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Job Description

The Center for Behavioral Oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai seeks to fill one bilingual (English-Spanish) research coordinator position – full time (35 hours/week), traveling between sites in Manhattan such as Mount Sinai Union Square and Mount Sinai main campus). This position requires in-person patient contact.

As a Research Coordinator, you will be an integral member of our research team, and support the conduct of an NIH-funded randomized trial to investigate the effects of an information-sharing intervention on cardiovascular health in women undergoing mammography . You will work closely with the study investigators (including psychologists, breast radiologists, and cardiologists) and other research team members on patient recruitment, data collection, participant tracking, maintaining regulatory documents, and medical chart abstraction. You will be one of the primary patient contacts for the study.

The ideal candidate would be: 1) extremely organized and detail-oriented. The study involves quite a lot of regulatory paperwork, and an eye for detail and skill at keeping track of numerous moving parts is critical; 2) highly motivated and responsible; 3) an effective communicator; 4) warm, kind, friendly, and able to develop rapport with patients and medical staff quickly; 5) someone who combines initiative with responsiveness to supervision; 6) someone comfortable asking questions and eager to learn; 7) flexible and able to shift gears as new tasks present themselves; and, 8) comfortable recruiting in busy medical settings. Opportunities exist for mentorship and professional development for research personnel preparing to apply for graduate school.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in science or related field preferred or a combination of relevant research experience and education

• 0-2 years of research/human subjects experience.

Preferred Requirements :

• Bilingual (Spanish-English); Able to recruit and interact with patients in Spanish.

• Prior experience recruiting women for research studies.

• Experience with detail-oriented paperwork

• Previous experience working on a clinical trial

• Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel for participant tracking

Responsibilities

• Recruit women scheduled for mammography to the research study at the time of their appointment in the mammography clinic.

• Contact study participants to administer surveys and collect relevant data.

• Maintain accurate and detailed records of recruitment efforts and study data.

• Abstract relevant study data from medical records.

• Work cooperatively with other clinical and research staff members.

• Be flexible; schedule may involve some early morning, evening, and/or weekend hours depending on patient availability.

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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes more than 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics, top 5 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and top 20 in Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 11 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

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Compensation Statement

Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $16.5 - $39.4984 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.