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Clinical Research Coordinator A/B
Job Profile Title
Clinical Research Coordinator A
Job Description Summary
The Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center is seeking two full-time clinical research coordinators who will be responsible for supporting multiple mixed-methods projects with an emphasis on reducing health inequities and a focus on socioeconomically disadvantaged and/or medically underserved groups. These projects include: (1) a clinical trial that will examine the mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of a remotely-delivered Coping Skills Training (CST) intervention; and (2) a study aimed at understanding how patients with advanced lung disease and their families form expectations for their future health. The CRCs will join a diverse, multidisciplinary team working to improve the lives of people and families coping with serious illness and improve health equity across multiple domains. Joanna Hart, MD, MSHP, provides faculty leadership of this team.
Under the supervision of the Project Manager, the CRCs' primary responsibilities will include screening, recruiting, and consenting patients with serious illnesses. This includes interfacing with clinical and administrative staff, as well as patients and family members in multiple clinical settings. Working with this diverse group of individuals, including patients with life-altering illness and their family members, will require excellent interpersonal and communication skills as well as good judgment. Additional duties will include collecting data from the electronic health record; administering surveys; delivering scripted attention control arm content to study participants; conducting interviews; qualitative data analysis, including coding transcripts and generating themes; administering subject payments; collaborating with community partners; and attending team meetings and mutually supporting team members. The CRCs may also be responsible for various day-to-day study operations including maintaining study databases, compliance with all IRB and regulatory documentation, and assisting with the preparation of materials to disseminate study results as needed.
Experienced candidates have the opportunity to work closely with and provide supervision of students based on experience and interest. The CRCs should be able to work closely with external partners, such as other health systems and community organizations.
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Job Responsibilities
CRC A:
Screen, recruitment, and consent patients and family members for research studies
Deliver scripted attention control arm content to study participants according to protocol
Initiate and administer surveys over multiple time points
Conduct interviews with patients and family members
Perform qualitative data analysis, including coding transcripts and generating themes
Maintain study databases and data tracking systems using REDCap
Attend research team meetings
Maintain regulatory compliance and IRB documentation
Perform additional duties as assigned
CRC B:
Perform all duties as listed above
Manage and oversee the work of students, research assistants, and clinical research coordinators
Maintain relationships and collaborate with external health system partners and community organizations
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