Clinical Research Coordinator Associate (18 Month Fixed Term)

Duties

• Serve as primary contact with research participants, sponsors, and regulatory agencies.
• Care for coordination of studies from startup through close-out.
• Determine eligibility of and gather consent from study participants according to protocol.
• Aid in development of recruitment strategies.
• Coordinate collection of study specimens and processing.
• Collect and manage patient and laboratory data for clinical research projects.
• Manage research project databases, develop flow sheets and other study related documents, and complete study documents/case report forms.
• Ensure compliance with research protocols, and review and audit case report forms for completion and accuracy with source documents.
• Prepare regulatory submissions, and ensure institutional Review Board renewals are completed.
• Assemble study kits for study visits, monitor scheduling of procedures and charges, coordinate documents, and attend monitoring meetings with sponsors, acting as primary contact.
• Maintain expenditures and adherence to study budgets and resolve billing issues in collaboration with finance and/or management staff.
• Interact with the principal investigator regularly, ensuring patient safety and adherence to proper study conduct.
• Ensure essential documentation and recording of patient and research data in appropriate files per institutional and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in monitor visits and regulatory audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in biology, chemistry, public health or other health-related field
• One to two years working in clinical research
• Ability to work fast and efficiently within time constraints
• Ability to work independently and comfortably with study participants
• Prior data entry and management experience