The Department of Psychiatry is seeking applicants for two (2) full-time (1.0 FTE) Clinical Research Coordinators (Research Services Clinical Science Professionals).
Candidates in this role will be integrated into the clinical trials arm of the Psychiatry Research Innovations unit (PRI), which is a research support center within the Department of Psychiatry that provides research assistance to faculty members affiliated with the five divisions in the Department. Candidates will also collaborate closely with the Brain and Behavior Innovation Center (BBICen), a newly created center within the Department which seeks to advance mental health innovation through three pillars including technology, therapeutics, and care re-design.
Candidates in this role will perform duties common to a clinical research coordinator, providing direct professional support of daily research activities on drug and device trials, such as subject recruitment and management, screening, scheduling, conducting informed consent/assent/HIPAA activities, mental health assessments, fMRI scans, data and biological sample collection, and regulatory compliance activities. Candidates may also be asked to coordinate other types of studies including pre-clinical, pilot, or feasibility trials. Their extent of involvement in any of these research duties will be assigned by their supervisor. This individual will be responsible for collaborating with various faculty and staff across campus as well as in contact with study participants. The candidate should be organized, detail-oriented, professional in conduct, possess good interpersonal skills, a team player and capable of managing their responsibilities with minimal supervision.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist with the day-to-day operations of clinical trials.
- Recruit, screen, and track patients for clinical trials, maintain relevant subject logs, and maintain correspondence with research participants including trouble shooting study-related issues.
- Schedule and execute study visits and perform study procedures such as obtaining informed consent, administering surveys and other study assessments including mental health assessments, performing clinical procedures such as ECG, phlebotomy, vital signs and fMRI scans, and managing participant reimbursement.
- Collect and process biological samples.
- Review and synthesize study protocols, case report forms and other study specific documents.
- Perform data entry into various electronic data capture systems and assist with study data quality checking and query resolution.
- Participate in department and supervisory meetings, as well as attend PI/lab meetings for specific projects as needed.