Research Assistant at Stellenbosch University

Duties/Pligte

Essential Prospective Cohort Duties

• Conducting screening and enrolling participants, explaining research procedures, obtaining informed consent, and conducting interviews with participants;
• Coordinating specimen collection and specimen processing;
• Performing data collection and data entry. Maintaining clear, concise, accurate, and legible records;
• Scheduling study visits and providing reminder calls;

Stock management;

• May assist with preparing and maintaining regulatory records;
• Providing assistance with other administrative tasks in support of the clinical research studies, such as handling telephone calls, scanning, filing, and photocopying;
• Participating in staff meetings/initiatives, including appropriate quality improvement and education activities, or if unable to attend non-mandatory activities,
• accepting responsibility to review meeting minutes and becoming knowledgeable about the issues.

Essential Retrospective Cohort Duties

• Abstracting clinical data through chart reviews from Afrikaans to English;
• Performing data collection and data entry. Maintaining clear, concise, accurate, and legible records.

Shared Cohort Duties

• Adhering to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) procedures and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), as well as to protocol requirements to ensure the validity of

clinical research subject data;

• Adhering to legal, professional, and ethical codes with respect to confidentiality and privacy. Responsible for obtaining and maintaining all study certifications,

including Human Subjects Certification;

• Following the established hospital infection control and safety procedures;
• Performing other duties as assigned or as necessary.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes       

• Some college coursework, with a focus in Health Sciences, completed;
• Fluency in written and verbal English and Afrikaans;
• Previous research experience, as well as a good understanding of Good Clinical Practice (GCP);
• Must be able to work and be based in Worcester, Western Cape, from Monday to Friday;
• Computer literacy in MS Word and Excel.

Recommendation/Aanbeveling       

• Bachelour's degree, with a focus in Health Sciences, will be preferable;
• Fluency in isiXhosa or some level of isiXhosa preferred;
• At least two letters of recommendation required, but three will be preferred.