Open Rank-Instructor or Sr. Instructor

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department: Neurology

Job Title: Open Rank-Instructor or Sr. Instructor

Position 00831016:  – Requisition #35980:

Job Summary:

The Department of Neurology has an opening for a motivated full-time Physical Therapist | Coordinator to coordinate human subject clinical research studies, including drug studies. The position is located at the Anschutz Medical Campus.  Hours are usually 8:00 to 5:00 weekdays, but occasionally longer hours are required, depending on participant volume and schedules. Some travel may also be required. This position will be responsible for administering protocol specific assessments requiring or preferring a trained and licensed PT. This position will collaborate with study colleagues at all levels of the organization. We are seeking an individual who is collaborative, communicative, caring, detail oriented and organized, proactive, able to think critically, focused on quality, dedicated to personal growth, and highly motivated in all areas of study coordination.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administering protocol specific assessments requiring or preferring a trained and licensed PT, such as manual muscle strength testing and assessment, assessing assistive devices, Hammersmith, Timed up and go, 6 minute walk test, 25 foot walk timed walk, 9 hole peg test, Northstart Rating scales, and Quantitative Muscle Testing”.
• Coordinating clinical research visits and collecting/recording data.  This position includes comprehensive direct patient contact (i.e., performing phlebotomy, taking vital signs, administering questionnaires and surveys, cognitive testing and protocol specific assessments and coordinating drug and/or device dispensing and accountability) with a high-level of ethics and integrity.
• Participating in study recruitment initiatives that include communicating with patients who have expressed interest in the study, prescreening activities, screening patients, and documenting patient enrollment statuses in collaboration with the recruitment specialist.
• Managing research visit scheduling by collaborating and communicating with the clinical research-scheduling specialist.  This includes considering principal investigator schedule, masked or unmasked staff schedules, patient schedules, and clinic schedules in order for visit windows and protocol requirements to be followed.
• Ensuring study quality meets the requirements of study protocols, department and UCH Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) (e.g., accurately entering in appropriate information/documents into OnCore and EPIC) and research regulations and best practices (e.g., ICH guidelines, FDA code of Federal Regulations, and Good Clinical Practice (GCP)). Examples of this include proactively preventing deviations, creating source documents, creating backup plans, and ensuring principal investigator oversight.
• Working, communicating, and collaborating with various colleagues (e.g., principal investigator, clinicians, medical staff, sponsors, contract research organizations (CROs), and neurology research staff, finance and billing professionals, and regulatory team) at various stages of each study assigned. The PRA is responsible for providing excellent customer service to both internal and external stakeholders by presenting a positive image of the department and the University.
• Managing accurate and timely documentation of all research activities and study correspondence (e.g., randomization, patient statuses and visits, chain of custody lab samples and study drug/device, billing notes, progress reports) that adhere to study protocols using various electronic information systems.