Clinical Research Coordinator II

Universities of Wisconsin•Madison, WI

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

Want to join a fun, hard-working, collaborative team? Come join the Clinical Research team within the Department of Pediatrics at UW-Madison! The Clinical Research team supports clinical research across multiple divisions in the Department of Pediatrics. Working within the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at both American Family Children’s Hospital and UnityPoint-Meriter, this position is a unique opportunity to contribute to research aimed at prevention, detection, and treatment of disease in critically ill infants. This position will assist with coordinating a variety of clinical research studies by performing various tasks and activities. These tasks include, but are not limited to, recruitment, screening, and enrolling study participants and families, as well as ensuring study participants and families follow the research study protocol. Our team of clinical research coordinators and research nurses apply expertise, knowledge, and skills to a broad range of clinical studies, navigate resources, identify issues requiring escalation, and contribute to the development of new team and unit processes, procedures, and tools. The Clinical Research Coordinator will work in collaboration with pediatric faculty, nurses and staff to coordinate clinical research studies for the Department of Pediatrics, ranging from industry partnered to investigator initiated clinical trials. This position is full or part-time, 90%-100% This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location. This position has been identified as a position of trust with access to vulnerable populations. The selected candidate will be required to pass an initial caregiver check to be eligible for employment under the Wisconsin Caregiver Law and every four years.

Requirements

Minimum 1 year of experience working in a clinical research role
Experience utilizing a variety of platforms such as Health Link or other electronic medical record, Microsoft Office Suite, REDCap, OnCore, and Google Drive

Nice To Haves

Experience working with the pediatric population
Experience working in a healthcare setting
Experience working with research data collection and/or sample processing
Possess a Clinical Research Certification such as CCRP, CCRC, CCRA, or ACRP-CP

Responsibilities

Recruits, screens, selects, determines eligibility and enrolls trial participants, collects more complex information, performs medical assessments, and answers varied questions under supervision of a medically licensed professional.
Performs medical assessments after completion of required training/certification, such as collecting vital signs, obtaining weight, and performing phlebotomy
Manages research workflow components, collects, prepares, processes, and submits participant data and samples to appropriate entities, adhering to research protocols
Identifies work unit resources needs and manages supply and equipment inventory levels
Serves as a main point of contact for clinical research participants, providing information regarding research procedures, expectations, and informational inquiries.
Ensures participants follow the research protocol and alerts Principal Investigator of issues
May assist with training of staff
Performs quality checks
Identifies resource needs and develops clinical research documents, such as job aids, tools, processes, procedures, and training.
Contributes to the development of protocols
Schedules logistics, determines workflows, and secures resources for clinical research trials