Clinical Research Coordinator

Updated: about 1 year ago
Location: Dallas, TEXAS
Job Type: PartTime
Deadline: The position may have been removed or expired!

Job Title

Clinical Research Coordinator

Agency

Texas A&M University Health Science Center

Department

Biomedical Sciences

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

Dallas, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

Our Commitment

Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment for all visitors, students, faculty, and staff by promoting a culture that embraces inclusion, diversity, equity, and accountability.  Diverse perspectives, talents and identities are vital to accomplishing our mission and living our core values .”

Who we are

As one of the fastest-growing academic health centers in the nation, the Texas A&M University Health Science Center encompasses five schools and numerous centers and institutes working together to improve health through transformative education, innovative research and team-based health care delivery.  A part of the Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Texas A&M School of Dentistry in Dallas was founded in 1905 and is a nationally recognized center for oral health sciences education, research, specialized patient care and continuing dental education.

What we want

The School of Dentistry is looking for a Clinical Research Coordinator to serve as a member of the Sleep Research team in the Department of Biomedical Sciences.  We desire an individual who subscribes to and supports our commitment as stated above. This person must be professional, enjoy working in a high-volume environment and be able to apply strong organizational skills while being flexible in their daily routine. The selected candidate will subscribe to and support our commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability as stated above. If the description sounds interesting to you, we invite you to apply to be considered for this opportunity.

What you need to know

Salary Range: $25.39 - $34.46 an hour commensurate with experience.

Please Note: This position is grant funded; future employment may be contingent upon future funding

Cover Letter/Resume: A cover letter and resume are strongly recommended. You may upload them on the application under the CV/Resume section.

 

Required Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

  • Four years of coordination and/or implementation of research projects or comparable experience. 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Ability to coordinate and run a complex clinical research project.

  • Excellent organizational skills, good computer skills (word processing, database management), interpersonal communication skills; ability to tactfully encourage patients (research subjects) to follow protocol, attend appointments, etc.

  • Manage large amounts of data; attention to detail; manage/maintain sleep monitoring equipment and oral appliances and related instrumentation; train patients in the uses of these items. 

  • Ability to multi-task and work cooperatively with others.

  • Willingness and ability to assist dental staff in working with patients, their lab specimens (e.g., plaque) and data.

Preferred Education and Experience:

  • Degrees in dental hygiene, nursing, health care, public health or other health related; biology; PhD or Master’s degree desirable, particularly if it involved clinical or translational research

  • Experience in clinical research/clinical trials.

 

Preferred Licenses and Certifications:

  • Certificate in clinical research coordinator or administration.

 

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Experience working with research subjects and their data.

Responsibilities:

Overall coordination of research project

  • Interact with PIs and other research team members by assisting dental staff in collecting and managing sleep studies and lab specimens from patients.

  • Prepare and manage research compliance data and documentation for Institution Review Board (IRB) and related entities and university, government departments and agencies as needed.

  • Interact with doctors’ offices to obtain medical health records and sleep studies.

  • Interact constructively with other college staff, faculty and students and train student researchers if needed.

  • Interact with vendors - order equipment, supplies and services.

  • Maintain, systematically store, and coordinate or oversee inventory equipment especially home sleep test (HST) systems, dental models, oral appliances, etc.

  • Assists in establishing short- and long-term goals and strategic planning.

  • Oversees daily fiscal and purchasing activities and assists in preparation and monitoring of budgets for programs and events. 

  • Assists in identifying funding opportunities. 

  • Assists in establishing goals, objectives, policies and procedures. 

 

Coordinate participant activities

  • Coordinate recruitment, screening, and retention of research subjects

  • Participate in the recruitment, screening, and enrollment of research subjects.

  • Administer and document the informed consent process.

  • Monitor patient compliance with appointments, following the clinical trial protocol etc.

  • Assist research dentists and patients in the fitting, use and adjustment of oral appliances, including minor assisting, e.g., periodontal charting and handling tubes of saliva and plaque (collected by the dentist).  Will also be providing instruction to patients on oral appliance titration (adjustment) etc. Any needed training will be on-the-job. 

  • Train subjects in the use of home sleep testes (HST); maintain the collected and upload/download sleep studies/reports.

  • Manage 40 to 200 active research subjects in multiple clinical trials; apply strong logistical skills to coordinate patient visits with team dentists as the various clinical trials overlap in time, and each patient has unique scheduling requirements.

Maintain project data bases

  • Coordinate/oversee maintenance research files and related information on computers.

  • Work with IT department and vendors to ensure data integrity and proper and secure storage backup.

  • Prepares reports on program activities. 

Maintain schedules

  • Arrange/coordinate research team meetings, conference, and related support activities.

  • Assist with travel arrangements.

  • Arrange conference calls, video conferences and other project events.

 

Other project related activities:

  • Maintain website(s), copy, mail, scan, and fax documents.

  • Arrange shipping of HST systems to and from patients.

  • Assist with library searches and the preparation of manuscripts, presentations and posters.

Instructions to Applicants: Applications received by Texas A&M University must either have all job application data entered or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume or use a LinkedIn profile to pre-populate the online application.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

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