Bilingual Clinical Research Coordinator
About The Position
The Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery within the Pediatric Heart Institute at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Clinical Research Coordinator to join our team. In this critical role, you will contribute to advancing pediatric cardiac care by supporting all phases of clinical research projects. As a Clinical Research Coordinator, you will be responsible for a wide range of research and operational activities, including: Preparing, completing, and maintaining regulatory documents. Conducting both quantitative and qualitative data collection. Managing and analyzing research data. Preparing reports, presentations, and other project deliverables. Your initial focus will be on coordinating a qualitative study, which is part of a larger, primarily NIH-funded, multi-state research initiative. This is an exciting opportunity to collaborate with experienced medical researchers and contribute to impactful work that improves outcomes for children with congenital heart disease.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree required (Master’s Degree preferred).
- Minimum 1 year of relevant experience; familiarity with qualitative research and/or congenital heart disease research is a plus.
- Bilingual in Spanish and English required.
Responsibilities
- Coordinates research projects and performs tasks related to the execution and operations of research projects.
- Uses skills in quantitative and qualitative research methods to contribute to the design, coordination, and conduct of research projects.
- Fosters collaboration between team members, both internal and external to the department.
- Data management and analysis.
- Qualitative coding and thematic analysis.
- Sets up REDCap databases, conducts online surveys, in-depth interviews and focus groups, and performs data entry.
- Coordinates development of datasets, data cleaning, data validation, and data reporting.
- Summarizes and interprets complex analyses.
- Prepares materials and drafts sections of presentation and written documents.
- Creates charts, graphs, and tables to summarize analysis results.
- Contributes to peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts.
- Communicates and models values and mission of VU/VUMC.
- Establishes, supports, and promotes ownership of team goals. Works as a team to accomplish common goals. Willingly accepts responsibility and performs expected and unexpected tasks. Willingly exerts extra effort when necessary to get the job done.
- Recognizes areas of responsibility and takes charge of them. Takes ownership of problems brought to their attention. Follows through from analysis to problem resolution. Takes responsibility for mistakes and learns from them.
- Ability to accept constructive criticism. Demonstrates a positive attitude in response to suggestions for improvement.
- Can distinguish critical needs/problems from less urgent ones. Effectively prioritizes tasks and work assignments. Plans, organizes, and completes projects in an efficient manner.
- Communicates in and across teams to maximize effectiveness, efficiency, and information sharing.
- Uses innovative thinking when developing alternative solutions.
- Actively identifies and participates in educational and developmental activities to improve knowledge and performance to sustain and enhance personal and departmental development.
- The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
