Research Associate I - Heart Institute
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
San Diego, CAResearch$24.26–33.36/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Under the direction of the Principal Investigator or Research Coordinator, the Research Associate supports research practices in the department. The role works on problems of basic scope, reviews identifiable factors within defined parameters, carries out established protocols, and manages data for projects, grants, or funding sources. The Research Associate also performs informed consents and coordinates study procedures, interacting regularly with patients and staff.
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JOB SUMMARY:
Under the general direction of the Principal Investigator/Research Coordinator, position provides a variety of functions in support of the Research practices in the department/area. This includes, but is not limited to, working on problems of basic scope where analysis of situation or data requires a review of identifiable factors within defined parameters, determining appropriate action to carry out defined protocols and managing data for projects, grants and/or funding source.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's Degree in position related discipline or commensurate years of experience in Research methodology
General understanding of computer software and hardware and familiarity with PC and/or MacIntosh platforms
Word, Excel and data entry (Access, FoxPro, FileMaker)
Proficient in internet use and able to conduct literature searches using search engines such as Psych Info and Pub Med
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
1 year of experience, preferably conducting clinical research in an academic medical center.
The Research Associate will perform informed consents and coordination of study procedures.
Interpersonal skills will be critical as the Research Associate will interface regularly with patients and staff in the context of these activities.
Strong organizational skills will also be important to engage in these tasks.
Spanish language proficiency, while not required, would be beneficial.
Comfort and experience with computers and computer software programs will be important. Multiple software programs will be utilized for data storage, transfer, and analysis, and the Research Associate will have to navigate them.
Familiarity and/or experience with data collection, database management/quality assurance, and the use of clinical research software tools such as REDCap will also be needed.
The current salary range for this position is $24.26 to $33.36
Rady Children’s Hospital is committed to compensation that is externally competitive and internally equitable. We demonstrate this commitment by conducting regular market reviews to remain competitive with organizations of similar size in the nonprofit, healthcare sector. The range listed above does not represent the full salary range for the position but is the expected hiring range for qualified candidates. Compensation decisions consider a variety of factors including experience, education, licensure, unique skillsets, organizational need, and internal equity. This posting will remain open from the “date posted” until the hiring manager has determined there is a sufficient applicant pool or until the position is filled.
EOE including disability/vet
How this job compares
Set against the 1,110 open Research Associate jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$24.26–33.36/hr
- California median$31–36/hr23 hourly ranges
- US median$20–22/hr124 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $28.81/hr, is 14% below the California median midpoint ($34/hr) — in the middle half of Research Associate hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 119 open Research Associate jobs in California and 1,110 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Cedars-Sinai20 open
- University of Southern California18 open
- UCLA Health7 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Research Associate postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (291 postings).
- Education
- 618 of the 1,110 open Research Associate jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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