Data Collector, Mesa Study, 30 Hrs Per Week (Evenings)

Data Collector / Sleep Technician- 30 hours per week, Evenings

Required Qualifications :

• Three (3) years of related education and/or work experience such as medical research, recruiting, communications, survey interviewing and medical equipment usage and maintenance.
  Experience working with people from diverse racial and economic backgrounds.
• Computer skills working with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Experience working with data files.
• Must have transportation options appropriate to regular evening home visits.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Fluency in English (listening, reading, writing and speaking).
• Experience conducting research interviews, data collection and scheduling.
• Experience performing technical procedures such as sleep monitoring, anthropometry, blood pressures and applying monitoring devices such as Glucose and Heart monitors with research subjects.
• Experience setting up and maintaining research clinic operations
• Experience recruiting and retaining participants in a research study
• Experience with electronic data capture
• Experience working as part of a team

Certification in all areas of performance will be required. Training will be provided prior to the beginning of study operations.

Job Duties :

The Technician for this component of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) will be responsible for the following:

• Contact 4 to 5 research participants per week
• Schedule and conduct evening visits in participant homes
• Administer consent forms
• Attach sleep monitoring equipment and explain the procedures involved with use of the polysomnography, physical activity monitoring devices, and 24 Blood Pressure monitors
• Administer sleep questionnaires and explain use of the sleep diary
• Download and review study data and electronically transfer data to the off-site “Reading Center”
• Prepare participant feedback letters.

Each visit is anticipated to take between 60 to 90 minutes, with up to an additional 1 hour of transportation.

This position requires experience in garnering trust and ensuring confidentiality to establish excellent rapport with study participants.

Additional duties as assigned.