The Clinical Research Coordinator handles or assists with the administrative activities generally associated with the conduct of clinical trials.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Maintains data pertaining to research projects, completes source documents/case report forms, and performs data entry.
- Assists with patient recruitment.
- Attends study meetings.
- Orders and maintains equipment and supplies.
- Reviews medical records and/or conducts screenings for recruitment of study participants, performs interviews and QOL questionnaires.
- Collects study specimen according to protocol which may include phlebotomy, processing, and preparation for shipping.
- Coordinates services, schedules procedures, creates and maintains case packages, and monitors charges.
- Assists with quality assurance and tracks regulatory submissions.
- Performs related approved responsibilities as required.
ADDITIONAL JOB DETAILS:
The clinical coordinator will work in the Sleep Epidemiology Research Group in the Department of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health led by Dr. Dayna Johnson under minimum supervision.
The coordinator will manage several studies - a clinical trial in the hospital and an observational epidemiological study in the community. Our projects are aimed at sleep measurement and understanding determinants and health (cardiovascular, covid, cancer) consequences of sleep problems.
Working some evenings and weekends (3-4 hours twice a month) are a requirement for this position.
The job responsibilities include operating as the project manager, submitting IRB documents, maintaining regulatory documents for clinical trials, coordinate the management of research equipment in the office, perform phlebotomy, ensure the research protocol is followed by all staff and data are being logged appropriately in RedCap, coordinate meetings, process and score sleep data from wearables using software on a provided computer, provide data summaries (in partnership with the study analyst), communicate with external teams, and represent the team at virtual meetings with internal and external researchers.
The candidate will also be responsible for managing and actively recruiting/scheduling research participants, completing research visits (data collection) in hospital or homes of participants (as part of a team), and processing participant incentives.
They will work with outside laboratory to ship frozen samples from participants.
In partnership with another team member, they will conduct the field visits which entail administering questionnaires, initializing air, light and noise monitoring devices, instructing participants on the sleep monitor and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and processing and mailing saliva samples.
Several times a week, they will visit the homes of participants in the evenings and weekends to conduct the research visits, thus reliable transportation is required (mileage will be reimbursed).
They will also have the opportunity to contribute manuscripts and assist with grant writing. The candidate will engage in other research-related tasks as needed.
The candidate should be very detailed, meticulous about data, and be knowledgeable regarding technology (e.g., wearables). Because of the engagement with recruitment, having an outgoing personality and comfort with talking with people is a benefit.
It is critical to be highly organized and have strong oral and written communication skills.
Reliable transportation is required as this position involves data enrollment (with another team member) in homes of participants (mileage will be reimbursed).
The coordinator will need to be resourceful, thoughtful, and take initiative.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- High School Diploma or GED and three years of administrative support experience.
- Or two years of college in a scientific, health related, or business administration program and one year of admin support or customer service experience.
- Or be a licensed as a practical nurse (LPN) and one year admin support or one year of licensed practical nursing experience.
- Or a Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, MD or PhD in a scientific, health related or business administration program.
This position is intended to support clinical research and all clinical training requirements must be tracked and monitored through Emory Healthcare under the credentialing category of Clinical Researcher.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Masters in epidemiology or research related discipline.
- Experience with NIH funded clinical and population science, managing/supervising staff, completing regulatory documents for clinical trials, coordinating meetings, IRB submissions, and experience conducting research in a community setting with African American participants.
NOTE: Position tasks are required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location; working remote is not an option. Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.