"CLINICAL RESEARCH COORDINATOR III"

Job Description

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, is seeking a Clinical Research Coordinator III. The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the Heersink School of Medicine is home to The National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center (NSCISC) which manages the National Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems (SCIMS) Database, a nationwide longitudinal registry of more than 53,000 people with spinal cord injury enrolled during acute rehabilitation at SCIMS sites since the 1970s and followed at 1 and 5 years post injury and every five years thereafter. Data are collected via standardized medical-record abstraction and participant interviews (phone, mail, or in person). This research position is the primary liaison to the 18 SCIMS centers currently funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).

General Responsibilities

• To serve as a lead coordinator by providing oversight to less experienced staff to ensure quality and regulatory compliance with clinical research operations.
• To coordinate and manage the research study lifecycle from start-up through close-out.
• To coordinate and conduct all applicable clinical and administrative activities required by the protocol such as screening, scheduling, consenting, assessing, ordering, collecting, documenting and shipping under the auspices of Good Clinical Practice (GCP).

Key Duties & Responsibilities

1. Provides training, technical assistance, on-site visits, and virtual audits to standardize screening, consent, enrollment, and data capture across sites.
2. Supports data integrity and reporting by troubleshooting collection and entry issues, communicating protocol updates and best practices, contributing to statistical report production, and collaborating with the NSCISC data-systems team to maintain user-friendly data entry and management tools.
3. Assists UAB SCIMS with study screening, enrollment, and data collection as needed.
4. Performs other duties as assigned.

Annual Salary Range

$60,835 - $98,855

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a related field and five (5) years of related experience required. Work experience may NOT substitute for education requirement. Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC) or Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) certification preferred.

Preferences

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and abilities:

• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Able to produce clear protocols, reports, and training materials and present effectively to data collectors.
• Strong independent problem-solving and judgment.
• Able to identify, analyze, and resolve unexpected operational or data issues across sites with minimal supervision.
• Experience designing, delivering, and evaluating training for data collectors.
• Experience in the development and implementation of standard operating procedures to ensure reliable, auditable data.
• Comfortable collaborating with IT/data systems staff and working with data entry and reporting tools to improve usability and data integrity.
• Proven ability to manage complex, multi-site longitudinal data collection workflows and timelines.