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Clinical Research Assistant

Pay Range: $50,000– $52,000per year
The pay range listed reflects the anticipated base compensation for this role. Actual compensation will be determined based on skills, experience, education, and internal equity.
Benefits Eligibility: Our commitment to employee well-being is reflected in our competitive benefits package located here: https://www.iit.edu/hr/benefits

Position Summary

Assists with various aspects of human clinical trials with supervision. Aspects of clinical trials include recruiting, screening, enrollment, scheduling subject visits, data entry, quality control, anthropometic measurements, study food preparation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists with coordination of clinical trials: Recruiting, screening, enrollment, scheduling
  subject visits, data entry, quality control, anthropometic measurements, study food
  preparation.
• Lab (kitchen lab and bio-labs) responsibilities will include sample/specimen preparation
  and processing, prepare food/meal per protocol and standard operating procedures.
  Food record analyses.
• Follows procedures to clean and sterilize lab (kitchen lab and bio-labs) equipment; assists in setting up, adjusting, operating and maintaining equipment and instruments according to procedures
• Follows established safety regulations and procedures. Performs routine maintenance as needed.
• Records data on trial-specified forms. Enters data into specified databases. Completes control checks on data after entry.
• Assists in supply inventory, maintains logs/journals.

Qualifications

• Requires B.S. degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or related field. Internship experience preferred.
• Requires analytical skills and attention to detail in conducting experiments. Requires basic nutrition and food knowledge. Requires basic knowledge in anthropometrics. Ability to multitask on projects and demonstrate good results orientation through a pro-active and team based approach.

Preferred Competencies

• Communicates basic data and facts in a clear and concise manner to Supervisor in both verbal and written communications. Demonstrates good listening skills. Internal communications are routine and frequent.
• Communicates with line supervisor and project leader to determine immediate needs and deliverables. Performs basic internal communications referencing established timelines and metrics.

Physical Environment and Requirements Works extensively in a clinical lab environment where there are strong safety procedures protective equipment requirements (wears lab coat, gloves, et)c, and works with various specimens and chemicals <1% May lift up to 10 lbs, 10% of time and performs extensive keyboarding (15%) and pipetting up to 10% of the time.