Professional Rater I - Psychiatry

Scheduled Hours

40

Position Summary

The purpose of this position is to have a Rater as part of a large-scale project to study health, behavior and brain structure and function in children and adolescents. The person will: 1) have responsibility for testing and scanning participants using task-based functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and behavioral/cognitive/computerized testing; 2) help with preprocessing and quality control of imaging and behavioral data; and 3) work with a team of other research assistants to assess a large sample of individuals with task and resting state fMRI and behavioral data as part of the project.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Processes urine drug samples, saliva and alcohol breathalyzer testing in accordance with study guidelines.
• Maintains proper documentation and record keeping.
• Responsible for problem solving issues that arise in MRI scanning and to participate in trouble shooting and developing alternative approaches.
• Refers patients to resources available in community and social services.
• Evaluates research results, reporting findings and discussing project outcomes with staff involved.
• Learns to do blood draws.
• Performs data entry and maintains data files on research.
• Prepares information packets for patients enrolled in study.
• Performs library research on specified topics.
• Interviews study participants about psychiatric symptoms and tests children and adolescents enrolled in study per protocol, using functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging and behavioral/ cognitive/computerized testing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Human subject research experience.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or four years of relevant experience.

Grade

C06-H

Salary Range

$16.66 - $24.17 / Hourly

The salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individual rates within the range will be determined by factors including one's qualifications and performance, equity with others in the department, market rates for positions within the same grade and department budget.

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