The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hypertension Research Clinic, is seeking a Clinical Research Coordinator II. The candidate will be primarily responsible for coordinating active clinical research studies, including study start-up, trial maintenance to study closure, patient and provider recruitment, mailings, conducting study visits, tracking participants, reconciling incentives, tracking budget, providing weekly research updates, and managing the shared calendar. The candidate may be responsible for overseeing residents/trainees in their research activities.

General Responsibilities

• To serve as coordinator for studies and provide support to other team members within the confines of the protocol as directed.
• To support screening and participant eligibility determination, working with more senior team members to ensure compliance.
• To conduct activities in accordance with the protocol, regulations and Good Clinical Practice (GCP).
• To assist with the study life cycle from start-up to closure, i.e., collecting and recording data, recruiting and performing follow-up with participants, scheduling visits and assisting in coordination of lab and fieldwork.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

1. Serves as a liaison with medical staff, University Departments, ancillary departments, and/or satellite facilities.
2. Organizes patient enrollment planning.
3. Compiles and analyzes data.
4. Develops and implements procedures, maintains quality records, tracks progress, and conducts quality assurance on data collected.
5. Coordinates patient care and/or patient follow-up functions of the clinical study including planning and developing related activities.
6. Maintain inventory of study medications, including authorization for prescriptions if needed.
7. Employs strategies to maintain recruitment and retention rates.
8. Conducts all study activities in accordance with protocol, IRB and Good Clinical Practice (GCP). May prepare and submit research documentation (e.g., IRB, IND, FDA, educational materials, reports, grant renewal reports, study forms).
9. Manages investigational products (IP).
10. Employs the required system (including personnel) for handling, dispensing, and documenting IP for sponsored protocols.
11. Compiles, edits, and proofs written reports for both internal and external administrative offices.
12. Provides data and justification study budgets as needed.
13. Completes Case Report Forms (CRF) according to protocol.
14. Assists with the development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for data quality assurance.
15. Performs vendor analysis and equipment configuration as needed.
16. Coordinates and organizes patient care, including recruitment, screening, scheduling, consenting, conducting visits, and collecting various study forms, e.g., informed consent, adverse events, and questionnaires.
17. Maintains thorough clinical records and documentation.
18. Employs strategies to maintain recruitment and retention rates.
19. Prepares for study monitoring visits and completes sponsor-required training.
20. Handles database entry for clinical trials.
21. Assists with collating findings and reviewing open queries.
22. Thrive in a team-based, multi-disciplinary clinical research environment and possess the ability to adapt, and gain skills from and/or train other coordinators and students.
23. Ability to perform or train, skills of actigraphy, ABPM, 24-hour home BPM interpretation, pulse wave velocity and analysis
24. Performs other duties as assigned.

Annual Salary Range: $50,050 - $81,330

Bachelor's degree in a related field and three (3) years of related experience required. Work experience may substitute for education requirement.

Preferences

• Comprehensive understanding of related scientific and clinical terminology.
• Outstanding organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Motivated, detail-oriented, and enthusiastic.

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