Clinical Research Coordinator A/B

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Posted Job Title

Clinical Research Coordinator A/B

Job Profile Title

Clinical Research Coordinator A

Job Description Summary

The primary duties of the Clinical Research Coordinator A will include:
Screen and enroll subjects for one or more federally-funded studies in a fast-paced inpatient hospital setting; screen/enroll eligible subjects 5 days/week, in-person; obtain informed consent from study subjects or their proxies (in-person or by phone); human specimen collection (anatomical and environmental swabs) with hospital subjects; specimen collection from healthcare workers and other hospital staff; coordinate specimen tracking and drop off with research laboratory staff; coordinate study operations with staff; ensure protocol compliance; data abstraction from medical records; data entry, maintain patient and data tracking system; participate in the development of study materials and procedures; participate in weekly research team meetings. This position involves working in the hospital and spending the majority of the workday on the hospital units. This position also involves collection and coordination of biological samples with transport to the microbiology laboratory as well as coordination of study activities with data management. Collection and coordination of biological samples requires extreme flexibility within the daily work schedule. This position reports directly to the study’s project manager. This position may require flexibility to work occasional nights/weekends.

The Clinical Research Coordinator B will perform all of the above duties with a greater level of independence and less direction from senior project management staff. The Clinical Research Coordinator B will also be responsible for developing and maintaining tracking systems of both subjects and specimens in REDCap and LabVantage databases. This includes some data cleaning and analysis and generation of data queries.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

• Determination of subject