Research Assistant 3 - University of Miami

The University of Miami/UHealth, Department of Public Health has an exciting opportunity for a part time Research Assistant 3 to work in Miami, FL.

The Research Assistant 3 explores innovations to research and strives to improve implementation and family outcomes. The Research Assistant 3 ensures compliance with University policies, rules, and regulations to meet federal, state, and local standards pertaining to safety and ethics.

Core responsibilities:

• Plans and implements research experiments, according to research protocols, to assure high-quality scientific results in support of applicable project goals.
• Participates in assessing the feasibility of implementing innovations.
• Assesses data trends and develops reports and presentations.
• Supports the initiation of new research by reviewing and synthesizing literature.
• Oversees inventory of supplies and equipment and places orders in a timely fashion.
• Assists in the preparation of scientific papers, reports, and manuscripts.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

Department Specific Functions:

• Provide manual-guided counseling (Recovery Guide counseling) to participants assigned to ICC-MOUD.
• Responsible for using active learning approaches to engage participants in learning about opioid use disorder, MOUD with buprenorphine, and the role of MOUD in treatment and recovery.
• Responsible for engaging participants in behavioral change, making use of tools from the Recovery Guide toolkit to help participants develop short-term, achievable, critical goals and objectives and develop with the participant-specific Recovery Plan Agreements to achieve the objectives.
• Tracking the participant’s progress in implementing the plans and achieving the objectives and working with the participant to revise the plans as needed to increase success in accomplishing the objectives.
• Responsible for documenting recovery guide sessions with participants and other related research documents.
• Follow up on visits, remind participants about upcoming appointments, and schedule assessments in advance.
• Identify specific, individual needs and steps the participant can take to support their sustained recovery.
• Participate in all required in-person and remote trainings and meetings.
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and protocol adherence.
• Other duties as assigned.