Research Program Coordinator

The Department of Neurology is seeking a Research Program Coordinator who will be responsible for coordinating clinical trials and other clinical research projects in the Johns Hopkins Multiple Sclerosis Center. This may involve, but is not limited to, screening medical records, identifying appropriate patients, consenting study participants, performing data collection and entry, obtaining and processing specimens (e.g., blood, urine), organizing regulatory paperwork. 

The position reports to the Research Program Supervisor, with an indirect reporting line to the faculty principal investigators of the clinical research projects.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintain a good working knowledge of all assigned protocols and projects and their reporting requirements and will adhere to all protocol and regulatory requirements to ensure the validity of the clinical research data.
• Work directly with the principal investigators and other study coordinators to execute multiple study protocols. May also be involved in the amendment of existing protocols or development of new study protocols.
• Attends clinics, screens potential participants and carries out research-related procedures with participants on a daily basis.
• Monitor, schedule, and execute participants’ study visits and may be involved in reconciling study related invoices.
• Manage and maintain all participant binders, study binders, and documentation for the study as well as assist the principal investigators in preparing for audits, advertising for the studies, implementing new recruitment strategies, and preparing reports for the IRB as well as handling and documenting IRB correspondence.
• May attend educational lectures and conferences.
• Must be willing to conduct database management.

Additional Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Must have professional attitude and excellent communication skills, including oral and written communication, as well as outstanding interpersonal skills.
  
• Must have a mature outlook, be self-motivated and, be highly organized.
  
• Must be able to work independently complete tasks, work with others to problem solve, be detail-oriented, and able to multi-task.
  
• Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel required.
  

Technical qualifications or specialized certifications

• Phlebotomy trained.

• Bachelor's Degree in related discipline.

• Additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

• Some experience with Stata, ACCESS, and REDCap preferred.
• Phlebotomy skills preferred (or willingness to learn).

Classified Title: Research Program Coordinator 
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CD  
Starting Salary Range: $17.00 - $30.00 HRLY ($48,880 targeted; Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: M-F 8:30 am - 5:00 pm 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: School of Medicine Campus 
Department name: ​​​​​​​SOM Neuro Neuroimmunology  
Personnel area: School of Medicine