Clinical Research Assistant- Retinal Disease Ophthalmology

Boston Children's Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 46,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Affordable health

Vision and dental insurance

Child care and student loan subsidies

Generous time off

403(b) Retirement Savings plan

Pension

Tuition and Certification Reimburse

Cell phone plan discounts

Discounted rates on transit

Job summary

Boston Children's Hospital is seeking a Clinical Research Assistant to join the Ophthalmology research team focused on pediatric retinal diseases. You will review medical records to extract ophthalmic and genetic data for analysis and publication preparation, with strong emphasis on Excel and data tabulation.

You will support study visits and collaborate across clinicians and laboratories to ensure accurate data handling and testing workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM or Psychology.
• Analytical skills to interpret moderately complex data.
• Strong communication to relay information to patients and team.
• Problem-solving, troubleshooting, and resourcefulness.
• Ability to commit for 2 years.

Responsibilities

• Review patient medical records to extract and document ophthalmic history.
• Tabulate data, plot graphs, and summarize findings for analysis.
• Draft articles and summaries for submission to medical journals.
• Coordinate IRB/CCI submissions with the team and PI.
• Assist with training new research staff as needed.
• Coordinate testing/processing communications between hospital and labs.
• Communicate project policies to personnel.
• Monitor data collection, data entry, and informed consent procedures.
• Perform other administrative duties as assigned.

Skills

Data extraction

Analytical thinking

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM or Psychology

Tools

Excel

MATLAB

R

Job description

Position Summary

This Clinical Research Assistant will join an established team of clinicians and researchers in Ophthalmology dedicated to understanding blinding pediatric retinal diseases and identifying those patients who may be eligible for treatment trials. As a Clinical Research Assistant, you will be involved in review of medical records to extract details of ophthalmic and genetic data for analysis and preparation for publication. Facility with EXCEL is critical; familiarity with MATLAB, R and other analysis programs useful. You will assist with study visits for clinical trials. A collaborative spirit is essential to good performance on this job. This is a great position to learn about ophthalmology, clinical research, and vision sciences.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review patient medical records to extract and document ophthalmic history.
• Tabulates patient' data, plots graphs to summarize, and reviews with study team for further analysis.
• Writes articles and summary papers of studies for submission to medical journals, as may be necessary/requested.
• Coordinates and prepares the necessary documentation for Institutional Review Board IRB and Committee on Clinical Investigations CCI submissions, in collaboration with other team members and Principal Investigator.
• Participates in the training of newly hired research study assistants, as required.
• Coordinates activities between the hospital and research laboratories to ensure correct testing/processing and send out instructions specific to the study.
• Communicates project policies and procedures to personnel.
• Monitors and reviews data collection and data entry, and informed consent procedures ensuring consistency of application for each study.
• Performs other miscellaneous administrative duties as assigned or required.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelors degree in STEM or Psychology.

Experience:

• Analytical skills to gather and interpret data in which information or problems are moderately complex to complex.
• Well-developed communication skills in order to provide critical information to patients, team members, effectively deal with conflicting views or issues, and the ability to mediate fair solutions.
• Problem-solving, troubleshooting abilities and resourcefulness.
• Ability to make a 2-year commitment.

The posted pay range is Boston Children's reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting.

Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors.

• 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
• discounted rates on T-passes

Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.