Research Support Assistant - Part-Time/ Casual - School of Nursing

Join Our Research Team at UTHealth School of Nursing!
We are seeking a motivated Part-Time/Casual Research Support Assistant (approximately 10 hours per week) to contribute to innovative projects at our Houston, TX campus. In this role, you will provide essential support for research and administrative activities, including data entry and cleaning, conducting literature searches, preparing study materials, and assisting with IRB documentation. Regular weekly meetings with the Principal Investigator (PI) are expected, offering an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a collaborative academic environment.

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

Assists research staff in basic to moderately complex tasks to support research initiatives and activities.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Handles general inquiries and collects and processes paperwork related to study participants and research data collection.
• Schedules study participants for interviews, educational training sessions, or clinical testing/physicals.
• Conducts phone surveys with study participants.
• Prepares documents and collection kits for field data collection activities.
• Assists in the preparation of graphs, tables, study reports and presentation materials.
• May assist in data entry.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education:

• High school diploma required. Must be currently enrolled or will be enrolled in Bachelor’s Degree Program or higher.

Minimum Experience:

• None.

Physical Requirements:

• Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

• This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

Residency Requirement:

• Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.