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Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.
Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.
Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.
Position Summary
The UNC Collaborative for Maternal and Infant Health (CMIH) is housed within the School of Medicine. CMIH consists of a small, but driven staff, that shares the same aim to improve the health of women and infants by providing quality collaborative care, translating evidence-based strategies into practice, and developing new approaches to complex problems in North Carolina and beyond.
CMIH is looking for a Program Assistant to help support the Building Equitable Linkages with Interprofessional Education (BELIEVE) project. Under supervision of the Primary Investigator, the program assistant will primarily provide study operational assistance, including but not limited to developing standardized operating procedures and risk management strategies, creating and maintaining both paper and electronic source documents, compiling regulatory documentation, and assisting in staff training, as needed. The program assistant will also be responsible for screening, recruiting, and scheduling participants for the research study.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.
Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Prior project management and clinical research experience involving participant interaction is strongly preferred. Bilingual (English and Spanish-speaking) candidates are encouraged to apply.
Special Physical/Mental Requirements
Campus Security Authority Responsibilities
Not Applicable.
