Research Study Coordinator - Inpatient Critical Care Clinical Trials

Job Summary :

This position provides an opportunity to interact with the inpatient critical care team, screen complex medical patients, and implement state-of-the-art clinical trials involving pneumonia, COVID-19, and sepsis.

Coordinates collection, analysis, processing & reporting of data & assists Principal Investigator (PI) in judging the validity of test data obtained in regard to biomedical & / or social-behavioral research study(ies) of limited complexity involving co-investigators, multiple campuses & / or universities.

Completes all activities by strictly following Good Clinical Practices (GCP) & all relevant current local, state, & federal laws, regulations, guidance, policy & procedure developed by the NU Institutional Review Board (IRB), Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), & the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH).

Please note : Supervisor provides objectives, deadlines and specific instructions only for new, difficult, and / or unusual work.

Work is reviewed upon completion and only occasionally to verify technical accuracy and compliance with practice, policy, and procedures.

EE informs supervisor of on-going progress and / or potentially controversial matters.

Specific Responsibilities :

Technical

• Participates in the planning & conduct of research study including participant recruitment and retention.
• Obtains informed consent
• Administers tests & / or questionnaires following protocols.
• Collects, compiles, tabulates & processes responses.
• Gathers information.
• Extracts & analyzes data from medical charts.
• Completes basic clinical procedures such as drawing blood & obtaining blood pressure.

Administration

• Collects, records, reviews & summarizes research data.
• Collates relevant mathematical results & prepares tables, charts & graphs reflecting relationships of multiple tests.
• Prepares reports for investigators and sponsors on recruitment status and other pertinent study data.
• Writes portions of grant applications & co-author scientific papers.
• Completes documents associated with current local, state, & federal regulatory guidelines, requirements, laws & research protocols.

Finance

• May process payments for research participants per study protocol.
• Works with industry representatives to negotiate tentative grant funding.
• Coordinates reimbursements for expert panel travel, consultant pay, additional gift card orders, etc. & ensure costs remain within allotted grant budget.

Supervision

• May provide work direction & / or train other research staff to interview / test participants.
• May act as a mentor in regard to education of junior coordinators.

Miscellaneous

Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications :

Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in a major such as social or health science or related;

OR appropriate combination of education and experience and 2 years' research study or other relevant experience required; OR

Successful completion of a full course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a master's or higher degree in a major such as social or health science or related;

OR appropriate combination of education and experience.

Must complete NU's IRB CITI training before interacting with any participants & must re-certify every 3 years.

Minimum Competencies : (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.)

• Ability to become American Heart Association or American Red Cross Healthcare certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
• Ability to successfully complete the requirements of the Northwestern Memorial Research Access Program.
• Skill / knowledge in specimen processing / handling.
• Skill / knowledge in use of Microsoft Office, including Excel, Outlook, and Word.
• Skill / knowledge in medical terminology.
• Skill / knowledge of hospital medical records.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Prior working experience involving inpatient medical records.
• Prior working experience involving clinical research protocol development.
• Prior working experience involving data entry systems, e.g., REDCap.
• Certification as a clinical research coordinator (ACRP or SOCRA).
• Phlebotomy certification and prior working experience as a phlebotomist.

Preferred Competencies : (Skills, knowledge, and abilities)

• Action oriented - Willing or likely to take practical action to deal with a problem or situation.
• Coachability - Receptive to feedback, willing to learn, embracing continuous improvement.
• Collaboration - Facilitates open and effective communication, cooperation and teamwork within and outside of one's own team.
• Collegiality - Helpful, respectful, approachable; builds strong working relationships and a positive work environment.
• Initiative - Exhibits energy and desire to achieve; sets ambitious goals and acts decisively; takes action that no one has requested to improve or enhance job results and avoid problems.
• Meets deadlines - Displays consistency and success in adhering to deadlines.
• Multi-tasking - Demonstrates ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Organization - Plans, organizes and schedules in an efficient, productive manner; anticipates contingencies and pays attention to detail.

Benefits :

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