Clinical Research Coordinator – Safe Place

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SHIFT:Day (United States of America)

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A Brief Overview
Safe Place: The Center for Child Protection and Health and Clinical Futures at Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia are seeking a full-time or part-time bilingual research coordinator. The ideal candidate will have a Masters Degree in a health related field and experience in patient-oriented research. The research coordinator will work predominately on a multicenter study evaluating the efficacy of a positive parenting intervention (PriCARE) and on a multicenter child abuse pediatrics research network (CAPNET). Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to: 1) recruiting and consenting families, 2) conducting study interviews, 3) maintaining subject tracking system, 4) scheduling subjects for interviews, 5) conducting chart reviews and abstracting clinical data, 6) performing data quality checks.

This is a part-time Clinical Research Coordinator position offered through Clinical Futures at Childrens Hospital and Safe Place: The Center for Child Protection and Health in the Division of General Pediatrics at Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. The Clinical Research Coordinator will assist the Principal Investigator in activities related to PriCARE and CAPNET. Under minimal supervision, the coordinator will facilitate all clinical research activities within the scope of the clinical research protocols. The coordinator will also be responsible for training and overseeing student research assistants.

Under moderate supervision from study PI or other research study management staff, this role provides substantial coordination level support for all clinical research activities within the scope of clinical research protocols.

What you will do
Core responsibilities
Adhere to an IRB approved protocol
Participate in the informed consent process of study subjects
Support the safety of clinical research patients/research participants
Coordinate protocol related research procedures, study visits, and follow-up care
Screen, recruit and enroll patients/research participants
Maintain study source documents
Under the supervision of PI Report adverse events
Understand good clinical practice (GCP) and regulatory compliance
Educate subjects and family on protocol, study intervention, etc.
Comply with Institutional policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and guidelines, and with HIPAA and management of confidential materials
Must comply with federal, state, and sponsor policies
For multi-site studies or collaborations, support communication and meeting scheduling across teams
Related responsibilities
Manage essential regulatory documents
Register study on ClinicalTrials.gov as appropriate
Complete case report forms (paper & electronic data capture) and address queries
Submit documents to regulatory authorities (e.g. IRB, FDA, etc.) and/or review/monitoring boards (ie,DSMB, independent safety officer)
Facilitate pre-study, site qualification, study initiation, and monitoring visit as appropriate
Facilitate study close out activities as appropriate
Coordinate research/project team meetings
Collect, process and ship samples as applicable to the protocol
Schedule subject visits and procedures
Retain records/archive documents after study close out
Education Qualifications
High School Diploma / GED Required
Bachelors Degree Preferred
Experience Qualifications
At least two (2) years of clinical or clinical related or research related experience Required
At least three (3) years of clinical or clinical related or research related experience Preferred
Skills and Abilities
Basic knowledge of IRB and human subject protection.
Strong verbal and written communications skills
Strong time management skills
Ability to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels

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Employees may request exemptions for valid religious and medical reasons. Start dates may be delayed until candidates are immunized or exemption requests are reviewed.

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