• Job Type: Support Staff - Non-Union
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 17.5
• Salary Range: $33.86 - $33.86

Position Summary

The purpose of this position is to coordinate the clinical research and educational activities of the Columbia Cognitive Health lab. Clinical research and educational activities are carried out in behavioral health facilities throughout NYC serving individuals with serious mental illness. Educational activities are also carried out on web based platforms.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate referrals for research at NYC-based behavioral health clinics, obtain informed consent.
• Perform clinical assessments including diagnostic interviews and ratings of psychiatric symptom severity with a focus on symptoms of schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
• Create study procedural manuals, monitor protocol adherence and treatment fidelity at study sites.
• Maintain regulatory documents for NIMH, interface with the Institutional Review Board, perform data entry and manage databases, update educational materials on web platforms.
• Provide lab-related tasks as requested or needed.

Minimum Qualifications

•  Master???s degree and at least one year experience, or Bachelor???s degree and at least three years of related experience or equivalent in education, training and experience

Other Requirements

• Must successfully complete all online system trainings requirements
• Ability to work independently, under minimal supervision
• Ability to effectively prioritize, organize tasks and efficiently manage time, keep track of scheduled dates
• Ability to communicate effectively with team members and community mental health professionals
• Ability to read, edit and write content so that it is correct and understandable to the reader
• Ability to verify information, data check, review documents, create simple budgets.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.

About Columbia University

Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the university to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world.

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