Job Category:

Research & Research Administration

Work Shift/Schedule:

8 Hr Morning - Afternoon

Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities.

About the Role:

Job Summary

Responsible for the coordinating, implementing, tracking and evaluating NGHS research studies. This includes all phases of the research cycle:

• Study and Protocol Design, Feasibility and Implementation

• IRB, Ethical and Data Review

• Administration, Recruitment, Data collection

• Data analyses

• Completion

• Formal Closure

• Maintains appropriate and accurate documentation of study files as well as patient/study participant consent and evaluation data.

• Leads, coordinates or guides strategies for recruitment of study participants, enrollment of participants, and manages data collection and reporting for institutionally approved research studies.

• Ensures the requirements are met for subject enrollment and compliance from entry through follow up, investigator participation, data report submission and audits.

• Responsible for management of assigned grant projects.

• Responsible for ensuring all research stages are in compliance with all regulatory requirements as outlined in NGHS policies, local, state and Federal 45CFR46. 

Minimum Job Qualifications

• Licensure or other certifications: Clinical Research Coordinator or Equivalent Certification (or completed within 2 years of hire); CITI certification or equivalent Human Subjects Research Training (or completed within 60 days of hire).

• Educational Requirements: Masters Degree

• Minimum Experience: Minimum of five years experience in healthcare research, public health research and/or academic science or PhD in related area, and evidence of two years experience with healthcare research study design. 

• Other: Masters Degree (with research or dissertation component) in Health Sciences, Educational research, life sciences.

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Preferred Licensure or other certifications: Certification or evidence of skills in database management, data analysis. Certification in Grant Writing and or Grant Management.

• Preferred Educational Requirements: PhD

• Preferred Experience: Experience with statistical analysis in healthcare applications.

• Other:

Job Specific and Unique Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of processes involved in rigorous healthcare research and departmental specific accreditation requirements.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Advanced Computer Skills, including proficiency in Windows, Excel, Word, and competency in managing data within large databases.

• Remains current in knowledge and skills in healthcare research, and research ethics.

Essential Tasks and Responsibilities

• Ensures compliance with IRB approved recruitment, screening and consenting procedures, identifies preliminary cohorts, recruits and screens potential study participants

• Facilitates the development of study-related training for study stakeholders as required in protocol, and coordinates the deployment of the sessions, running these if needed.

• Provider and staff research skills education:  Develop engaging educational content to address specified outcomes for current stakeholders, and potential stakeholders at all levels of NGHS. 

• Works with relevant data developers, analysts, data scientists and statisticians to collect, organize and manage study relevant data in a structure that aligns with NGHS IT data collection standards. Secures data in compliance with institutional and local, state and Federal requirements as well as study sponsor requirements. Acts as super user and trainer of NGHS data collection and analysis assets. 

• Coordinates and collaborates in collection of departmental specified metrics in a timely and accurate manner, presenting these metrics in a digestible manner for each stakeholder group as set out in departmental standard work.

• Follows program required standard work and research study processes. 

• Study Initiation (Study Assessment, Development, and Approval)

• Helps to identify potential cohort numbers (sample frame) through patient cohort development, manages feasibility study