Job Description

• Job Type: Short Term Casual
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Temporary
• End Date if Temporary: 5/31/2025
• Hours Per Week: 10
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: 22.50-22.50

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Position Summary

The Division of Scholarship and Research at the School of Nursing is recruiting a Student Research Worker to work as a part of Dr. Melissa Beauchemin???s research team. The casual will work closely with Dr. Beauchemin to support a research study that is testing the usability of a culturally adapted mHealth app for Spanish-speaking families of children who have undergone stem cell transplant.

The successful candidate must possess prior experience conducting research interviews, a high level of initiative, excellent organizational and communication skills, and be attentive to detail in addition to familiarity with data management, and ability to work on site in clinical locations.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

• Recruiting patients to the study;
• Conducting informed consent; administering surveys in clinical settings or over the telephone; collecting process-related datapoints;
• Assist maintaining a database of patient contacts, ensure the completeness and accuracy of data collected, and contribute to progress reports and manuscript preparation. 
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor???s degree and current enrollment at Columbia University.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous research experience is desired.

• Statistical and database management experience desired.

• At least one year of related experience, or equivalent in education, training and experience.

• Computer fluency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.

• Ability to work well in a team. 

• Bilingual (English/Spanish) is highly desirable

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.

About Columbia University

Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the university to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world.

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