Senior Clinical Research Coordinator – Neurology Full-time NEW

Senior Clinical Research Coordinator

The WashU Medicine Center for Pediatric Neuromuscular Disorders provides quality care, state-of-the-art treatment, precision medicine, and research opportunities to pediatric and young adult patients diagnosed with neuromuscular disorders. Patients at our center have access to leading-edge clinical trials which focus on personalized medicine to improve the understanding, treatment, and prevention of neuromuscular diseases. As a Senior Clinical Research Coordinator, you will work alongside our team of highly skilled research coordinators and clinicians in leading the execution of clinical trial protocols for pediatric patients with neuromuscular disorders. You will have the opportunity to participate in and lead clinical research study activities, including complex and multi-site clinical research trials. Specific duties may include: screening, obtaining consent, and enrolling participants in studies, performing a variety of duties involved in the collection, documentation, and reporting of clinical research data, and may include staff training and supervisory tasks. Phlebotomy and blood lab processing experience is preferred but not required. Experience with children is preferred but not required, although willingness to work with children is required.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Acts as the primary liaison to PI in developing plans for the clinical trials team; assists in the preparation of amendments to protocols and/or modifications and other regulatory tasks as appropriate.
• Implements and manages all phases of study/protocol; ensures compliance with protocol guidelines and requirements of regulatory agencies; identifies problems and/or inconsistencies and monitors participant's progress to include documentation and reporting of adverse events; resolves IRB/protocol management issues and recommends corrective action as appropriate; serves as liaison with funding or sponsoring agency.
• Provides guidance to members of research team in the implementation and evaluation of clinical research; trains new staff; may serve as lead or as point of reference for other research coordinators for questions, staff scheduling, feedback on performance.
• Evaluates and interprets collected clinical data in conjunction with PI as appropriate.
• Performs phlebotomy and lab processing following appropriate training.
• Performs other duties incidental to the work described above.

Working Conditions:

• Normal Office Environment

Physical Effort:

• Typically Sitting at a desk or table

Equipment:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications:

• Basic Life Support certification must be obtained within one month of hire date.
• Basic Life Support certification (Online BLS certifications, those without a skills assessment component, are not sufficient to meet the BLS requirement).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree
• Clinical Research Management, Clinical Study Protocols, Database Management, Research Projects, Spreadsheet Analysis, Statistical Analysis Software (SAS)

Grade: C12

Salary Range: $62,000.00 – $96,100.00 / Annually

The salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individual rates within the range will be determined by factors including one's qualifications and performance, equity with others in the department, market rates for positions within the same grade and department budget.

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All external candidates receiving an offer for employment will be required to submit to pre-employment screening for this position. The screenings will include criminal background check and, as applicable for the position, other background checks, drug screen, an employment and education or licensure/certification verification, physical examination, certain vaccinations and/or governmental registry checks. All offers are contingent upon successful completion of required screening.

Personal:

• Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.
• Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.
• Take advantage of our free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.
• WashU provides eligible employees with a defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.

Wellness:

• Wellness challenges, annual health screenings, mental health resources, mindfulness programs and courses, employee assistance program (EAP), financial resources, access to dietitians, and more!

Family:

• We offer 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child. Family care resources are also available for your continued childcare needs. Need adult care? We've got you covered.
• WashU covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.

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