Peer Recovery & Research Assistant

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research
university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working
together as one university.

The Johns Hopkins Center for Substance Use and Infectious
Diseases Care Integration (CSUIDCI) partners with the Frederick
County Health Department’s Street Safe Program (SSP) to provide
telemedicine-based care on-site and deliver an implementation
research study. We are seeking a Peer Recovery & Research
Project Assistant II to support the implementation research
study called SPRUCE: SSP and Peers in Rural Areas Connecting, a
social network intervention that trains SSP clients in hepatitis C
and HIV prevention, testing, and treatment, overdose prevention,
and substance use disorder treatment so they can share health
knowledge in their communities and help increase access to
telemedicine and other services at SSP.

This role will function as a Peer Recovery Specialist with the
Frederick SSP team. Day-to-day supervision will be provided by the
SSP Peer Supervisor, while Johns Hopkins CSUIDCI staff will oversee
research implementation and overall position management. The
position is employed through Johns Hopkins and subject to Hopkins
benefits, research, and clinical policies.

The Research Project Assistant II supports the conduct of a
research project. Collects and organizes data through
study-specific procedures that may include community outreach, data
collection, sample collection, laboratory work, and/or field work.
Provides general administrative support for meetings/events,
communications, reporting, etc.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist in developing operational plans to meet research

goals.

• Set up tools and procedures for data collection and study

processes.

• Collect and organize data for study requirements, e.g.,

participant interviews, administer questionnaires; conduct
background research, laboratory processing, etc.

• Process data by organizing data records and study files.
• Run basic analyses and prepare routine reports.
• Perform literature searches, abstract data from literature

searches, and index data gathered.

In addition, this position will

• Engage and educate clients on HIV, hepatitis C, overdose

prevention, and substance use treatment.

• Deliver structured interventions to program participants.
• Conduct rapid HIV and hepatitis C testing.
• Connect clients to local resources and support warm

referrals.

• Promote available telemedicine services.
• Support SSP services and help ensure care is accessible,

respectful, and client centered.

• Assist with SPRUCE research activities, including outreach,

scheduling, compensation, documentation, and data entry.

• Help coordinate stakeholder and Community Advisory Board

meetings.

• Maintain accurate records and use REDCap and other secure study

systems.

• Participate in supervision, training, and meetings with SSP and

Hopkins staff.

• Comply with all Hopkins research, clinical, privacy, and

certification requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or graduation equivalent.
• One year of related experience.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience,

and additional related experience may substitute for required
education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to
the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Classified Title: Research Project Assistant II

Job Posting Title (Working Title): Peer Recovery & Research
Assistant (DOM - Bayview Infectious Diseases)

Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CC

Starting Salary Range: $16.10 - $26.90 HRLY ($50,000 targeted;
Commensurate w/exp.)

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: M-F 8:30am-5pm

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Location: School of Medicine Campus

Department name: SOM DOM Infectious Disease

Personnel area: School of Medicine

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a
pre-employment background check.

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Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation
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campus you will work. Your recruiter will advise
accordingly.

During the Influenza ("the flu") season, as a condition of
employment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employees
who provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care or
clinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination or
possess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meet
this requirement may result in termination of employment.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas,
laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving
community contact requires documentation of immune status against
Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella
(chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the
Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include
documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella
vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory
testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are
ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for
those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization
documentation from their own health care providers. Any
vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost
in our Occupational Health office.

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