Visiting Clinical Research Coordinator - DOM: Division of Rheumatology

Position Summary
The Visiting Clinical Research Coordinator position manages and directs the coordination and timely handling of all components of clinical research protocols, including pre- and post-research activities, both in and outside of the clinical setting. The position is also responsible for the implementation and conduct of multiple research projects of all clinical phases, including budgeting and compliance. The Visiting Clinical Research Coordinator will assist physicians and clinical staff in identification, recruitment, and enrollment of patients for clinical research protocols, including interacting with patients thus ensuring protocol compliance.

Duties & Responsibilities

- Assist in establishing and coordinating the implementation of clinical research protocol priorities and organization structure.

- Notify and inform physicians, clinical/research staff, affiliates and grant sponsors of adverse events and protocol modifications, including their impact on the clinical research program.

- Responsible for management of all data related to the study.

- Coordinate the activation and maintenance of clinical protocols, including review and completion of submissions, amendments, and adverse event reports as required by the UIC Institutional Review Board (IRB), Protocol Review Committee and grant sponsors.

- Review laboratory and clinical procedures and evaluations regularly to ensure protocol compliance.

- Act as liaison between physicians, clinical staff and the UIC IRB office, grant sponsors and regulatory agencies to ensure priorities are clearly communicated and resources are allocated appropriately across multiple ongoing projects.

- Communicate clinical information and work with stakeholders to create best practice tools.

- Client Enrollment and Protocol Compliance.

- Assist physicians and clinical staff in identification, recruitment and enrollment strategies of patients to increase enrollment and to meet clinical research protocols.

- Analyze retention rates and formulates plans to retain participants.

- Coordinate outreach to and liaison with staff at schools, community clinics, science fairs, etc. to make research presentations and recruit new participants for various research projects.

- Execute informed consent process and monitors patient status; Enroll participants into programs, explaining the research protocols to the clients and supporting family/friends, and obtain appropriate consent forms.

- Ensure that participant enrollment and research activities comply with established protocols, regulatory and monitoring agency standards, and grant sponsor guidelines.

- Participate in conducting surveys of participants and supporting family/friends.

- Collect and review client evaluations/assessments, surveys, and participant interviews to develop reports for the PI and appropriate agencies and grant sponsors. Evaluate data to determine project effectiveness.

- Assist investigators in preparing study data, literature reviews, analysis for meeting presentations and publications.

- Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.