Clinical Research Coord Job Description
Clinical Research Coord Duties & Responsibilities
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Clinical Research Coord Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Clinical Research Coord
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Education for Clinical Research Coord
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Clinical Research Coord Job Description
- Co-ordination and management of the clinical trial, communication with sponsor and authorities, visit coordination, sampling, time management and product accountability
- Data collection and management, collection of source documents, using and developing CRFs, registration and management AEs, filing and archiving, managing monitoring visits, dealing with queries
- Close-out of the clinical trial, contributing to research article, audit preparation, trial closure, communication with authorities and other disciplines involved, assisting in the final study report and completing financial obligations
- Proactive attitude/Open and clear communicator
- Understands the needs of others
- Conscientious and precise delivery of work even when under pressure Flexible and open to change
- LPN or Bachelor’s degree in Health Related Field
- Certification by ACRP or SoCRA or obtain within 3 years of hire
- Coordinate activities to patients from clinical sites and administer in-person surveys to collect study data
- Oversee or conduct semi-structured interviews with patients and participants from the community
- Bachelor Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience, applicable to position
- Research Certification and/or other Certifications per specialty area preferred
- Recruit patients and caregivers from clinical settings and administer in-person surveys
- Conduct semi-structured interviews with patients with serious illnesses
- Participate in qualitative (content) analysis of transcribed data
- Maintain study databases including online survey platforms
Clinical Research Coord Job Description
- Prepares materials for patient visits including biopsy, stool, urine and blood sample collection kits
- Provides basic explanation of study and obtains informed consent, or assists the treating MD in obtaining informed consent, from research subjects
- Reviews patient medical records for research purposes
- Prepares/organizes data for analysis
- Assists with study regulatory (IRB) submissions
- The clinical research coordinator will be assigned research subjects for the week
- Develops and implements study participant recruitment strategies
- Files, copies, performs word processing
- Independently judges suitability of research subjects and verifies eligibility per inclusion/exclusion criteria
- Orders supplies, processes checks and sets up meetings
- Schedules study appointments and escorts patients during the study visit
- Uses software programs to collect and maintain data
- Obtains patient study data from medical records, physicians, per HIPAA guidelines
- Assists with interviewing study subjects and administering/scoring questionnaires
- Submits required reports and regulatory applications to the IRB and other applicable external agencies (e.g., annual reports, adverse events)
- Writes/revises consent forms
Clinical Research Coord Job Description
- Assisting professional staff with patient treatment processes according to study guidelines such as arranging specific blood draws
- Explain protocol to participants including risks and benefits
- Verify eligibility requirements
- Verify that all pretreatment testing is complete
- Obtain informed consent prior to study entry
- Participate in conference calls and other meetings
- Process annual IRB renewals/amendments & communicate with IRB closely as needed
- Act as billing delegate for Epic system
- Perform lab assays
- General maintenance (ice removal) and organization of nine ultralow freezers
- CITI certification in protection of human subjects
- Retrieval of articles relevant to the research project from virtual and physical libraries
- Analysis of structural MRI data with FreeSurfer
- Good technical skills, and comfort with basic scripting
- Works as an effective program team member
- Obtains patient study data from medical records, physicians, , using HIPAA guidelines
Clinical Research Coord Job Description
- Assists professional staff with patient treatment according to study guidelines
- Knows their primary study thoroughly so that they are able to answer questions (from study staff and patients) accordingly such as timing of tests or protocol required lab orders
- Assures investigators receive results of tests, as appropriate
- Interacts internally with other hospital departments such as Dieteticians, Harvard Catalyst CRC, Pharmacy, and Environmental Services as needed, and externally with personnel of regulatory agencies
- Performs other administrative support duties as assigned
- Submit and maintain IRB protocols
- Obtains patient data from medical records, physicians
- Assists with study regulatory submissions
- Assist research team with all facets of subject recruitment including, but not limited to, preparing/submitting print documents, web pages, and other graphics used to create research advertisements and promotional materials
- Identify and perform subject recruiting via phone screens, medical chart reviews
- Organize, administer and score direct neuropsychological assessments to pediatric, adolescent and adult patient populations who have developmental disabilities
- Provide day-to-day organizational and administrative support for clinical trials
- Evaluate subjects for study enrollment, perform informed consent and educate participants and families regarding study protocols
- Schedule patients, conduct patient visits and process CRFs form study appointments
- Other study related or administrative responsibilities as assigned
- Assist with formal audits of data
Clinical Research Coord Job Description
- This individual will work independently with minimal supervision
- Work directly with physicians to design, set-up and execute studies
- Work in conjunction with unit managers
- Participate in budget preparation for trials as needed
- Independently manage complex
- Develop, schedule and oversee subject visits and any necessary testing and appointment coverage according to protocol and in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (‘GCP’)
- Act in lead capacity in coordination of unit projects and assist unit managers in overseeing execution of project timelines completion of study related activities delegated to research coordinators/assistants who provide study related support (e.g., regulatory submissions and data entry)
- Interact with a variety of professionals (physicians, investigators, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, medical students, residents, and others.) to implement the study protocol
- Participate in the preparation and distribution of study-related documents from the Coordinating Center
- Manage large datasets in preparation for analysis
- Act as the primary liaison for study subjects to communicate about the study
- Assess subject’s health through interviews
- Perform phlebotomy on subjects
- Evaluate medical records and laboratory results for study relevant clinical data
- Maintain subject charts and other data per the protocol and assess data for quality and completeness
- Travel to investigator meetings as site study representative