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Job Title:SP - Research Assistant

Department:Center on Aging

Location:Farmington

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Search #:2023-1293

Closing Date:05/25/2023

Recruiter:Rucker, Pamela S.

At UConn Health this grant funded position will work with research team on a study of older adults receiving home and community based services. The primary task of this position involves interviewing research participants who receive services through Connecticut Department of Social Services/Medicaid programs for older adults about their goals of care.

 

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

Recruitment of participants for interviews, surveys or other research activities.

Conduct telephone and in person interviews of research participants

Data collection and entry.

Review data to ensure accuracy and work with team to analyze data

Use of project's web based data tracking system.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

 MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

Master's degree in the appropriate discipline (e.g. Public Health, Gerontology, Social Work or related discipline)

Excellent interpersonal, communication and problem solving skills

Must have attention to details and follow through

Proven ability to work independently

Willingness to travel statewide to complete in- person interviews

Reliable car for travel to in-person interviews within Connecticut

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience recruiting for and conducting interviews with research participants

Experience working with older adults and their families

Experience with the Internet, Outlook, Word Excel,PowerPoint, Access and REDCap

 HOURLY RATE: $26.79

 

Schedule: 40 hrs/wk, Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm with a 30 minute unpaid meal break

**********Some evening and weekend hours required. Must be flexible to change hours as project and interview schedules require.************* 

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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