Clinical Research Coordinator

The University of California at San Francisco Department of Neurology is seeking a bright, hardworking individual with strong communication and organizational skills to serve as a Clinical Research Coordinator. Within the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) group and under the supervision of the Clinical Research Manager or Principal Investigator (PI), the incumbent will help recruit, enroll, register, schedule, and retain study subjects. The incumbent will work closely with other CRCs and study investigators to assist in keeping patients on study schedules and must be able to prioritize and handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

The Clinical Research Coordinator will work independently or with general guidance at the fully qualified journey level, executing, managing, and coordinating research protocols as directed by the Clinical Research Manager and/or Principal Investigator (PI). They may coordinate data collection and operations for multiple concurrent clinical research studies under the guidelines of research protocols, UCSF policies, and regulatory agency standards.

The incumbent's duties may include, but are not limited to, supporting the management and coordination of tasks for one or multiple clinical research studies, depending on their size and complexity; acting as an intermediary between services and departments while overseeing data and specimen management; managing and reporting study results; creating, cleaning, updating, and managing databases and comprehensive datasets and reports; coordinating staff work schedules; assisting with training of Assistant CRCs; and supporting the Clinical Research Manager and/or PI with oversight of other research staff. They will also manage Investigator's protocols in the Committee on Human Research online system, including renewals and modifications to protocol applications and the initiation of new studies. Additionally, they will participate in reviewing and writing protocols to ensure IRB approval within university compliance, help ensure regulatory adherence, oversee data integrity, implement periodic quality control procedures, obtain UCSF approval prior to study initiation, maintain all regulatory documents, report progress to investigators, participate in internal and external audits or reviews, and perform other duties as assigned.