Scheduled Hours

40

Position Summary

Coordinate research study primarily focused on anxiety in children ages 3-8 in the OCEAN lab. Study involves MRI, behavioral assessments, and surveys. Coordinator may be responsible for multiple research studies simultaneously, acting as a liaison with sponsoring agency, community and the study participants; responsible for managing and recording all phases of study protocol as required by the sponsoring agency to ensure compliance.

Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Implements and manages all phases of study/protocol.
• Collects research data under research protocols including MRI and behavioral assessments, and 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 principal investigators 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.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Diversity is a core value at Washington University School of Medicine and in the Department of Psychiatry. We are committed to building and sustaining inclusive and equitable working and learning environments for all students, staff, trainees, and faculty. We believe that building a diverse team enriches us individually and as a department by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. In order to achieve these objectives, candidates are expected to align with the school's mission of promoting inclusive excellence. They should be prepared to further this objective within Washington University and collaborate with diverse communities of students, faculty, staff, trainees, and patients. Visit our Websites to learn more about DEI initiatives in the Department of Psychiatry (https://psychiatry.wustl.edu/diversity-equity-inclusion-2/) and at WUSM (https://diversity.med.wustl.edu/).  

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

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