CLINICAL RESEARCH NURSE COORDINATOR II
UAB Medicine
university, fl, usa
Description
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Nutrition Sciences Research, is seeking a Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator II. The Nutrition for Precision Health Study aims to understand individual responses to food to help prevent and fight health conditions affected by nutrition. The Nutrition for Precision Health study is an NIH Common Fund program consisting of three Modules with multiple recruitment sites across the country. This position will support the recruitment of participants and the coordination of study activities for Module 1 and Module 2. Module 1 is an observational study where we will collect measurements over 8-10 days to characterize an individual's dietary intake, nutritional status, and physiological responses following a meal challenge. This position will assist with data collection at the clinic visits, managing participant care, IV catheter placement, and blood draws.
General Responsibilities
To serve as primary coordinator for clinical research studies and supporting more senior team members.
To provide a lead role in protocol screening and participant eligibility determination working alongside other team members to ensure compliance. May provide oversight to junior clinical research coordinators (CRC) and clinical research nurse coordinators (CRNC) in review of study documents.
To conduct all study activities in accordance with the protocol, Institutional Review Board (IRB) regulations, and Good Clinical Practice (GCP).
To provide quality care to participants and their families within the area of clinical specialty.
To coordinate the life cycle of the study from start-up through maintenance to closure.
To manage participant care including recruitment, screening, scheduling, consenting, conducting visits, and collecting various assessments such as adverse event (AE) information or questionnaires.
To perform the informed consent process following GCP.
To act as a liaison between the clinical and research staff, departments, ancillary services and the study sponsor to ensure protocol compliance throughout the study.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Performs clinical assessments for data collection, including measuring height, weight, blood pressure, waist/hip circumferences, and CGM placement/removal.
Manages participant care and data quality for Module 1, including maintaining the clinic schedule calendar, overseeing clinic visits, reviewing paper source documents, and electronic data capture forms for completeness, and addressing data queries.
Performs biospecimen collection, including IV catheter placement for serial blood draws and single-stick blood draw collection.
Documents Adverse Event information into electronic data capture forms.
Clinic supply ordering and lab management
Performs other duties as assigned.
Annual Salary Range: $60,835 - $98,855
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in a related field and three (3) years of related experience required. Work experience may substitute for education requirement. Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) by the Alabama Board of Nursing required.
Preferences
Degree in a health-related field.
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