Clinical Research Coordinator - Surgery

Position Summary

The Department of Surgery at the University of Illinois Chicago is seeking a Clinical Research Coordinator.

The Clinical Research Coordinator manages and coordinates the timely handling of all components of clinical research protocols, including pre and post research activities, that are internal and external to the clinical setting. This position is responsible for implementing and conducting multiple research studies for the surgery department. This includes coordinating patient consenting processes for both inpatient and outpatient settings, as well as managing the collection and handling of lab samples in accordance with protocol requirements. Additionally, it involves coordinating detailed patient treatment schedules to maintain compliance to protocol requirements.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist in establishing and coordinating the implementation of clinical research protocol priorities and organization structure for several research studies related to surgery.
• 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.
• Analyze retention rates and formulates plans to retain participants.
• Monitors patient status; explain the research protocols to the clients and supporting family/friends.
• 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.
• Consent patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings and answer patients’ questions appropriately.
• Collect, label, and prepare patients’ samples for analysis, following research protocols.
• Record and organize experimental data accurately and assist with data analysis.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.