Job description
Position Details
Position Information
Recruitment/Posting Title
Postdoctoral Fellow
Job Category
Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)
Department
SHP-Rehab & Movement
Overview
New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.
Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.
Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Rutgers RBHS is an anchor institution that boasts locations in Newark, New Jersey, a city of promise.
Posting Summary
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow for the Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences within the School of Health Professions. Under the direction of Dr. Serrado, the Postdoctoral Fellow will train in clinical and applied basic research in the Integrative Human Physiology Laboratory. Need highly motivated individual to work with an integrative team of physiologists, neuropsychologists and psychologists to develop new research paradigms and facilitate the translation of current research into clinical treatment studies. Particularly interested in candidates with training and research interests in human physiology, vestibular rehabilitation or vestibular autonomic. Current studies include work on mild traumatic brain injury, post traumatic stress disorder, and balance and vestibular function, and use of physiological and psychophysiological methods. In addition, we have an active collaboration with Johns Hopkins, NASA investigators and other US and international partners. Current lab facilities include a full VNG suite, centrifuge for unilateral otolith stimulation, gait lab and full autonomic lab.
Among the key duties of this position are the following;
Among the key duties of this position are the following;
- Schedules, follows up, and ensures that completion of research protocols progress as planned both on-site and in collaborative labs.
- Works with staff both on-site and collaborative lab staff to resolve day-to-day problems.
- Assists in the execution of new IRB applications and processes annual reviews for the IRB committees with regard to consents.
- Works with the principal investigator, submits protocols, amendments, notices, suspensions and terminations to the IRB for review and approval.
- Interacts with volunteer subjects and patients prior to entering the study and throughout the entire protocol.
- Assesses potential patients’ eligibility for inclusion in a particular protocol based on contracts with physicians and nurses and knowledge of the protocol.
Position Status
Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift
Work Arrangement
FLSA
Exempt
Grade
99S
Position Salary
Annual Minimum Salary
Annual Mid Range Salary
Annual Maximum Salary
Standard Hours
37.50
Union Description
Non-Union
Payroll Designation
PeopleSoft
Benefits
Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.
Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.
Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment
Temporary Staff Appointment - Salaried 12 Month
Position Pension Eligibility
None
Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience
- Applicants must have a Ph.D. (or equivalent) or Audiology, Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy degree or similar and be a U.S. citizen.
Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Preferred Qualifications
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment
- The two-year fellowship is sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs and involves 25% time in the Center’s clinical activities; 75% time devoted to research projects including developing the Fellow’s own research program.
Special Conditions
Posting Details
Posting Number
23ST0560
Posting Open Date
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus
Newark (RBHS)
City
Newark
State
NJ
Location Details
Pre-employment Screenings
All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.
Immunization Requirements
Under Policy 60.1.35 Immunization Policy for Rutgers Employees and Prospective Employees, Rutgers University requires all prospective employees to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated and have received a booster (where eligible) against COVID-19 prior to commencement of employment, unless the University has granted the individual a medical or religious exemption. Employees who are not eligible for a booster at the time of an offer of employment must provide proof they have received a booster upon eligibility and upload proof of same. Under Policy 100.3.1 Immunization Policy for Covered Individuals, if employment will commence during Flu Season, Rutgers University may require certain prospective employees to provide proof that they are vaccinated against Seasonal Influenza for the current Flu Season, unless the University has granted the individual a medical or religious exemption. Additional infection control and safety policies may apply. Prospective employees should speak with their hiring manager to determine which policies apply to the role or position for which they are applying. Failure to provide proof of vaccination for any required vaccines or obtain a medical or religious exemption from the University will result in rescission of a candidate’s offer of employment or disciplinary action up to and including termination.
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