Clinical Research Coordinator I - Family Bridge Program (Bilingual- Spanish)

The successful, bilingual (Spanish/English) candidate will join the research team of Drs. Katherine (Kate) Yun, Aditi Vasan, and Chen Kenyon, and Mr. Dean Karavite at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Our team comprises health services and informatics researchers focused on health equity. Dr. Yun is a pediatrician who studies access to care for immigrant families. Her work requires fluency in languages in addition to English (e.g., Spanish). Drs. Vasan and Kenyon are pediatricians who study social determinants of health and asthma care for children. Mr. Karavite is an informatics researcher who collaborates with clinical teams to improve healthcare technology and processes for children.

Under moderate supervision, this bilingual (English/Spanish) team member will coordinate all clinical research activities within the scope of the Family Bridge Program protocols. The Family Bridge Program is a brief, hospital-based, patient navigator intervention to improve access and quality of care for uninsured or Medicaid-enrolled children, including children in families who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, or Somali.  

In collaboration with a multilingual team at Seattle Children’s Hospital (PI: K. Casey Lion), the FB team in Philadelphia will adapt the intervention, deliver the intervention at CHOP, and support the program evaluation. The bilingual (English/Spanish) CRC will recruit participants, conduct interviews with clinical staff and community stakeholders, and analyze interview and related data during the adaptation phase of this project. Subsequently, the bilingual CRC will recruit participants, complete baseline interviews, and deliver the intervention in Spanish, Vietnamese (with interpreting), Somali (with interpreting), and English. Work will be guided by a bicoastal, bilingual community/parent advisory group, as well as input from hospital-based stakeholders.

 The ideal bilingual (English/Spanish) applicant will have excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, a strong interest both in research and in working directly with diverse families, experience writing and editing research-related documents in Spanish, and a deep understanding of challenges navigating access to pediatric care and social services for children in immigrant, uninsured, and/or publicly insured families.

Job Responsibilities

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

Required 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, Experience & Cert/Lic

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

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