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We are hiring a Data Entry Operator (casual 15 hrs per week) to join UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Brownsville, TX. In this role, you will conduct activities to oversee the enrollment of study participants and ensure efficient, high-quality collection and entry of data. Ideal candidate should have general knowledge of data entry and tracking, and computer skills including Microsoft Excel.
Bilingual in Spanish, strongly preferred. What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care.
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Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus: 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year) The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue! Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service) Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
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Job location: Edinburg, TX, (UT- Rio Grande Valley at Edinburg; No travel to Mexico). Under the general direction of senior research staff, the Data Entry Operator I will conduct activities to oversee the enrollment of study participants and ensure efficient and high-quality collection and entry of data. Provides basic skills necessary to achieve the collection, entry and quality control of the data retrieved from the field and laboratory tests.
Position Key Accountabilities: Research activities. Conducts research activities, under general direction, that include the communication with the field interviewers conducting participant recruiting and screening, data collection, entry and quality control. Interface between field interviewers and project director.
Monitor enrollment. Supervise the work of field teams to maintain or identify challenges with enrollment of new participants and their follow-up visits. Monitor timely and quality data entry by field team.
Communicates with the field team to ensure efficient, timely and high-quality data entry and results. Organizes a weekly virtual meeting with the field teams to review progress or challenges faced with enrollment, specimen collection and transport, data collection quality and entry. Works with the field teams to ensure the timely resolution of incorrect or missing data.
Monitor field inventories and supply needs. Communicate with the field team to monitor their inventory to ensure sufficient equipment and supplies are available for the research activities. Continuous communication with the field team.
Communicates daily with the field team to record progress, track attendance, answer questions or resolve problems. Reports challenges and progress to the supervisor. Compliance with UT policies and regulations.
Complies with all governmental and University policies, rules, regulation and codes. Performs other duties as assigned, which may include participant recruiting and screening in Texas. Certification/Skills: Bilingual; Ability to communicate in Spanish (oral and written), strongly preferred.
Eager to learn and open to new ideas. An interest in understanding the basics of the disease conditions that we work with (tuberculosis, diabetes, aging). Basic reading material will be provided.
Self-disciplined, organized and reliable in quality of work and schedule. General knowledge of data entry and tracking. Computer skills, including an intermediate level of Microsoft Excel, strongly preferred.
Training provided on (SAS, RedCAP). People skills to communicate and interact with field teams Minimum
High School Diploma or equivalent required Minimum
None required Physical
Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects. Security Sensitive: This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position.
Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C. F.
R. §791.4. Residency Requirement: Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
Day shift
About the role
Under the general direction of senior research staff, the Data Entry Operator I will conduct activities to oversee the enrollment of study participants and ensure efficient and high-quality collection and entry of data. Provides basic skills necessary to achieve the collection, entry and quality control of the data retrieved from the field and laboratory tests.