Coord,Research

The University of New Mexico•Albuquerque, NM

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Emergency Medicine is seeking to hire three motivated professionals to serve as the Research Coordinators to support and coordinate enrollment for clinical research studies. This individual will be responsible for working with a diverse team of clinical investigators and research staff to coordinate currently active research studies. Primary duties include research study subject enrollment including data and research specimen collection. Oversee student employees in screening and data entry and data quality assurance tasks. Coordinates, plans and executes study promotional activities to keep clinical staff informed about active research studies. Additional responsibilities include site investigative file maintenance, reporting of protocol of safety information to the institutional review board (IRB) as needed and regular communication with the research team and clinical trial sponsors and their representatives. This position requires applicants to work in the emergency department. Hence, applicants must be able to collect and prepare data and research specimens in accordance with protocols, maintain regulatory binders, and supervise the process of data entry and quality assurance. This position may require scheduling evening and weekend work hours in order to meet enrollment demands.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree
At least 1 year of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
Successful candidate must submit to a post-offer, pre-employment physical examination and medical history check.
Employees who provide services or work in patient care or clinical areas are required to be in compliance with the University's influenza vaccination requirement.
All regular, non-temporary positions assigned to this classification are represented by a labor union and subject to the terms and conditions of the US-UNM Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Microsoft Office products including spreadsheets (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Experience delivering oral presentations to small groups
Completion of a Human Research Protections (HRP) Training and Good Clinical Practices curriculum or program
Medical experience or current license (EMT, RN, etc.) or experience working with Protected Health Information (PHI)
Research experience including the use of data collection software (REDCap, OpenClinica, etc.)
Experience maintaining and updating clinical study binders
IRB and grant submission experience
Basic understanding of research study design and statistics

Responsibilities

Research study subject enrollment including data and research specimen collection.
Oversee student employees in screening and data entry and data quality assurance tasks.
Coordinates, plans and executes study promotional activities to keep clinical staff informed about active research studies.
Site investigative file maintenance.
Reporting of protocol of safety information to the institutional review board (IRB) as needed.
Regular communication with the research team and clinical trial sponsors and their representatives.
Collect and prepare data and research specimens in accordance with protocols.
Maintain regulatory binders.
Supervise the process of data entry and quality assurance.