Senior Clinical Research Coordinator - Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Finance)

This position will support Project NAVIGATOR, an initiative under the UTHealth Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. This project conducts innovative clinical trials to treat patients with depression and PTSD, and as well as prevention studies to advance Human Performance Science within Veteran, Military, and First Responder populations. Some of our studies involve precision medicine approaches, novel machine learning techniques, and Electroencephalogram (EEG) to identify biomarkers associated with treatment response to compounds with novel mechanisms of action.

The Research Coordinator's duties will include recruitment and screening tasks, education of study participants, participant coordination and scheduling, administering EEG, neurocognitive and traditional psychometric assessments, as well as database management and architecture, monitoring, and setup in RedCap. Duties may also include patient screening and assessment using gold-standard measurements via telehealth platforms throughout the study duration. Research staff will have the opportunity to be fully trained in study protocols, including electroencephalogram (EEG), electrocardiogram (ECG), computerized neurocognitive assessment, clinical trials methodology (ACRP), data collection methods and psychometric assessment components for PTSD and Depression diagnostics.

Position Summary:

Provides management of recruitment, enrollment, scheduling, and monitoring of participants for research within clinical settings.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Coordinates and facilitates clinical study procedures, including maintaining strong relationships with clinical partners, planning procedures for recruitment and clinical study procedures, coordinating study initiation, monitoring progress towards recruitment/enrollment milestones, identifying opportunities for improvement, and recommending changes to the study team.
• Manages clinical recruitment and enrollment activities, including identifying eligible patients, enrolling participants, scheduling clinical research activities, monitoring participant progress, psychometric assessments and screenings, coordinating and conducting on-site visits to include EEG, ECG, neurocognitive computerized testing procedures, and compensating participants according to study regulations and protocols.
• Manages IRB documents, submits protocol revisions as needed, and maintains compliance records and binders.
• Completes all study forms, study protocols, informed consent, and others as needed.
• Performs database management procedures and database architecture procedures to configure effective data capture systems and improve user experiences in the RedCap platform.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

Clinical research experience in a patient-facing clinical research role.

Certified Clinical Research Specialist (CCRS)-CACRS preferred (department-dependent).

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree in a related field is required. Master's Degree in related field preferred.

Minimum Experience:

Four (4) years of clinical research experience, including significant experience in a patient-facing clinical research role with a Bachelor's degree required.

Two (2) years of clinical research experience, including significant experience in a patient-facing clinical research role with a Master's degree required.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.