Research Associate
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. Candidates must live in the NYC region and be able to travel to the health centers in Brooklyn or Queens 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