CLINICAL RESEARCH COORD A at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

Duties: The Neurosurgery Clinical Research Division is recruiting a Clinical Research Coordinator. The person hired will be required to assist in the management of multiple clinical trials. Primary responsibilities will include the following clinical, regulatory and budgetary duties:
Clinical- Recruit and assess research patients, obtaining patient consent, subject scheduling, abstraction of medical information from charts into online databases, data entry and management
Regulatory- preparation, submission and monitoring of human subjects protocols, and progress reports. CRF completion.
Budgetary- developing clinical trial budgets, communicating with hospital and vendors for quotes for services. Grant and manuscript preparation.
Coordinator will also be expected to help motivate staff, patients and families to comply with protocol related diagnostic interventions and to also assist in coordinating surgeries for subjects.


Position is contingent on continued funding.

Qualifications: A Bachelor's Degree in Biology or related field and 1 year to 3 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience required. Must complete SOCRA certification within one year of employment. Applicant should demonstrate excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills and must be competent and comfortable working with patients. Must be able to multi-task and shift from one part of the project to another depending on priority.

Reference Number: 40-30778

Salary Grade: 025

Employment Type: Exempt

Org: NY-Neurosurgery

Special Requirements: Background check required after a conditional job offer is made. Consideration of the background check will be tailored to the requirements of the job.

Job Family: I-Technical/Professional Research