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　　Award Winning Health Care: Avera has been named among the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME.

　　Culture: Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

　　You Belong at Avera: Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.

　　Avera is seeking a Clinical Research Coordinator - Community Liason!

　　Position Highlights:

　　Paid Time Off (PTO) available on Day 1!

　　Options for Free Health Insurance!

　　Positive Work Environment: Be part of an organization where we practice the mission in our daily operations and demonstrate our pride by delivering excellent care.

　　Career Growth opportunities with the largest employer in South Dakota!

　　Job Summary

　　The Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) is an advanced position that involves a balance of research participant contact, stakeholder contact, research study coordination, and management of community engagement. This individual must have the ability to organize complex components of various community-based research protocols. These components include coordinating partnerships between research and community teams on current and future projects for generating community interest and buy-in and working with the study team to ensure that research design and outcomes are ethical, safe, community grounded, and community/culturally humble and appropriate. Critical thinking, self-motivation and autonomy are critical to the daily tasks that are carried out in research-community partnerships. Research may focus on stigmatized public health issues as experienced within inequitable contexts and marginalized communities; communication skills to connect with, and convey information to, and learn from a wide variety of community members are essential. This position will work directly with research participants, community collaborators, and organizations related to health, social service, and cultural advocacy/education, providing opportunities for daily learning and contribution to research that is focused on improving health and wellbeing of individuals and communities through equitable and empowering strategies.

　　Education and/or Experience

　　Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university within the health and science field required

　　One or more years of research and/or:

　　community engagement related to community health or health services in the areas of: health equity or disparities, culturally competent, strengths-based resources for health especially within Indigenous and rural communities preferred

　　child development/assessment experience preferred

　　Six months to one year of experience interacting with children in a professional setting preferred

　　Work Schedule

　　Monday-Friday; 80 hours every 2 weeks

　　Pay

　　The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

　　$23.75 - $36.00 per hour

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