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Clinical Research Coordinator I
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A Brief Overview
Safe Place: The Center for Child Protection and Health and Clinical Futures at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are seeking a full-time or part-time bilingual research coordinator. The ideal candidate will have a Master’s Degree in a health related field and experience in patient-oriented research. The research coordinator will work multiple projects including a multicenter study evaluating the efficacy of a positive parenting intervention (PriCARE) and a multicenter child abuse pediatrics research network (CAPNET). Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to: 1) recruiting and consenting families, 2) conducting study interviews, 3) maintaining subject tracking system, 3) scheduling subjects for interviews, 4) conducting chart reviews and abstracting clinical data, 4) performing data quality checks.
JOB SUMMARY:
This is a full-time or part-time Clinical Research Coordinator position offered through Clinical Futures at Children’s Hospital and Safe Place: The Center for Child Protection and Health in the Division of General Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The Clinical Research Coordinator will assist the Principal Investigator in activities related to PriCARE and CAPNET. Under minimal supervision, the coordinator will facilitate all clinical research activities within the scope of the clinical research protocols. The coordinator will also be responsible for training and overseeing student research assistants.
What you will do
- Position-specific responsibilities
- Adhere to an IRB approved protocol and submit protocol amendments and updates as needed
- Support data enterers and other team members at collaborating sites
- Coordinate study intervention sessions (virtual or in-person) and childcare sessions (when in-person sessions are restarted)
- Act as a liaison for research subject, investigator, IRB, sponsor, community partners, and healthcare professionals.
- Core responsibilities
- Submit protocol amendments and updates to the IRB as needed
- Participate in the informed consent process of study subjects
- Support the safety of clinical research patients/research participants
- Coordinate protocol related research procedures, study visits, and follow-up care
- Screen, recruit and enroll patients/research participants
- Maintain study source documents
- Under the supervision of PI Report adverse events
- Understand good clinical practice (GCP) and regulatory compliance
- Educate subjects and family on protocol, study intervention, etc.
- Comply with Institutional policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and guidelines, and with HIPAA and management of confidential materials
- Must comply with federal, state, and sponsor policies
- For multi-site studies or collaborations, support communication and meeting scheduling across teams
- Related responsibilities
- Manage essential regulatory documents
- Register study on ClinicalTrials.gov as appropriate
- Complete case report forms (paper & electronic data capture) and address queries
- Submit documents to regulatory authorities (e.g. IRB, FDA, etc.) and/or review/monitoring boards (ie,DSMB, independent safety officer)
- Facilitate pre-study, site qualification, study initiation, and monitoring visit as appropriate
- Facilitate study close out activities as appropriate
- Coordinate research/project team meetings
- Collect, process and ship samples as applicable to the protocol
- Schedule subject visits and procedures
- Retain records/archive documents after study close out
Education
- High School Diploma / GED Required
- Bachelor's Degree Preferred
Experience
- At least two (2) years of clinical or clinical related or research related experience Required
- At least three (3) years of clinical or clinical related or research related experience Preferred
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Basic knowledge of IRB and human subject protection.
- Strong verbal and written communications skills
- Strong time management skills
- Ability to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels
- Bilingual in Spanish and English
- Ability to perform assigned tasks independently and with minimal supervision.
- Able to work accurately, work well with others, and pay strict attention to detail.
- Work in collaboration with other professionals and staff.
- Must be adaptable to do work which is varied and requires an intellectual and professional approach.
- Requires a flexibility of skills and hours (some evening hours may be required)
- Strong organizational skills
- Efficient in navigating video conference platforms
- REDCap knowledge and experience preferred, but not required
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to converse professionally with families
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience with diverse, low-income, urban families through prior work, volunteer, or other experience
- Familiarity with statistical software, such as Stata or R, is preferred but not required.
- Strong interest in and commitment to public health research, program implementation, and child health policy that aims to improve outcomes for children and families.
- Willingness to commit at least 1 year to the position
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SALARY RANGE:
$51,730.00 - $64,660.00 Annually
Salary ranges are shown for full-time jobs. If you're working part-time, your pay will be adjusted accordingly.
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