Clinical Research Coordinator

Full-time

Chicago, IL

10,001+ employees

Educational Services

About the position

The Clinical Research Coordinator plays a vital role within the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) at the University of Illinois Chicago. This position is responsible for managing and coordinating all aspects of clinical research protocols, ensuring that all components are handled in a timely manner, both before and after the research activities. The Clinical Research Coordinator will implement and conduct multiple research projects within the Clinical Research Center, coordinating comprehensive patient protocol treatment schedules to maintain compliance with protocol requirements. This includes developing and implementing effective patient recruitment strategies, as well as participating in subject recruitment, screening, scheduling, testing, and data management for various investigations. In this role, the Clinical Research Coordinator will assist in establishing and coordinating the implementation of clinical research protocol priorities and organizational structures. They will notify and inform physicians, clinical staff, affiliates, and grant sponsors of any adverse events and protocol modifications, including their impact on the clinical research program. The coordinator will also be responsible for the activation and maintenance of clinical protocols, which involves reviewing and completing submissions, amendments, and adverse event reports as required by the UIC Institutional Review Board (IRB), Protocol Review Committee, and grant sponsors. Regular reviews of laboratory and clinical procedures will be conducted to ensure compliance with protocols. The Clinical Research Coordinator will act as a liaison between physicians, clinical staff, the UIC IRB office, grant sponsors, and regulatory agencies to ensure that priorities are clearly communicated and resources are allocated appropriately across multiple ongoing projects. They will also assist in identifying, recruiting, and enrolling patients to meet clinical research protocols, coordinating outreach efforts to schools, community clinics, and other venues to present research and recruit new clients. The coordinator will screen patients for protocol eligibility, complete patient assessments, execute the informed consent process, and ensure compliance with established protocols and regulatory standards. Additionally, they will collect and review client evaluations and assessments, conduct basic lab duties, and assist investigators in organizing study data for reports and publications.

Responsibilities

• Assist in establishing and coordinating the implementation of clinical research protocol priorities and organization structure.
• Notify and inform physicians, clinical staff, affiliates and grant sponsors of adverse events and protocol modifications, including their impact on the clinical research program.
• Coordinate the activation and maintenance of clinical protocols, including review and completion of submissions, amendments, and adverse event reports as required by the UIC Institutional Review Board (IRB), Protocol Review Committee and grant sponsors.
• Review laboratory and clinical procedures and evaluations regularly to ensure protocol compliance.
• Act as liaison between physicians, clinical staff and the UIC IRB office, grant sponsors and regulatory agencies to ensure priorities are clearly communicated and resources are allocated appropriately across multiple ongoing projects.
• Assist physicians and clinical staff in identification, recruitment and enrollment strategies of patients to increase enrollment and to meet clinical research protocols.
• Coordinate outreach to and liaison with staff at schools, community clinics, science fairs, etc. to make research presentations and recruit new clients for various research projects.
• Screen patients for protocol eligibility and participation in clinical research.
• Complete patient assessment of anthropometrics and perform phlebotomy.
• Execute informed consent process and monitor patient status; Enroll clients into programs, explaining the research protocols to the clients and parents, and obtain appropriate consent forms.
• Ensure that client enrollment and research activities comply with established protocols, regulatory and monitoring agency standards, and grant sponsor guidelines.
• Participate in conducting surveys of clients and parents.
• Collect and reviews client evaluations/assessments, surveys, and participant interviews to develop reports for the PI and appropriate agencies and grant sponsors.
• Complete accurate, concise, and legible documentation of all participant records and other source documentation and forms per protocol, (i.e. maintain drug documentation, reconciling study drug accountability).
• Conduct basic lab duties including centrifuging, alloquoting, and storing and shipping of study specimens.
• Assist investigators in organizing study data for grant progress reports, analysis for meeting presentations, and publications.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in nursing, mental health, psychology, pharmaceutical sciences, social science, or a related field required.
• At least one year experience in a research discipline required.
• Experience in a clinical research setting, experience working with Federal Regulations and IRB's preferred.
• Prior experience with medical terminology and procedures.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Requires excellent communication, organization, presentation and computer/pc skills.
• Knowledge of research protocols, principles and procedures; knowledge of aspects of clinical trials such as screening, interviewing, case reports forms; knowledge of experimental design, mathematics, statistics, computer applications and computer data management; oral and written communication skills; knowledge of a science such as biology or psychology; ability to identify, produce, organize, evaluate and interpret data; knowledge of ethics and regulatory procedures (i.e. informed consent, IRB applications, data safety and monitoring plans) involved with clinical trials and other clinical research; ability to work as a member of a project team; knowledge of clinical tasks required for research (e.g. phlebotomy, centrifugation, interviewing).

Nice-to-haves

• Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC) preferred.