Innovative Care Research Coordinator

About the role

The Innovative Care Research Coordinator is a translational role that serves as a bridge between clinical and lab-based research within the Department of Neurology's Division of Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. The purpose of this position is to liaise between the clinical and lab research teams, identifying potential candidates for research participation, conducting research visits, and ensuring the seamless flow of biological sample acquisition, data, and communications across translational research collaborations.

Responsibilities

• Screens, recruits, and consents research participants to biobank protocols
• Conducts research visits in the Penn Neuroscience Center at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
• Completes weekly chart reviews of patients scheduled to be seen in clinic and abstracts clinical data from the electronic medical record of consented participants and enters it into study-related databases
• Maintains study records, including completing documentation within the electronic medical record and maintaining study logs and files

Requirements

• Strong interpersonal, communication, writing, and analytical skills
• Must be detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills
• Ability to navigate multi-layered systems and manage competing priorities
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and problem-solving skills
• Strong PC skills using a range of software programs including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Adobe
• A bachelor's degree is required
• Previous Patient-facing Experience or Lab-based Research Experience is Preferred
• Availability to work up to twenty-five hours per week is required
• Work hours will vary from week to week and will be dependent upon patient, clinic, and lab scheduling
• The candidate is required to be available to work onsite at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
• The candidate will be required to attend three weekly team meetings
• The ability to safely transport samples to different locations within the Penn campus is required

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal, communication, writing, and analytical skills
• Must be detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills
• Ability to navigate multi-layered systems and manage competing priorities
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and problem-solving skills
• Strong PC skills using a range of software programs including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Adobe
• A bachelor's degree is required
• Previous Patient-facing Experience or Lab-based Research Experience is Preferred

Skills

• Strong interpersonal, communication, writing, and analytical skills
• Must be detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills
• Ability to navigate multi-layered systems and manage competing priorities
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and problem-solving skills
• Strong PC skills using a range of software programs including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Adobe

Benefits

Salary offers are made based on the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and education as they directly relate to the requirements of the position, and in alignment with salary ranges based on external market data for the job’s level. Internal organization and peer data at Penn are also considered.