Clinical Research Coordinator II

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Academic Staff

Terminal (Fixed Term)

Clin Res Coord II

In the Raison Lab, this role will support investigator-initiated, FDA-regulated trials, including studies involving controlled substances and complex regulatory requirements. The position will collaborate closely with investigators and study teams to ensure protocol-aligned implementation and high-quality data collection. In addition, this role may serve as a key REDCap data manager for the lab’s studies, providing oversight of multiple study databases, implementing data validation and quality control procedures, managing secure user access, and ensuring that database structures support accurate, complete, and analyzable data.

This position will coordinate clinical research studies, and perform a variety of tasks and activities. This role will recruit, screen, select, determine eligibility, and enroll study participants and ensures subjects follow the research protocol, as well as develop study-related documents.

This role will also apply expertise, knowledge, and skills to a broad range of different types of clinical studies, navigates resources, and identify issues needing escalation, including contribute to development of new team and unit processes, procedures, staff, and tools.

• Terminal, 12 month appointment
• This position has the possibility to be extended or converted to an ongoing appointment based on need and/or funding.
• This position has been identified as a position of trust with access to vulnerable populations. The selected candidate will be required to pass an initial caregiver check to be eligible for employment under the Wisconsin Caregiver Law and every four years.
• This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.

• Identifies resource needs and develops clinical research documents, such as job aids, tools, processes, procedures, and training. Contributes to the development of protocols
• Performs quality checks
• Serves as a main point of contact for clinical research participants, providing information regarding research procedures, expectations, and informational inquiries. Ensures participants follow the research protocol and alerts Principal Investigator of issues
• Identifies work unit resources needs and manages supply and equipment inventory levels
• Manages research workflow components, collects, prepares, processes, and submits participant data and samples to appropriate entities, adhering to research protocols
• May assist with training of staff
• Recruits, screens, selects, determines eligibility and enrolls trial participants, collects more complex information, performs medical assessments, and answers varied questions under supervision of a medically licensed professional. Performs medical assessments after completion of required training/certification, such as collecting vital signs, obtaining weight, and performing phlebotomy
• Schedules logistics, determines workflows, and secures resources for clinical research trials

School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Research

The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is committed to basic and clinical research that furthers the understanding and development of new treatments for patients with mental illness, training the next generation of leaders, and providing excellent patient care to a broad range of patients

The starting salary for the position is $60,000; but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. For more information, refer to the campus benefits webpage and SMPH Faculty /Academic Staff Benefits Flyer 2026.

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