Clinical Research Coordinator

Memorial Health • Decatur, IL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Research Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the screening and enrollment of clinical trial patients. This role involves reviewing physician patient schedules, assessing patients for potential trial enrollment, and educating patients and families about the informed consent process. The coordinator registers patients and participants to protocols, ensuring all eligibility requirements are met in collaboration with the physician investigator. They are also responsible for ensuring all protocol-required patient testing is ordered and completed, maintaining records of recruitment strategies, and marketing protocols to meet recruitment goals. Additionally, the role coordinates clinical trial research activities within the clinic and hospital, gathers and verifies source documents, and ensures the accuracy, completeness, and timely submission of case report forms. The coordinator collaborates with the investigator to ensure protocol compliance in patient selection, treatment, dose modifications, and response. They interview patients to assess adverse events, medication compliance, and patient-reported outcomes, and obtain necessary follow-up data after active treatment. The role also involves correcting and resubmitting data or answering queries promptly, reviewing expectation reports, and notifying the research base of any errors. A key responsibility includes maintaining investigational drug (IND) inventory, reviewing protocols, assessing current IND inventory, ordering INDs, and maintaining individual drug accountability records. The coordinator ensures treatment orders are correct by reviewing protocol guidelines and calculating prescribed doses.

Requirements

• Must possess good communication and interpersonal relationship skills.
• Must be able to organize work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to focus attention to minute details.
• Access, Work and Excel computer skills required.
• Ability to adhere to strict confidentiality requirements.

Nice To Haves

• A bachelors degree in nursing or other health-related field is preferred.
• Previous research experience and/or recent nursing experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates screening and enrollment of clinical trial patients.
• Reviews physician patient schedules and assesses patients for possible clinical trial enrollment.
• Educates patients and families during the informed consent process.
• Registers patients and participants to protocols.
• Ensures eligibility requirements are met and reviews with physician investigator.
• Ensures protocol required patient testing is ordered and complete.
• Maintains record of recruitment strategies.
• Markets protocols as needed to meet recruitment goals.
• Coordinates clinical trial activities research done at the clinic and hospital.
• Gathers and verifies source documents.
• Verifies the accuracy, completeness and timely submission of case report forms.
• Collaborates with investigator to ensure protocol compliance in patient selection, treatment, dose modifications and response.
• Interviews patient to assess adverse events, medication compliance, and patient reported outcomes.
• Obtains follow-up data required when patient is off active treatment.
• Corrects and resubmits data or answers queries within one week of receipt or as requested by pharmaceutical company; reviews expectation reports; notifies research base of errors.
• Maintains investigational drug (IND) inventory.
• Reviews protocols and assesses current inventory of IND.
• Orders INDs from Pharmaceutical Management Branch at National Cancer Institute.
• Maintains inventory on individual drug accountability records.
• Ensures treatment order is correct by reviewing protocol guidelines and calculating dose prescribed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level