Help wanted: The Adams School of Dentistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Part-Time Clinical Research Assistant

Part-Time Clinical Research Assistant The Adams School of Dentistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is looking to hire a motivated and enthusiastic Clinical Research Assistant to work in Lenoir County, NC.

The initial appointment period is three years, part-time 20 hours per week. As the assistant, you will be engaging with families in Lenoir County on a research study of children’s dental health. In the waterBEST study, you and the research team will provide bottled water to households and monitor children’s dental health. The goal is to determine if fluoride in the bottled water helps to prevent dental cavities. You and the research team will be the public face of the waterBEST study. You will assist the Study Coordinator to help promote the study in the community, recruit infants and their families into the study, and complete follow-up visits.

Your day-to-day activities will be divided between office work in Kinston and visiting the homes of 200 children recruited into the study. You will need a NC Driver’s License and personal transportation to visit participants home as required. Some lifting of 5-gallon water bottles is required. You will assist the bottling technician in collecting and transporting bulk water supplies; packaging water into 5-gallon bottles; rigorous attention to safety and quality control in packaging water; attention to detail in managing inventory, including use of computer inventory control; lifting and delivering 5-gallon water bottles to study participants’ homes and collecting empty bottles; accurate recording of dispatch and return information using the study’s data management system.

We’re looking for someone interested in public health who will communicate respectfully, clearly and professionally with community members. You must be proficient with data management systems and meticulous in adhering to the study protocol.

Experience of working in a research study and knowledge of clinical trials methods is desirable. The salary range is $20-22 per hour.

For more information and to apply for this job, please go to https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/237803