Scheduled Hours

40

Position Summary

Join our dedicated team of researchers focusing on rare pediatric diseases. This position offers a unique opportunity to work on diverse, impactful research projects, including pioneering clinical drug trials and longitudinal database studies.

In this role, the responsibilities will include engaging closely with patients and their caregivers, ensuring their journey through clinical trials is smooth and supported. The Clinical Research Coordinator I will play a vital role in participant recruitment and maintaining precise data entry, directly contributing to the advancement of medical care and understanding of these rare conditions.

The Clinical Research Coordinator I will be part of a dynamic, mission-driven team, collaborating with skilled clinical research coordinators, assistants, investigators, and administrative staff. Depending on the project, you'll work with a team of 3-7 dedicated professionals. This is more than just a job—it’s a chance to have a meaningful impact on the future of pediatric healthcare.

This position offers a balanced work-life schedule with our standard business hours, 8-5 Monday through Friday. While rare urgent situations might require occasional weekend responses, the flexibility of a hybrid schedule is embraced.

Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Implements and manages all phases of study/protocol; ensures compliance with protocol guidelines and requirements of regulatory agencies; establishes record-keeping systems; makes assessments and determinations of participants’ progress in the study; analyzes, investigates and reports adverse events; makes decisions as to when to notify physicians of issues, when to stop participant inclusion and/or to make and/or recommend adjustment of the protocol of particular participants; resolves protocol management issues and recommends corrective action as appropriate; serves as liaison with funding or sponsoring agency.
• Recruits and enrolls study participants; makes and/or participates in making determinations of eligibility based on diagnostic criteria and/or observations/analysis in participant interviews; develops informed consent packets for study participants and confers with participants to explain purpose of study and obtain completed informed consent packets; explains diagnostic procedures and treatment plans to address participant/family concerns; administers/scores tests and/or evaluates all lab and clinical assessments to ensure they are completed in a timely manner.
• Ensures timely completion of all protocol requirements (assessment, lab testing, procedures and treatments), to include scheduling and facilitating the patient’s timely completion of protocol requirements; evaluates and interprets collected clinical data as appropriate; prepares oral or written presentations or reports and analyses setting forth progress trends and provides recommendations or conclusions of the same.
• Collects clinical data under clinical research protocols.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions:
Job Location/Working Conditions

• Patient care setting.

Physical Effort

• Typically sitting at desk or table.

Equipment

• Office equipment.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education.

Certifications:

The list below may include all acceptable certifications and issuers. More than one credential or certification may be required depending on the role.

Basic Life Support - American Heart Association, Basic Life Support - American Red Cross

Work Experience:

No specific work experience is required for this position.

Skills:

Not Applicable

Driver's License:

A driver's license is not required for this position.

More About This Job

Required Qualifications:

• Basic Life Support certification (Online BLS certifications, those without a skills assessment component, are not sufficient to meet the BLS requirements).

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

No additional education beyond what