Clinical Research Coord Inter

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

This position will primarily support research for the Cardio-Obstetrics Learning Lab (COLLAB), a program focused on maternal cardiovascular and high-risk obstetrical health research studies.

CRC STATEMENT:

This clinical research coordinator (CRC) position may provide study coordination for multiple clinical research studies of any complexity. Coordinator experience and mastery of all job duties from the CRC-Intermediate position on the Michigan Medicine CRC Career Ladder is required. This position should begin to serve on various clinical research committees at the University level. This position demonstrates advanced skills and knowledge along with the ability to support, guide, train, and demonstrate the implementation of study related activities.

This position applies critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills across a wide variety of clinical studies. This position contributes to the development of new processes, procedures, and tools to enhance clinical research activities across the competency domains and conducts quality assurance/quality control checks on their work. This level of CRC continues to build on their competency foundation by making greater investments in their ongoing continuing education and professional development.

Key behavioral competency descriptors include:
Design, demonstrate, develop, guide, and support.

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally.

Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Characteristic

Duties and Responsibilities:

Expert level knowledge, skills, and abilities within all 8 competency domains is expected:

• Scientific Concepts and Research Design
• Ethical Participant Safety Considerations
• Investigational Products Development and Regulation
• Clinical Study Operations (GCPs)
• Study and Site Management
• Data Management and Informatics
• Leadership and Professionalism
• Communication and Teamwork

Specific duties will include:

Study Interactions and Clinical Coordinator Responsibilities

• Oversee and assist multiple investigators and collaborators
• Work effectively with individuals making a wide range of reproductive health decisions
• Coordinate research efforts with multiple principal investigators, the Cardio-Obstetrics clinic, and research subjects
• Screen, recruit, approach and consent pregnant and postpartum individuals with cardiovascular conditions or elevated cardiovascular risk, giving study overview while being sensitive to environment and patients involved.
• Attain in-depth understanding of cardio-obstetric study protocol and objectives to assist with successful implementation of all study procedures
• Explaining studies thoroughly, reviewing informed consent, answering questions and following GCP/IRB and obtaining consent
• Execute study visits and study related procedures
• Triage complex study concerns appropriately
• Collect of human biospecimens, as well as processing, preparing and shipping specimens to outside institutions according to study protocol requirements.
• Run protocolized, supervised experiments or assays in a laboratory setting.
• Submit Human Subjects Incentive Program (HSIP) requests
• Collaborate with medical staff to facilitate and optimize the care of research patients
• Track, document and report on study progress
• Review real time medical records to match potential research participants with inclusion/exclusion criteria for active studies
• Schedule subject visits and follow up interactions by facilitating communication between clinic/unit staff and investigators/study team
• Perform study-specific testing and oversee specialized research…