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Clinical Research Coordinator / 40hpw / Day / Channing Labs

The Pulmonary Genetics Center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital is one of only a few centers in the United States dedicated to diagnosing, counseling and managing patients with rare genetic forms of lung disease. The Center is engaged in a multifaceted program that includes both clinical and research efforts related to a variety of conditions including asthma, interstitial lung disease, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis obliterans, primary ciliary dyskinesia, lung disease due to immunologic and autoimmune disorders, congenital hypoventilation syndromes, and congenital airway abnormalities. The Center’s unique bench-to-bedside approach allows us to fast-forward scientific discoveries – taking them directly from the research phase to our patients.
The CRC will report directly to the Research Operations Manager, and will provide ongoing support for all day-to-day activities of several research initiatives. This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for an individual who is motivated to work in an innovative academic center on cutting edge pulmonary genetics research, and is interested in working directly with patients.  
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:                     
  • Determine participant eligibility, and conduct in-clinic recruitment and consenting for several pulmonary studies
  • Oversee data management and electronic patient tracking systems, including administering baseline and follow-up surveys and other study-related materials
  • Maintain study databases, including survey data entry and data quality control; create electronic forms, reports and other documents, as requested
  • Maintain regulatory requirements, including preparing amendments and continuing reviews for IRB submissions. Maintain and organize study regulatory binders on an ongoing basis.
  • Assist with activities of multiple external and internal team players, including clinical staff, IRB committee, academic/industry collaborators, bioinformatics, and other organizations as-needed
  • Provide ongoing administrative support with preparation of protocols, grants, manuscripts, and professional conferences
Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • 1-2 years of research experience, preferably in a clinical setting
SKILLS/ABILITIES REQUIRED:
  • Ability to work independently
  • Excellent interpersonal skills the ability to communicate well with study participants
  • Written and oral skills essential, including strong verbal communication skills to interact with patients
  • Extremely mature, dependable, and independent
  • Ability to approach projects in a responsible, thoughtful, and thorough manner
  • Highly self-motivated and proactive; Able to identify, track, and drive issue resolution with minimal supervision or prompting
  • Motivated to learn new processes and procedures, as-needed
  • Detail oriented with excellent organizational, communication, problem-solving and time management skills