Clinical Research Participant Specialist

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** If you are a current Staff, Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami, please click  to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a faculty or staff position, please review this .The Hussman Institute is currently seeking a Clinical Research Participant Specialist to work onsite in Miami. The Clinical Research Participant Specialist assists in community outreach, recruitment, enrollment, and retention of participants for clinical studies/trials.  

Key responsibilities of this role include scheduling assessments, completion of clinical intakes and assessments, conducting in-person and telephone interviews, and marketing clinical studies/trials.
** CORE JOB FUNCTIONS
*** Assists with the designs and implementation of overall recruiting strategy for clinical studies/trials.
* Sources and recruits study participants by using databases, social media, hospitals, mental health clinics, shelter programs, etc.
* Prescreens and evaluates candidates for study participation.
* Provides analytical and well-documented recruiting reports to leadership.
* Acts as a point of contact and builds influential client relationships during prescreen process.
* Communicates effectively with participants and referral sources.
* Markets clinical trials to community and participates in community outreach events to promote study awareness.
* Schedules and conducts marketing presentations to various referral sources.
* Understands clinical protocols (i.e. Phase I to Phase IV), associated study specifications and develops effective client recruitment programs accordingly.
* Acts as a primary liaison between referral sources and the organization.
* Completes required forms during the initial evaluation: demographic form, intake form, database consent form, releases of information, etc. and reviews the criteria for the programs.
* Updates and maintain patient database with required information.
* Visits appropriate referral sources (i.e. hospitals, clinics, etc.) to market clinical studies/trials and conducts face-to-face screenings and assessments to determine eligibility; communicates with family or persons involved in participant’s care.
* Designs and develops client education materials as needed.
* Attends and participates in meetings with interdisciplinary treatment team as needed.
* Maintains participant confidentiality at all times.
* Attends field related conferences/seminars/trainings as approved by supervisor.
* Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
*** This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.**
* ** Department Specific Functions
*** Participates in the implementation of policies and procedures to accomplish program goals.
* Participates in outreach, recruitment, enrollment, and retention activities.
* Participates in community events and other activities to increase program awareness.
* Helps design and implement culturally appropriate recruitment, enrollment, and retention strategies.
* Recruits, enrolls and retains participants into the study including obtaining informed consent, conducting interviews and questionnaire completion with research participants according to detailed procedures and guidelines.
* Participates in the scheduling of appointments for program participants.
* Maintains effective lines of communications (phone/emails) with potential and enrolled participants to ensure adherence to study goals and objectives are met.
* Conducts basic examinations such us heigh, weight, automated blood pressure reading, and hip waist ratios according to detailed procedures and guidelines.
* Maintains logs/progress reports to track prospective and enrolled participants as well as participants for follow up program activities.
* Oversees procedures for collecting, processing, and shipping biospecimens to the designated biobank.
* Assists on the maintenance and calibration of study equipment.
* Helps develop forms for collecting/summarizing data as needed.
* Enters data and assists with the…