Job Title: Technician Interviewer
PVN ID: QC-2304-005560
Category: Research
Location: QUEENS COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

The Barry Commoner Center at Queens College is searching for a technician interviewer to work on the World Trade Center Heart Study at the Barry Commoner Center (office and remote/hybrid). She/he will assist the project coordinator with the active annual follow-up consisting of:

Technician Interviewer Responsibilities:

Contact and invite all the current WTCH participants to re-consent with them by email, mail, and phone using the Consent Form.

  • Enter sensitive and confidential medical data, using FileMaker Pro database
  • Perform interviews by phone for all subjects with suspected CV events, including positive report of cardiac symptoms, myocardial infarction, neurological symptoms, and/or stroke and assess incident cardiac and incident neurologic events
  • Request the medical chart for abnormalities pertaining to the study after obtaining written informed consent (HIPPA form) and obtain all positive interviews, all necessary physician, hospital, or death documents as recorded

Please note: Position’s starting salary is $40K/year and may be subject to an increase to $47K after three months based on satisfactory job performance.   

Other Duties

  • Liaise between hospitals and participants for medical records, including conducting discussions with physicians and nurses
  • Generate reports on request for Principal Investigator and summarize findings
  • Maintain study records custody
  • Participate in meetings and training for databases
  • Print and send the annual WTC-Heart Newsletter/ flyers

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in science, biology or related, with at least 1 year of relevant work experience in health research studies (observational or clinic)
  • Recommendation from a previous employer
  • Responsible, punctual, and proactive
  • Excel knowledge

 

 

 

 

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Barry Commoner Center
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$40,000.00 - $41,000.00
Closing Date
Jun 11, 2023 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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