Clinical Research Coordinator A/B (Department of Cardiology)

About the role

The Clinical Research Coordinator A and B positions within the Department of Cardiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are responsible for implementing clinical research activities. These roles involve assisting with study coordination and recruitment for industry-sponsored studies, working directly with study physicians, research directors, and other research staff.

Responsibilities

• Assist in coordinating the conduct of assigned clinical trials performed by the physicians of Penn Cardiology and collaborate with principal investigators to ensure research activities are conducted according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines.
• Identify and recruit study subjects - screen regularly to identify potential patients for specific studies and determine patient eligibility by communicating with physicians, clinical staff, and reviewing medical data.
• Recruit patients and explain protocol and consent forms. Ensure original signed consent forms are maintained in the study binder.
• Create and maintain research data, regulatory files, subject data, and patient tracking databases. Ensure reported trial data are accurate, complete, and verifiable from source documents; collect data on adverse events and report serious adverse events according to regulatory requirements.
• Organize and coordinate study procedures - schedule study visits within protocol-designated time frames; ensure research orders and billing information are properly entered into the electronic medical record; ensure protocol-dictated patient remuneration.
• Assist in conducting initiation, monitoring, and closeout visits with sponsors. Provide training and education for patient care staff in all aspects of trial initiation, conduct, and closure. Serve as a primary contact for subjects, sponsors, and staff of research-related university offices and hospital departments in nursing, pharmacy, billing, and medical records related to assigned studies.
• Provide oversight of administration of medications, study drugs, or study interventions and monitor subject care and status throughout the course of the study.
• Process, label, and store human subject blood samples according to study protocol. Help manage inventory. Assist interventionalists in investigational device trials, device dispensing/accountability.
• Create Smart phrases in EPIC/Penn Chart.

Qualifications

• For Clinical Research Coordinator A: Bachelor of Science in field, biology or other sciences and 1 to 2 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
• For Clinical Research Coordinator B: Bachelor of Science and 2 to 3 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

Benefits

The University of Pennsylvania offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.