Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator

We seek a motivated and collaborative Assistant Research Coordinator to join our child health research team focused on improving care quality and health outcomes for hospitalized children.

The Social Needs Assistance for Hospitalized Kids (SNAK) Trial examines the comparative effectiveness of 2 hospital-based interventions designed to address families’ social and economic needs.

Under the supervision of the Clinical Research Supervisor and study Site Principal Investigators, the incumbent can expect to work closely with the study clinical research coordinators and investigator team to support the coordination of the study.

May be responsible for the coordination of one or more single or multi-site, active or follow-up clinical trials; help prepare protocols for study initiation; help design flow sheets, data forms and source documents; gather and interpret medical, surgical and laboratory data regarding clinical trial subjects; may apply understanding of inclusion/exclusion eligibility criteria for protocols; help recruit, enroll, register, schedule and retain study subjects; record protocol specific treatments and assure collection and shipment of samples; assist research personnel to keep patients on study schedules; complete study forms to submit to sponsors and/or appropriate agencies; collect, enter and clean data into study databases, maintaining data quality; assist with data analysis; assist with preparation of reports and tables; attend team meetings; and perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• HS graduation and sufficient experience and demonstrated skills to successfully perform the assigned duties and responsibilities; and/or equivalent experience/training
• Excellent verbal and written communications and presentation skills ; excellent organizational skills; and excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively in a diverse team.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Windows.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-based environment; project management and coordination skills; ability to prioritize tasks and meet multiple deadlines on concurrent projects.
Ability to establish cooperative working relationships with patients, co-workers, & physicians

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated proficiency with medical terminology.
• Experience working with patients or study subjects.
• Ability to abstract data from medical records and transfer it to data collection forms or directly into databases.