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Req #: 235773

Department: PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Posting Date: 06/20/2024

Closing Info: Closes On 06/27/2024

Salary: $3,477 - $3,907 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-summary-classified-staff-greater-than-half-time-20220908_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.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (PBSCI) within the UW School of Medicine is the third largest clinical department with 285 full-time faculty members, 280 clinical faculty members, and over 300 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 $35 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 and Behavioral Sciences is recruiting for a Research Study Assistant. POSITION PURPOSE Under the supervision of Dr. Jill Locke, the Co-Executive Director of the School Mental Health Assessment, Research, and Training (SMART) Center, the Research Assistant provides support for behavioral science research studies involving human subjects. Activities include taking a supporting role 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 RUBI in Educational Settings intervention trial in public schools.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support data collection efforts in schools.

• Support the identification and recruitment of human subjects for multiple SMART Center projects including outreach to school partners.

• Help schedule human subject activities (interviews, focus groups, electronic surveys). Monitor workflow for field activities.

• Ensure timely data entry and cleaning.

• Support the preparation of human subject applications, writing and editing technical reports and manuscripts for publication or presentation. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Two years of college-level course work in a relevant academic area AND one year of appropriate experience OR equivalent education/experience. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience working with individuals with autism or interest in implementation science methods.

• Experience with research interviews and administering 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. ```

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.