Senior Clinical Research Specialist – Psychiatry, Behavioral Medicine

Duke Careers

Clinical Research Specialist in Psychiatry focusing on neurocognitive disorders and brain health. Involves participant screening, consent, and administering memory tests under supervision.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeDurham • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $21 - $31 per hourWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Phone screen interested participants and coordinate scheduling of appointments
Consent participants for minimal risk studies
Administer simple memory tests under supervision and compute scores for cognitive tests
Data entry and quality assurance

Requirements

What you’ll need

prior experience or knowledge of cognitive tests
qualitative and quantitative mental health assessments
Alzheimer's and MCI research
familiarity with IRB and grant related good clinical practices
consenting with vulnerable populations
familiarity with medical terminology
electronic health records
real world data
human behavior
minimum overall GPA of 3.80
undergraduate advanced coursework in neuroscience
basic knowledge of R to create figures for manuscripts under PI's supervision
experience in scientific literature search and publication
work requires an Associate’s degree
one year of relevant experience required

Benefits

Comp & perks

health insurance plans
generous paid time off
retirement programs with employer contributions
tuition assistance for employees and their children

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Hard Skills & Tools

cognitive testsqualitative assessmentsquantitative assessmentsdata entryquality assuranceR programmingscientific literature searchpublicationmemory testsAlzheimer's research

Soft Skills

coordinationcommunicationconsenting with vulnerable populationssupervisionattention to detail

Certifications

Associate’s degree