Research Specialist - Newborn Medicine - Part-Time

Job Requisition ID: R00054623 | Category: Research | Organization: SOM-Peds-Neonatology-Mgr Research Operations | Location: Main Campus, Jackson | Posted: 10/22/2026

About the role

To coordinate and conduct research projects and related activities as assigned. To coordinate the recruitment, data collection, and retention of research participants in accordance with established study protocols and in accordance with FDA and other research guidelines. To ensure adherence to applicable policies, procedures, standards, and practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus two (2) years related experience

Skills

• Knowledge of the principles and procedures of clinical, population/health services, and/or translational research
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Computer skills
• Interpersonal skills to interact with a wide range of constituencies
• Ability to prepare and process data and biological/environmental samples using established protocols
• Assures integrity of research study records

Responsibilities

• Participates in and coordinates the planning, development, and implementation of research protocols in accordance with established research parameters
• Recruits, enrolls, and retains eligible research participants, ensuring required documentation is collected and processed
• Provides basic study background and education to participants
• Oversees and conducts the planning, scheduling and implementation of daily research activities and procedures, ensuring adequate care and respect for participants
• Inputs data and maintains records needed for research
• Distributes research information to faculty, research staff, investigators, and others as requested
• Ensures all research activities are carried out in accordance with established research protocols, clinical procedures, and safety standards
• Interacts with all members of the research team to assure quality data collection and reporting in accordance with study protocols and research standards

Physical Demands

• Frequent exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment (high noise level, exposure to heat and cold)
• Frequent handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment
• Frequent exposure to biohazardous conditions (risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals) mandating attention to safety considerations
• Occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours
• Occasional travelling to offsite locations
• Occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature
• Constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality
• Frequent bending
• Occasional lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds
• Frequent crouching/stooping
• Occasional driving
• Occasional kneeling
• Frequent pushing/pulling
• Frequent reaching
• Frequent sitting
• Frequent standing
• Frequent twisting
• Frequent walking

Frequency definitions: occasional = up to 20%, frequent = 21% to 50%, constant = 51% or more

Schedule

• Time Type: Part time
• Work Shift: Day
• FTE: 47.5%

Pay

• Pay Class: Hourly
• FLSA Exempt: No

Benefits

• Grant Funded: Yes