Clinical Research Assistant Ii-Program For Patient Safety And Quality

Program for Patient Safety and Quality and the Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement

We are looking for enthusiastic, intelligent, and organized individuals for a full-time research assistant position working with faculty members in the Program for Patient Safety and Quality (PPSQ) and the Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality Measurement (CEPQM) at Boston Children’s Hospital.

The Program for Patient Safety and Quality oversees the safety and quality of care provided at Boston Children’s including running enterprise-wide quality improvement initiatives. The CEPQM is funded through the national Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) to extend the Center’s prior work that developed pediatric quality of care measures for broad national use. CEPQM received additional funding to develop a telemedicine pediatric patient experience survey which will be one of the main projects of the coming year.

Job responsibilities include preparing institutional review board (IRB) documentation and submissions; serving as liaison with participating study sites and funding agencies; screening, consenting, recruitment, and selection of patients for studies; conducting data collection activities and preparing analytical reports; and helping to draft manuscripts, summaries, and presentations for submission to medical journals and conferences.

To qualify, you must have:

• Applicants are expected to have excellent writing and communication skills, the ability to prioritize assignments and become familiar with new topics quickly, and attentiveness to details.
• One year of relevant work experience is preferred.
• Work requires the analytical skills to resolve problems that require the use of basic scientific, mathematical, or technical principles.
• A Bachelor’s degree.

Boston Children’s Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.