Clinical Research Coordinator

Description:

Serve as a clinical research coordinator on a longitudinal, multi-site, multidisciplinary research project. The project is one of several projects included in the MIDUS (Midlife in the U.S.) study. Duties focus on recruiting study participants, scheduling study visits, collecting data and post visit follow-up. Interactions with study participants will involve working with a team conducting face-to face biopsychosocial assessments completed during an overnight stay on the Clinical Research Unit (CRU) at the UW Hospital. Duties also include providing data management support to project leadership. Specific duties may shift over the course of the study in response to changing priorities. Must be able to work some evenings and weekends (which translates nicely to some flexibility during weekday hours).

Key Job Responsibilities:
 

• Serves as a main point of contact for clinical research participants, providing information regarding research procedures, expectations, and informational inquiries. Ensures participants follow the research protocol and alerts Principal Investigator of issues
• Performs quality checks
• Identifies resource needs and develops clinical research documents, such as job aids, tools, processes, procedures, and training. Contributes to the development of protocols
• May assist with training of staff
• Schedules logistics, determines workflows, and secures resources for clinical research trials
• Recruits, screens, selects, determines eligibility and enrolls trial participants, collects more complex information, performs medical assessments, and answers varied questions under supervision of a medically licensed professional. Performs medical assessments after completion of required training/certification, such as collecting vital signs, obtaining weight, and performing phlebotomy
• Identifies work unit resources needs and manages supply and equipment inventory levels
• Manages research workflow components, collects, prepares, processes, and submits participant data and samples to appropriate entities, adhering to research protocols