Peer recovery & research assistant

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.