"Clinical Research Coordinator A/B/C (Neurosurgery)"

Job Description

The Neurosurgery Clinical Research Division is recruiting a Clinical Research Coordinator. The person hired will be required to assist in the management of multiple clinical trials.

CRC A Duties:

• Clinical: Recruit and assess research patients, obtaining patient consent, subject scheduling, abstraction of medical information from charts into online databases, data entry and management
• Regulatory: Preparation, submission and monitoring of human subject’s protocols, and progress reports. CRF completion.
• Budgetary: Developing clinical trial budgets, communicating with hospital and vendors for quotes for services.
• Other duties as assigned

Position is contingent on continued funding.

Qualifications: A Bachelor’s Degree in Biology or related field and 1 year to 2 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience required. Must complete SOCRA certification within one year of employment. Applicant should demonstrate excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills and must be competent and comfortable working with patients. Must be able to multi-task and shift from one part of the project to another depending on priority.

CRC B Duties:

• Clinical Trial Management: Obtaining patient consent, subject scheduling, abstraction of medical information from charts into online databases
• Regulatory: Preparation, submission and monitoring of human subject’s protocols, and progress reports
• Budgetary: Developing clinical trial budgets, communicating with hospital and vendors for quotes for services.
• Other Duties as assigned

Position is contingent on continued funding.

Qualifications: A Bachelor’s Degree in a biomedical related field and at least 2 to 4 years of clinical research experience or equivalent combination of education and experience required. Applicant must complete SOCRA certification within one year of employment. Applicants should demonstrate excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills, and must be competent and comfortable working with patients. Must be able to multi-task and shift from one part of the project to another depending upon priority.

CRC C Duties:

• Clinical Trial Management: Obtaining patient consent, subject scheduling, abstraction of medical information from charts into online databases
• Regulatory: Preparation, submission and monitoring of human subject’s protocols, and progress reports
• Budgetary: Developing clinical trial budgets, communicating with hospital and vendors for quotes for services.
• Supervise and lead two clinical research coordinators, as well as 10 summer students/interns.
• Other Duties as assigned

Position is contingent on continued funding.

Qualifications: A Bachelor’s Degree in a biomedical related field and 4-6 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience required. This position will be a resource for best practices of managing major clinical trials. The coordinator will provide guidance to both study trials and device trials. The incumbent will be a liaison to departmental interaction such as the investigational team, the nursing units and sponsor. He/She will be a resource to other members of the team and will oversee the implementation of new clinical trials. Will review all new trials to help identify the challenges and opportunities discovered. Will problem-solve the challenges to implement a plan of action; will work with the regulatory manager to ensure that submissions to the IRB are completed in a timely manner. Will supervise the execution of the trial with the staff to ensure adherence to the protocol is followed and will audit the trials for compliance and enrollment which include a review of the data entry for accuracy and completeness and adverse event management. The coordinator will take an active role in preparation of trial audits and inspection. The coordinator will take a lead role supervising any inspection that takes place with the trials. S/he will provide monthly updates to the research team and the director.

Pay Range: $46,500.00 - $62,000.00 Annual Rate