What are the responsibilities and job description for the Research Coordinator II/III - Pediatric Surgery Regenerative Medicine position at UTHealth Houston?
Full-time position in Pediatric Surgery - Regenerative Medicine, trauma clinical research studies.
In this role, the individual will interact and communicate routinely with clinical study participants, schedule appointments, perform data entry, follow-up, review billing, and order research study supplies.
In this role, the individual will be responsible for working occasional nights and weekends; overtime hours are compensated.
Summary:
Under general supervision, assists with human subject research project conduct and management, including participant recruitment and data collection, entry, management, and analysis. Assists with research project logistics, maintaining records, preparing reports, and meeting research milestones and deadlines.
Essential Functions:
Bachelor's Degree in a related field required May substitute required education with equivalent years of experience beyond the minimum experience requirement.
Minimum Experience:
2 years of relevant experience required May substitute required experience with equivalent years of education beyond the minimum education requirement.
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.
Security Sensitive:
This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code
Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
In this role, the individual will interact and communicate routinely with clinical study participants, schedule appointments, perform data entry, follow-up, review billing, and order research study supplies.
In this role, the individual will be responsible for working occasional nights and weekends; overtime hours are compensated.
Summary:
Under general supervision, assists with human subject research project conduct and management, including participant recruitment and data collection, entry, management, and analysis. Assists with research project logistics, maintaining records, preparing reports, and meeting research milestones and deadlines.
Essential Functions:
- Under general supervision, assist with human subjects research activities, including participant recruitment, informed consent, data collection, data entry, interviews, and observations, and ensuring that all activities are conducted according to study protocols.
- Maintains confidential records of collected data, ensures accuracy, compliance and integrity of data. Data may include human subject data and departmental programmatic data. Supports Data Management Sharing (DMS) plan.
- Prepares annual progress reports and applications for various committees and ensures that all staff have
- May assist with regulatory submissions (i.e. Institutional Review Board(s), FDA, etc).
- Assists investigator with quantitative and qualitative data analysis, including statistical tests and the creation of figures, tables, and graphs. Helps prepare research papers, presentations, and reports including manuscripts for publications and conferences.
- Assists with the preparation of budgets and reviews re-budgeting needs and expenditures. Attends research-planning meetings to assist in preparing budget drafts for departmental leadership approval. Assists with reviewing studies invoicing
- Responsible for coordinating and responding to site monitoring visits, audits, and inspections.
- Responsible for ordering and maintaining study materials (i.e. test kits, investigational drugs and devices).
- May provide administrative direction training and guidance to study personnel within department.
- Schedule patients for research visits and testings.
- Review research billing in Epic.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Bilingual (English/Spanish)
- Medical terminology
- Strong organizational, time management, and prioritization abilities
- Knowledge of GCP guidelines and HIPAA compliance
- Experience with electronic health systems (EHR), data entry, and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel).
- Strong interpersonal skills for interacting with patients and research teams.
- None
Bachelor's Degree in a related field required May substitute required education with equivalent years of experience beyond the minimum experience requirement.
Minimum Experience:
2 years of relevant experience required May substitute required experience with equivalent years of education beyond the minimum education requirement.
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.
Security Sensitive:
This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code
- 51.215 and Texas Government Code
- 411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code
- 117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R.
- 791.4.
Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.