Sr. Staff Research Associate - Semel Institute

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Work Location : Los Angeles, USA Onsite or Remote Flexible Hybrid Work Schedule Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm Posted Date 05/29/2025 Salary Range : $66431 - 106830 Annually Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career Duration indefinite Job # 24953 Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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The Semel Institute is seeking to hire a full time Staff Research Associate III (SRA) who will help screen psychiatric patients at several Los Angeles hospitals and psychiatric clinics to determine if they meet eligibility criteria for research programs.
In this role you will:

• Train and supervise clinical psychology PhD practicum students on conducting phone screenings and eligibility assessments (SCID, BPRS, SANS, diagnostic timelines, DUPs).
• Train and supervise clinical psychology PhD practicum students on writing intake reports and teach the students how to obtain and interpret medical records.
• Lead weekly meetings with practicum students regarding case reviews and community liaison efforts while having knowledge and managing all referral cases assigned to the practicum students.
• Supervise undergraduate volunteers in clinic outreach efforts and lead biweekly meetings.
• Manage clinic social media accounts and recruitment campaigns.
• Regularly visit local psychiatric hospitals and clinics to keep them informed of our criteria for referrals and our clinical care opportunities.
• Manage the clinic referral database and generate monthly reports analyzing data collected from the database.
• Other duties as assigned.

Pay Range: $68,640.00 - $106,830.00 annually. Job Qualifications

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Required:

• Ability to administer research measures of psychiatric symptoms and everyday functioning carefully and effectively to psychiatric patients is required.
• Position requires excellent interpersonal and communication skills sufficient to interact with individuals who have psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, their family members, and healthy comparison subjects from diverse backgrounds and ages, and to effectively interact with co-workers and an interdisciplinary professional staff.
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively within a research team
• Demonstrated ability to recruit, consent, and schedule research subjects for diagnostic screening
• Demonstrated ability to carefully maintain research records
• Demonstrated ability to use personal computer (PC) software including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook), and CareConnect.
• Proven highly developed organizational skills and attention to detail; excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to bring assignments to completion in a timely manner, to prioritize tasks with competing deadlines, and to maintain a calm demeanor during the course of busy research program days are required.
• Ability to go to multiple sites in LA area to complete study activities.

Preferred:

• Bachelors degree in psychology or related field is preferred and a Masters degree is preferred.
• Prior research training in use of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 (SCID) is strongly preferred.
• Prior experience in training clinical psychology PhD practicum students to complete diagnostic interviews is preferred.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred, but not required.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.