Clinical Research Assistant-The Division of General Pediatrics

Boston Children's Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Children's Hospital's Division of General Pediatrics seeks a Clinical Research Assistant to support studies on patient and family experiences of disrespect and testing a reporting system for emotional harm in the hospital. The position involves overseeing qualitative and quantitative data collection—surveys, interviews, coding, focus groups, administrative data, and site-level activities.

Responsibilities include IRB submissions, study coordination, data collection logistics, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM or Psychology required.
• 1 year of relevant research experience preferred.
• Bilingual skills (Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Arabic) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implements study processes to meet goals and protocol requirements, including data collection.
• Supports study coordination and data logistics with site partners.
• Enrolls patients and provides study details to participants and families.
• Collects data via surveys, interviews, and focus groups.
• Contributes to ancillary studies and language equity projects.
• Prepares IRB and stakeholder documentation with minimal supervision.
• Creates data collection reports and basic analyses for the team.
• Provides training support for newly hired staff and assists with grant preparation.

Skills

Data collection

Survey administration

Interviews

Focus groups

Quantitative analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM or Psychology

Job description

Position Summary/ Department Summary: The Division of General Pediatrics is seeking an enthusiastic, intelligent, and hardworking individual to work as a Clinical Research Assistant with Dr. Marcella Luercio, MD, MPH, on studies exploring patient and family experiences of disrespect in the hospital and testing the feasibility of implementing a system for hospitalized patients and families to report emotional harm. The Clinical Research Assistant will also work with Dr. Alisa Khan, MD, MPH on studies engaging families in hospital safety and reporting, language equity, or ancillary research projects. The position involves overseeing qualitative and quantitative data collection - such as surveys, interviews, coding, focus groups, administrative data, and sitelevel implementation activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Implements processes and procedures to meet study goals and protocol requirements, including data collection.
• Supports study project coordination, including assisting with implementation activities, data collection logistics, communication with site partners, and study wrapup tasks.
• Consents and enrolls patients for studies as needed, by providing detailed information on research studies to prospective participants and families.
• Obtains data from participants using surveys, interviews, focus groups.
• Contributes to ancillary studies (e.g., evaluation of hospital language documentation accuracy, medical education research on career decisions of residents after completing training).
• Coordinates and prepares with minimal supervision the necessary documentation for Institutional Review Board (IRB) and external stakeholders on submissions and track progress to review and approval.
• Creates and prepares data collection reports and analytical summaries for the research team, ensuring timely review and analysis. Responsibilities may include coding qualitative interviews, summarizing focus group data, and preparing basic quantitative summaries from surveys.
• Provides administrative support in the training of newly hired staff as required.
• Provides support with grant writing, preparation, and submissions, ensuring timely completion of all necessary documentation.
• Assists in preparing scientific abstracts and manuscripts for publication in academic journals.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

• A bachelor's degree in STEM or Psychology is required.

Experience

• 1 year of relevant research experience preferred.
• A two-year time commitment is preferred.
• Bilingual skills are preferred to support inclusive recruitment of patients and families. Proficiency in one of the top languages spoken by patients and families at our hospital (Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Arabic) preferred.

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. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes 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, employee discounts and discounted commuter benefits at certain locations. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.