Job description

Research Associate – Tipping Points Project

Locations: Brooklyn & Harlem

General Job Statement:

The Tipping Points Research Associate will actively work to recruit, consent, and follow up study participants for a large health services research project. This project is a collaboration between Clinical Directors Network, Weill Cornell Medicine, AllianceChicago, and 16 community health centers. This is a hybrid (in-person and remote) position with a 28-hour workweek and pro-rated benefits. Candidates must live in the NYC region and be able to travel to the health centers in Brooklyn and Harlem twice a week. The remaining days will be worked remotely from home. Orientation and training will take place in-person at CDN's and Weill Cornell’s main offices in Manhattan. Salary range: $26-$28 per hour.

Requirements:

• High school degree or greater
• Spanish fluency required
• Knowledge in Motivational Interviewing techniques and psychology
• Experience working with vulnerable populations, including ethnic and racial minority communities
• Strong communication, organizational, and PC skills
• Ability to attend in-person and virtual trainings
• Ability to complete Human Subjects Research training
• Successfully complete background check and medical clearance

Key Responsibilities:

Recruitment & Screening

• Identify and screen eligible patients from NYC community health centers
• Establish rapport with patients, obtain consent and complete enrollment survey (Spanish or English) via an in-person or phone interview

Intervention

• Work closely with intervention participants in setting healthy lifestyle goals, behavioral contracts, and deliver bi-weekly intervention sessions for 12 weeks via phone
• Facilitate goal setting for self-management using motivational interviewing and other techniques, as trained

Follow Ups

• Conduct approximately 10 weekly surveys with participants
• Follow up with participants on emergency room visits and hospitalization events

Documentation & Reporting

• Maintain continual documentation of activities, action plans, and results while adhering to the policies and procedures in the approved protocol
• Collect data and complete relevant data entry
• Report red flags and other relevant information to the appropriate individuals (PCC, Institutional Review Board, etc.) via adverse event reports

Other duties as assigned

Essential Qualities of a Tipping Points Research Associate

• Have an existing relationship with community being served
• A strong desire to help the community
• Empathy
• Persistence
• Respectful of participants and the team
• Team player
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $26.00 - $28.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
Masks are required when working at our offices. We are in the office at a limited capacity, meaning not everyone is in on the same days.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• New York, NY 10018: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Experience:

• Research: 1 year (Preferred)

Language:

• Spanish - native or bilingual (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in New York, NY 10018

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