Per Diem- Clinical Research Assistant Per Diem

Boston Children's Hospital
$19.83-$29.49 Hourly
dental insurance, 403(b)
United States, Massachusetts, Brookline
Oct 27, 2025
General Summary Under supervision, coordinates daily activities and operations of clinical research studies. Responsible for screening and enrolling patients, monitoring protocol implementation, completing required forms and reporting results, and regulatory submissions. Conducts data collection activities and may prepare analytical reports on study results. Follows established clinical study standards and procedures to plan and conduct clinical research studies. Maintain open communication with team members to ensure proper study progress. This Project includes task-based fMRI, resting state functional connectivity, and exploring the intersection of epilepsy, language, memory, and brain surgery planning. This is an 8 hour a week per diem position with the possibility of additional hours in the future. Key Responsibilities Working on research projects examining neuroimaging and cognitive outcomes in pediatric epilepsy. Working on IRB submissions and research regulatory documentation. Efficiently and accurately extracting neurological/medical and neuropsychological assessment data from the EMR into databases, extracting EEG data from Natus and extracting neuroimaging data from Synapse. Troubleshoots resolution of any issues that may arise throughout the study. Coordinates and prepares documentation needed for Institutional Review Board (IRB) on submissions, for PI approval. Tracks progress from submission to approval. Assist in developing supportive study documents such as informed consent forms, monitoring templates, study subject tracking tools, monitoring forms, study manuals, and training materials, as required for a study. Assist with the tracking and compilation of enrollment information. May assist with preparation of manuscripts and reports to be submitted to academic journals. May help train and orient newly hired study personnel. Coordinates activities with various departments to ensure correct testing/processing and sends clear instructions to each study. Monitors and reviews data collection and data entry, and informed consent procedures ensuring consistency of application for each study. Minimum Requirements: Education A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g. life sciences, psychology, public health) or a Bachelor's degree and relevant work experience. Experience Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. Must have experience or be extremely motivated and eager to learn neuroimaging processing pipelines (fMRI / structural MRI / DWI / CT) and aspects of computer science / computational neuroscience including Command line computational programing in linux ubuntu Docker Containerization, Python, FSL, Matlab, SPM, FreeSurfer. Computer platforms include cloud-based AWS EC2 instances. Boston Children's Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits. The posted pay range is Boston Children's reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting. Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.