General summary/purpose: The Research Program Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating clinical trials and other clinical research projects for the Johns Hopkins Multiple Sclerosis Center. This may involve, but is not limited to, identifying appropriate patients, screening medical records, consenting study participants, performing data collection and entry, obtaining and processing specimens (e.g., blood, urine), organizing regulatory paperwork. Specific duties & responsibilities: Maintain a good working knowledge of all assigned protocols and projects and their reporting requirements and will adhere to all protocol and regulatory requirements to ensure the validity of the clinical research data. Work directly with the principal investigators and other study coordinators to execute study protocols. May also be involved in the amendment of existing protocols or development of new study protocols. He/she will attend clinics, screen potential participants and carry out research-related procedures with participants on a daily basis to include but not limited to measurements of neurological disability and measures of MS related symptoms of cognition, fatigue, and mood. The research coordinator must also monitor, schedule, and execute participants' study visits and may be involved in monitoring the study budget. The position reports to the division's Sr. Research Nurse, with an indirect reporting line to the faculty principal investigators of the clinical research projects. Manage and maintain all participant binders, study binders, and documentation for the study as well as assist the principal investigators in preparing for audits, advertising for the studies, implementing new recruitment strategies, and preparing reports for the IRB as well as handling and documenting IRB correspondence. May attend educational lectures and conferences. Must be willing to conduct database design and management. Minimum qualifications (mandatory): Bachelor's degree in related discipline required Some related experience Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula. JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for the required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job. Preferred qualifications: Some experience with Stata, ACCESS, and REDCap preferred. Phlebotomy skills or willing to learn preferred. Special knowledge, skills, and abilities: Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook experience. Must have professional attitude, excellent organization and communication skills, mature outlook, be self‐motivated. Must be able to independently complete tasks, be detail-oriented and able to multi-task. Classified Title: Research Program Coordinator Working Title: Research Program Coordinator Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CD Starting Salary Range: $16.26-$22.35 Employee group: Full Time Schedule: M-F 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Exempt Status: Non-Exempt Location: 04-MD:School of Medicine Campus Department name: 10003522-SOM Neuro Neuroimmunology Personnel area: School of Medicine The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. 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