Research Coordinator 1

University of Washington•Seattle, WA

1d•$55,944 - $90,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine has an outstanding opportunity for a Research Coordinator 1 to join their team. Reporting to the Interventional Trials Manager, the Research Coordinator will support multiple translational and clinical research studies focused on lung infection, inflammation, and immunity in the Translational and Interventional Trials Research Group at Harborview Medical Center within the University of Washington’s Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field and one year of relevant experience.
Must be willing to work with hospitalized patients at the University of Washington Medical Center at Harborview
Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
Demonstrated problem-solving skills, strong detail orientation, and ability to adeptly manage multiple priorities and timelines.

Nice To Haves

Laboratory skills strongly preferred (e.g. pipetting, handling human biospecimens, working in BSL2 environment)
Clinical research operations experience preferred.
Data management experience preferred.
Ability to work with various individual working styles and organizational systems.

Responsibilities

Screening of University of Washington Medical Center patients through the electronic medical record (EMR) on Epic
Assessment of research study eligibility per protocol’s inclusion/exclusion criteria
Obtainment of informed consent with research subjects or their legal next of kin
Coordination of biological sample collection (e.g. respiratory samples, blood, urine)
Close interaction with clinical providers to ensure patient safety and protocol adherence
Leading the establishment of improved screening workflows in collaboration with study teams and clinical staff
Managing study regulatory compliance, including compliance with all aspects of Institution and sponsor regulations pertaining to clinical research in human subjects
Leading processing of human biospecimens (e.g. respiratory, blood, and urine samples) in accordance with established protocols
Tracking available human subject biospecimens in existing electronic data capture and sample management databases and confirm that all specimens have been obtained in compliance with approved consent process.
Shipping of study specimens and obtaining research specimens from outside researchers in compliance with institution and federal regulations.
Establishing biospecimen processing protocols as needed
Data abstraction from the EMR
Data entry in study-specific electronic data capture software (e.g. REDCap)
Organizing and tracking of samples using existing sample management databases (e.g. Freezerworks)
Performing basic database queries to identify specimens and execute sample pulls for analysis
Database cleaning and organization
Preparation of basic reports for study Investigators