Job Summary
This is a full time research coordinator position offered through The Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Under minimal supervision, CRC I coordinates all clinical research activities within the scope of clinical research protocols.
This research coordinator will support Dr. Emily Gregory’s research projects. The primary project involves adapting and testing pediatric primary care based care coordination strategies to support women after a preterm birth. There are known gaps in preventive care for women in this time period, which can lead to repeat adverse pregnancy outcomes as well as long-term health consequences. The goal of this pilot is to use navigation strategies and motivational interviewing to support women’s health at this key stage in the life course, leveraging the frequency of infant well visits as an opportunity to reach women. The research coordinator will work in multiple health care settings including postpartum / newborn nursery and pediatric primary care to assist with recruitment, consent, and collection of study data related to this project.
The research coordinator may also support Dr. Gregory in related work on pediatric primary care redesign, interconception health, and preventive care. Dr. Gregory’s research involves qualitative and quantitative work, as well launching the clinical trial described above.
Job Responsibilities
The ideal candidate will be able to:
- Perform tasks independently and in adherence with all grant requirements.
- Work accurately and pay strict attention to detail.
- Work in collaboration with other professionals and staff.
- Be adaptable to do work which is varied and requires an intellectual and professional approach.
- Have a high degree of flexibility of skills.
- Experience with diverse low-income urban families through prior work, volunteer, or other experience.
- Must have strong writing, organizational, and analytical skills.
- Familiarity with statistical software such as Stata or R preferred.
- Candidate should have a strong interest in and commitment to public health research, program implementation, and child health policy that aims to improve outcomes for children and families.
Core responsibilities
- Adhere to an IRB approved protocol
- Participate in the informed consent process of study subjects
- Support the safety of clinical research patients/research participants
- Coordinate protocol related research procedures, study visits, and follow-up care
- Screen, recruit and enroll patients/research participants
- Maintain study source documents
- Report adverse events
- Understand good clinical practice (GCP) and regulatory compliance
- Educate subjects and family on protocol, study intervention, etc.
- Comply with Institutional policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and guidelines
- Must comply with federal, state, and sponsor policies
Related responsibilities
- Manage essential regulatory documents
- Register study on ClinicalTrial.gov
- Complete case report forms (paper & electronic data capture) and address queries
- Submit documents to regulatory authorities (e.g. IRB, FDA, etc.) and/or review/monitoring boards (ie, DSMB, independent safety officer)
- Facilitate pre-study, site qualification, study initiation, and monitoring visit
- Facilitate study close out activities
- Coordinate research/project team meetings
- Collect, process and ship laboratory specimens
- Schedule subject visits and procedures
- Retain records/archive documents after study close out
Education and Experience
Required Education:
- Associates Degree or active enrollment in a Bachelor’s Degree Program
Required Experience:
- Three (3) years of coordination related, clinical related or research related experience.
Preferred Education: Bachelor’s Degree in related field
Additional Technical Requirements
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels