Clinical Research Coordinator - Translational Neurorecovery
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The Clinical Research Coordinator for Translational Neurorecovery is primarily responsible for the performance of clinical research studies in the Laboratory for Translational Neurorecovery. These responsibilities include the careful execution and documentation of research evaluating recovery for people with stroke and other forms of neurologic injury. For this position, there will be substantial travel required to collaborating sites (i.e. Providence VA Medical Center) to perform clinical research duties.
Essential Functions
• Recruit participants into neurorecovery- and neurotechnology- focused research studies.
• Obtain informed consent forms from research participants.
• Learn, perform, and carefully document standardized clinical assessments of motor recovery.
• Arrange, schedule, and perform daily research sessions, requiring careful coordination and regular interaction with persons with stroke, care teams, and families/caregivers. These research sessions occur at MGH and collaborating institutions (Providence VA Medical Center).
• Learn and perform kinematic assessments of motor recovery using inertial sensors and robotics.
• Learn and perform basic neuroimaging (structural MRI) analyses.
• Learn and help with recording electroencephalography (EEG) using custom technology and software for assessment of motor recovery.
• Learn and help with the performance of non-invasive neurostimulation (i.e. transcranial magnetic stimulation) for analysis of motor recovery.
• Act as a study resource for patients and families.
• Contribute to research protocol recommendations
• Call participants in-between research sessions to check-in with ongoing research participation.
• Monitor and maintain research data, patient files, regulatory binders and study databases.
• Perform supervised data analysis.
• Work closely with lab PI and lab members in the Laboratory for Translational Neurorecovery.
• Assist with other neurorecovery and neurotechnology research projects.
• Attend regular lab meetings (in person or by videoconference).
• Enhance web presence for research.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of highly multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to comfortably and sensitively interact with study participants, including patients with acute neurologic illness and their families.
• Ability to take initiative and prioritize tasks.
• Ability to coordinate research activities with all members of inpatient and outpatient clinical care teams.
• Ability to travel between Providence VA Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and collaborating sites (within one hour radius of Boston, MA and Providence, RI)
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to document research activities.
• Excellent writing and communication skills in the English language.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Safeguards the privacy of information and keeps appropriate information confidential.
• Ability to interact with and take direction from multiple levels including senior research coordinators, physicians, scientists, and engineers with ease.
• Proficient with Microsoft Windows environments, including ability to troubleshoot simple computer problems independently.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in neuroscience, psychology, engineering, biology, rehabilitation science, movement science
- Preferred: 1-2 years of human behavioral clinical research experience, including recruiting research participants, developing protocols, managing collected data, and creating IRB documents
- Preferred: 1-2 years of experience using Redcap to manage data collected in clinical studies
- Those candidates with at least one year of experience post degree may be considered for a Clinical Research Coordinator II position
Please include the following with your application
-Resume
-Cover Letter
-Transcript (unofficial)
Job Summary
Summary
Following established policies, procedures, and study protocols, provides assistance on clinical research studies, including recruiting, evaluating, and consenting patients for studies; collecting and organizing patient data; scheduling patients for study visits; performing clinical tests such as phlebotomy, EKGs, etc.; maintaining and updating data generated by the study.
Does this position require Patient Care? No
Essential Function
-Reviews proposals for compliance with sponsor and organizational guidelines; verify all sponsor requirements are met.
-Recruiting patients for clinical trials, conducts phone.
-Verifies the accuracy of study forms and updates them per protocol.
-Prepares data for analysis and data entry.
-Documents patient visits and procedures.
-Assists with regulatory binders and QA/QC Procedures.
-Assists with interviewing study subjects.
-Assists with study regulator submissions.
Qualifications
Reviews proposals for compliance with sponsor and organizational guidelines; verify all sponsor requirements are met.
Recruiting patients for clinical trials, conducts phone.
Verifies the accuracy of study forms and updates them per protocol.
Prepares data for analysis and data entry.
Documents patient visits and procedures.
Assists with regulatory binders and QA/QC Procedures.
Assists with interviewing study subjects.
Assists with study regulator submissions.
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards
Education
Bachelor's Degree Science required
Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree?
Yes
Experience
Some relevant research project work 0-1 year preferred
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Careful attention to detail and good organizational skills.
- Ability to follow directions.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Computer literacy.
- Working knowledge of clinical research protocols.
- Ability to demonstrate respect and professionalism for subjects' rights and individual needs.
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
Remote Type
Onsite
Work Location
101 Merrimac Street
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Employee Type
Regular
Work Shift
Day (United States of America)
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