| Job Description: |
The College of Nursing is seeking a highly organized and community-focused part-time Clinical Research Coordinator I (CRC I) to support the daily operations of a large behavioral clinical trial focused on chronic musculoskeletal pain. This role involves coordinating IRB and regulatory compliance, engaging with community partners, and supporting participant recruitment, enrollment, and retention.
The CRC I will serve as a liaison to community stakeholders, assist with training new research staff, and ensure fidelity to study protocols and participant protections. Responsibilities also include managing essential regulatory documentation, resolving technical issues, and contributing to study reports, presentations, and publications. The ideal candidate will bring strong communication skills, attention to detail, and a commitment to ethical research practices.
The successful applicant for the Clinical Research Coordinator I (CRC I) will support daily operations of a community-engaged research and oversight of operations for a large behavioral clinical trial for chronic musculoskeletal pain, that includes IRB and regulatory compliance, serve as a liaison to various stakeholders including community-based organizational leaders and members, engage in community outreach activities for recruitment, enrollment and retention of eligible persons, resolution of technical issues, and project closeout activities.
The CRC I will follow IRB approved protocols and train new research staff and students emphasizing rigor in the informed consent process of study participants, fidelity of interventions, participant satisfaction, and contribute to the promotion of human participant protections.
The CRC I will manage, prepare, and submit essential regulatory documents for compliance with federal, state, sponsor, UF policies; standard operating procedures (SOPs); and training guidelines.
The CRC I will participate in research team meetings, retention strategies, and assist with study reports and publications and presentations. They will develop and maintain detailed recruitment and retention records.
The CRC I will serve as a key administrator in the organizing of the behavioral clinical trial with guidance from the Principal Investigator.
Oversee daily operations and workflow of a clinical trial at GNV and JAX sites— prepare study materials, participant screening, consent, scheduling, communication/follow-up, and compensation, lab compliance, maintenance of data management platforms, purchasing supplies and monitoring inventory, resolve technical issues, participate in weekly lab meetings. Ensures proper organization of study files, including but not limited to, regulatory binders, study specific source documentation and other materials by the research coordinator assigned to the investigation.
Support community outreach and activities, participant recruitment and retention, serve as a liaison to community-based organization stakeholders. Provide weekly reports about recruiting and retention activities including issues encountered while trying to perform his/her duties in research team meetings. They will participate in problem-solving activities to adjust recruitment and retention strategies
Follow an IRB approved protocol and train new research specialist and students on adhering to the approved IRB protocol emphasizing rigor in the informed consent process of study participants. Contributes to the promotion of Human Participant Protections at all points in the conduct of research.
Prepare and submit documents to the IRB and Safety Officer. Manage essential regulatory documents for the research studies including federal, state, sponsor, UF policies, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) and training guidelines. Maintenance of templates and examples of essential documents frequently used in the preparation of a protocol i.e. informed consent, telephone script
Performs quality assurance ensuring proper maintenance of regulatory binder, protected health information and study documents. Coordinates internal audits as deemed appropriate [3%] Further, the research specialist will help with dissemination activities related to publication of our findings, preparation of presentations, community infographics and newsletters, and maintenance of lab website.
This OPS appointment will equate to a 0.6 FTE, or around 24 hours per week.
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EDUCATION & TRAINING: Associate’s degree or higher
EXPERIENCE: Experience as a CRC, research assistant, or other related research positions.
- A customer-service orientation and/or experience working with older adults and health disparities populations
- Clinical trials management
- Community-engaged or community-based participatory research
KNOWLEDGE: Familiar with regulations surrounding research participant recruitment, including human participants protection, health studies and Institutional Review Board
SKILLS: Demonstrated expertise in clinical trials management systems, survey tools such as REDCap, and computer systems applications, including Word for Windows, TEAMS, Excel, SPSS, Endnote, Zoom.
ABILITIES: Excellent organization, timeliness to meet deadlines, strong communications skills, attention to detail, outcomes driven, committed to learning, respectful and professional, and tolerant. Ability to plan, execute and complete work assignments independently, efficiently and accurately while working as part of a team in a multidisciplinary work environment.
PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS: Able to carry small boxes and transport study supplies between locations.
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS: ACRP or SOCRA certification preferred but not mandatory; Culturally sensitive experience working with under-resourced communities |
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