Job Description

Job Description

Description
Clinical Research Coordinator I Translational Research - Orlando

Location Address: 601 E. Rollins St., Orlando, FL 32801

Top Reasons to work at AdventHealth Orlando

* Located on a lush tropical campus, our flagship hospital, 1,368-bed AdventHealth Orlando
* serves as the major tertiary facility for much of the Southeast, the Caribbean and South America
* AdventHealth Orlando houses one of the largest Emergency Departments and largest cardiac catheterization labs in the country
* We are already one of the busiest hospitals in the nation, providing service excellence to more than 32,000 inpatients and 125,000 outpatients each year

Work Hours/Shift:

* Full Time, Days

You Will Be Responsible For:

* Execute and coordinate the informed consent process for AdventHealth Research Institute participants in clinical trials and research studies across multiple locations. This may require travel between sites and research laboratories, and/or the use of technology.
* Responsible for all aspects of research conducted including patient screening, assessing eligibility, and coordinating the participation and follow-up of volunteers placed on research studies, trials, and programs.
* Coordinate research participant recruitment and consenting for the therapeutic areas they serve
* Provision of concierge level service for all patient facing interactions during the course of clinical trials and research studies
* Coordinate or perform biospecimen collection (i.e. blood, tissue) and maintain HIPAA protected database connecting patient information to biospecimens used in research; perform patient chart review and data collection.
* Collaborative interaction with Clinical Research nursing staff, Research Services, laboratory teams, hospital departments, and physician offices, to ensure ongoing regulatory and protocol compliance.
* Through collaboration with assistant clinical coordinators, ensures compliant data entry/data mining into registries, patient records, and research specific database systems.
* Assists Principal Investigators and research staff in the development of compliant research protocols and other control documents.
* Serves as the study-specific point of contact for participants, investigators, research staff, hospital departments and external research partners.

Collaborate with clinical research supervisors and staff to implement standard operating procedures (SOP) for the Institutes research division intended to meet standards. Ensures all patient-facing activities are compliant with clinical research standards and AHRI procedures

Qualifications
What You Will Need:

Required:

* Bachelors degree in Healthcare Administration, Research, or related field with no experience or
* Associates degree in Healthcare Administration, Research, or related field and two (2) years experience or
* Graduate of an accredited allied health certificate program with four (4) years of clinical research or healthcare experience.
* Ability to work independently in a fast-paced clinical or research environment, handling multiple tasks simultaneously, effectively, and in an organized and timely manner
* Knowledge of HIPAA data protection and patient advocacy or similar awareness of ethical treatment of participants in research
* Ability to communicate effectively with research participants, investigators, research staff and external partners.
* Ability to apply analytical approach to problem solving, obtain and analyze facts, and apply sound judgement.
* Ability to accept direction and respond to the changing needs of clinical research units
* Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, such as, Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, and Internet knowledge and skills

Preferred:

* Masters degree in Healthcare Administration, Research, or related field
* Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC) (per the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) or Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA))
* BLS
* Other certification as applicable to clinical degree or program (i.e. medical assistant, medical technician, phlebotomy)
* Specialized knowledge of the unique needs of patients in the assigned therapeutic areas undergoing treatment
* Specialized knowledge of assigned therapeutic areas as it relates to research and clinical trials.
* One to two years skill in human life sciences/biomedical research; physiological, cellular, biochemical, or molecular biology

Job Summary:

The Clinical Research Coordinator I (Non-RN) is involved in all aspects of research conducted including patient screening, assessing eligibility, and coordinating the care and follow-up of volunteers placed on research studies, trials, and programs. Specific activities to include: Research participant recruitment and consenting for the therapeutic areas they serve, provision of concierge level service for all patient facing interactions during the course of clinical trials and research studies, and the coordination of biospecimen collection (i.e. blood, tissue) through collaborative interaction with Clinical Research nursing staff, laboratory teams, hospital departments to ensure ongoing regulatory and protocol compliance.

Through collaboration with research assistants and/or clinical coordinators, ensures compliant data entry/data mining into registries, patient records, and research specific database systems. Assists Principal Investigators and research staff in the development of compliant research protocols and other control documents. Serves as the study-specific clinical point of contact for participants, investigators, research staff, hospital departments and external research partners. Actively participates in outstanding customer

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.