.

• Strong organizational skills and ability to meet competing priorities.

• Knowledge of software applications including proficiency using MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel & Access); REDCap; Qualtrics; SPSS; NVivo; R. Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are access ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.