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The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology seeks a Clinical Research Coordinator to assist with several maternal and obstetrical health research studies.  The ideal candidate will have previous research experience in women's health and will serve as a resource and contact person for multiple active research protocols. The candidate will approach pregnant and laboring women for recruitment, enrollment, specimen and data collection in studies; capture data from medical records and enter into various data systems; communicate with patients regarding study purpose, study activities, and research appointments; create documents for accurate tracking and support faculty and fellows in the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine. This position requires a flexible schedule, with some evening and weekend coverage.

CRC STATEMENT:

 This clinical research coordinator (CRC) position may provide study coordination for multiple clinical research studies depending on complexity that range from moderate to complex. Coordinator experience and mastery of all job duties from the CRC-Technician position on the Michigan Medicine CRC Career Ladder is required. This position should be able to perform tasks and make decisions independently, consistently, and accurately, and demonstrate that they have achieved a moderate level of expertise in all their skills and abilities resulting in high quality work. It is presumed that this position is able to apply their skills to a broad range of different types of clinical studies, navigate available resources appropriately, effectively use all tools and job aids at their disposal and operate e-clinical technologies with a reasonable degree of proficiency. This position can perform the majority of tasks independently and perform quality checks of their work. They also know where and how to identify appropriate resources and support and are able to discern when to escalate issues needing additional intervention. Key behavioral competency descriptors include demonstrate, implement, execute, and use.

Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities:

Expert level knowledge, skills, and abilities within all 8 competency domains is expected:

1. Scientific Concepts and Research Design
2. Ethical Participant Safety Considerations
3. Investigational Products Development and Regulation
4. Clinical Study Operations (GCPs)
5. Study and Site Management
6. Data Management and Informatics
7. Leadership and Professionalism
8. Communication and Teamwork

Additional duties will include:

Study Interactions and Clinical Coordinator Responsibilities 

• Attain in-depth understanding of study protocol and objectives to assist with successful implementation of all study procedures
• Coordinate research efforts with multiple principal investigators, clinics, and research subjects.
• Review real time medical records to match potential research participants with inclusion/exclusion criteria for active studies
• Screen, recruit and approach pregnant women, giving study overview while being sensitive to environment and patients involved.
• Explain study, review informed consent document, answer questions, and obtain consent
• Schedule subject visits and follow up interactions by facilitating communication between clinic/unit staff and investigators/study team
• Run and oversee specialized research devices and equipment
• Working with Research Pharmacy in ordering and obtaining study medication
• Request and collect pathology specimens, as well as processing and prepare and ship specimens to outside institutions according to study protocol requirements.

Data Related

• Create case report forms, questionnaires and study related documents
• Complete study documentation in various data systems
• Responsible for data entry, management, cleaning and database creation for several studies
• Abstract data from the medical record
• Review collected data and perform data quality assurance of the collected data
• Create reports on the completeness and quality of the collected data

Regulatory & Study reporting

• Assist MFM Research Project Manager in maintaining IRB (eResearch) applications including scheduled continuing reviews, adverse event reporting (events that either occurs in UM research subjects or subjects from other centers in multi-site studies) and other reportable information and occurrences.
• Assist PI with identifying and grading adverse events.
• Ensure compliance with study protocols, good clinical practice guidelines and FDA regulations
• Assist with any regulatory and institutional monitoring visits

Other duties as assigned

•          Various duties as needed
   

Supervision Received:

This position reports directly to a CRC-Lead, CRC-Project Manager, a unit Administrator, Director, or Faculty Principal Investigator.

Supervision Exercised:

None.

• Bachelor?s degree or an equivalent combination of related education and experience is necessary.
• Certification is required through Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) as a Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC) or Society of Clinical Research Association (SOCRA) as a Certified Clinical Research Professionals (CCRP) and must be achieved by 01/01/24.  After 01/01/24, certification is required within six months of date of hire.
• Minimum 2 years of directly related experience in clinical research and clinical trials is necessary.
• Previous experience with chart abstraction and/or data entry
• Flexible work schedule
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, and the ability to work effectively with diverse groups
• Demonstrated ability to work well under time constraints and meet deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and exercise good judgement
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Demonstrated ability to work with minimal supervision and to work independently as well as part of a team
• Demonstrated problem solving, conflict resolution, analytical, and critical thinking skills
• Demonstrated coordination, time management and communication skills

• 4+ years of direct related experience
• Previous experience in women?s health and/or a maternal population
• Experience with the OnCore clinical trial management system (CTMS)
• Previous experience with MiChart, RedCap, and Qualtrics
• Previous experience with sample processing and shipping

General hours are Mon-Fri within the 7am-5pm range. Some evening (5pm-9pm) and weekend hours may be required depending on the study needs.

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