Clinical Research Coordinator I (Part-Time)

About the Role

This part-time (0.5 FTE) Clinical Research Coordinator I position supports the day-to-day coordination of research studies involving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and high-density diffuse optical tomography (HD-DOT) in critically ill pediatric participants.

Key Responsibilities

• Implements and manages all phases of study/protocol; ensures compliance with protocol guidelines and requirements of regulatory agencies and institutional review board.
• Establishes record-keeping systems.
• Makes assessments and determinations of participants’ progress in the study.
• Analyzes, investigates, and reports adverse events.
• Makes decisions regarding notification of physicians of issues, participant inclusion, and/or protocol adjustments.
• Resolves protocol management issues and recommends corrective action.
• Serves as liaison with funding or sponsoring agency.
• Screens potential participants, recruits, and enrolls study participants.
• Makes and/or participates in making determinations of eligibility based on diagnostic criteria.
• Develops informed consent packets for study participants.
• Confers with participants’ families or guardians to explain the purpose of the study and obtain completed informed consent packets.
• Explains diagnostic procedures and interventions to address participant/family concerns.
• Evaluates all lab and clinical assessments to ensure they are completed in a timely manner.
• Ensures timely completion of enrollment documentation, uploading of scanned completed documents, and storage of original signed forms in a secure locked location in the WashU research area.
• Ensures timely and accurate collection of clinical data under clinical research protocols.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions

• Patient care setting.
• Typically sitting at a desk or table.
• Office equipment.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Clinical Research
• Clinical Study Protocols
• Communication
• Computer Systems
• Interpersonal Communication
• Organizing
• Research Support

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or a combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education.
• Basic Life Support certification (from American Heart Association or American Red Cross).
• Basic Life Support certification must be obtained within one month of hire date.
• Online BLS certifications without a skills assessment component are not sufficient.
• Driver's license is not required.