Clinical Research Coordinator

🔍 School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States

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📁: Research

📅   : 10 hours ago Post Date

📅   : 109218 Requisition #

Stanford University is seeking a Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) to perform support duties related to the collection of clinical data and/or the coordination of clinical studies. The candidate will work in the Stanford Translational Artificial Intelligence (STAI) in Medicine and Mental Health Research Lab (PI: Dr. Ehsan Adeli) within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. The candidate will work on multiple on-going projects within the lab, including Gait Assessment in Alzheimer’s and Mild Cognitive Impairment in collaboration with Stanford Alzheimer’s Research Center (ADRC), Understanding Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in older adults, Applications of AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) in psychiatry and mental health, and others. The candidate will also coordinate meetings for these projects.

The CRC must have excellent communication and organizational skills to manage and coordinate multiple studies throughout their life cycle. This position requires consistent on-site work throughout the week but may have the opportunity for some hybrid work when participants are not scheduled. The CRC will work under the supervision of the principal investigator and/or lab manager.

In addition to your resume, please briefly describe in a cover letter your background and relevant experience, interests, and career goals.

Duties include:

• Serve as primary contact with research participants, sponsors, and regulatory agencies. Coordinate studies from startup through close-out.

• Determine eligibility of and gather consent from study participants according to protocol. Assist in developing recruitment strategies.

• Coordinate collection of study specimens and processing.

• Collect and manage patient and laboratory data for clinical research projects. Manage research project databases, develop flow sheets and other study related documents, and complete study documents/case report forms.

• Ensure compliance with research protocols, and review and audit case report forms for completion and accuracy with source documents. Prepare regulatory submissions and ensure institutional Review Board renewals are completed.

• Assemble study kits for study visits, monitor scheduling of procedures and charges, coordinate documents, and attend monitoring meetings with sponsors, acting as primary contact.

• Monitor expenditures and adherence to study budgets and resolve billing issues in collaboration with finance and/or management staff.

• Manage lab calendar and coordinate meetings.

• Interact with the principal investigator regularly, ensuring patient safety and adherence to proper study conduct.

• Ensure essential documentation and recording of patient and research data in appropriate files per institutional and regulatory requirements.

• Participate in monitor visits and regulatory audits.

* - Other duties may also be assigned

* - The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• A bachelor’s degree in biomedical data science, neuroscience, or cognitive science fields.

• 1+ years of clinical research coordination or data collection coordination.

• Experience with geriatric population, or dementia related field.

• Experience with research tools such as REDCap or OnCore.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED):

Two-year college degree and two years related work experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of related education and relevant experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (REQUIRED):

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills over phone, email, and in-person.

• Knowledge of medical terminology.

• Proficiency with office tools, such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and ability to use other software as needed.

CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSES:

Society of Clinical Research Associates or Association of Clinical Research Professionals certification is preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:

• Frequently stand, walk, twist, bend, stoop, squat and use fine light/fine grasping.

• Occasionally sit, reach above shoulders, perform desk based computer tasks, use a telephone and write by hand, lift, carry, push, and pull objects that weigh up to 40 pounds.

• Rarely kneel, crawl, climb ladders, grasp forcefully, sort and file paperwork or parts, rarely lift, carry, push, and pull objects that weigh 40 pounds or more.

* - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Occasional evening and weekend hours.

The expected pay range for this position is $34.56 to $40.30 per hour.

Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of the salary or hourly wage the university reasonably expects to pay for a position upon hire. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.

At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website (https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards) provides detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process.

WORK STANDARDS (from JDL)

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.

• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.

• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.

* - Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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