Clinical Research Coordinator (SOM Pediatric Young Adult & Adolescent Medicine)
About The Position
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pediatric and Young Adult Medicine, is seeking a Clinical Research Coordinator to administratively coordinate clinical protocol implementation, typically for a single study. The coordinator ensures efficient logistical implementation of study activities and provides administrative support for research-related regulatory matters. The role coordinates study activities to support protocol adherence and valid findings; assists study personnel with protocol-related tasks; explains study rationale to participants; supports participant recruitment, consent, scheduling, and follow-up; and helps manage study data and meetings. The coordinator also assists with Institutional Review Board submissions and communications, conducts literature searches, maintains working knowledge of study protocols and related systems, and oversees study operating expenditures. Additional duties include helping build and manage a text-messaging system, tracking participants over time through messaging, email, and in-person or phone follow-up, and supporting research data management with Excel, REDCap, or similar systems. The schedule is casual/on-call, with days and hours varying. The position is based at the School of Medicine Campus.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related field.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma or equivalent, as permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience working with Engage Spark, a text-messaging platform used with interventions.
- Experience with behavioral clinical trial procedures.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate clinical research study activities to ensure adherence to the protocol and validity of findings.
- Participate in clinical study start-up meetings.
- Assist research nurses, study coordinators, principal investigators, and other study personnel with protocol-related activities.
- Explain the study background and rationale to potential and current participants.
- Contribute to recruitment strategy development and implement recruitment techniques, including print and web advertisements, contacting referring physicians, and participating in community events.
- Conduct the consenting process independently or ensure consent is obtained from appropriate participants.
- Schedule participants for required activities and provide instructions before tests or examinations.
- Serve as a liaison to study participants.
- Assist with setting up data collection systems and entering and organizing data.
- Assist in coordinating study meetings, participate in meetings, report on protocol implementation, and recommend solutions to operational issues.
- Assist with preparing Institutional Review Board (IRB) submissions and liaise with the IRB on administrative matters, facilitating communication with the principal investigator.
- Conduct literature searches to provide background information.
- Maintain excellent working knowledge of assigned clinical protocols, clinical equipment, and clinical computer systems.
- Oversee budget expenditures for study operations.
- Help build and manage a text-messaging system.
- Track participants over time, including monitoring responses through the text-messaging platform and study email account, and conducting interim and end-of-study in-person and phone follow-up.
- Assist with research data management using Excel, REDCap, or similar systems, and set up or monitor additional databases.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
