Clinical Research Coordinator, Sr

Company: University of Utah
Location: Salt Lake City
Posted on: February 1, 2025

Job Description:

Clinical Research Coordinator, Sr

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Job Summary

Dr. Ryan Olson is seeking a Senior Clinical Research Coordinator to support ongoing and new research projects. Dr. Olson is an Occupational Health Psychologist specializing in workplace and environmental health interventions. Ongoing projects include the evaluation of safety, health, and well-being programs for new bus operators and home care workers. Health topics addressed in these studies include body weight management, stress management, schedule and sleep regularity, and chronic pain. New projects in development are focused on leaders and workers from environmental non-profit organizations, and on evaluating the public and occupational health impacts of infrastructure to improve "green walk-ability and bike-ability." The person hired for this position will also support ongoing work in the research core of the Utah Center for Promotion of Work Equity Research (U-POWER) - a NIOSH Center of Excellence for Total Worker Health -. Please see Dr. Olson's web page for more details about his research program.

Dr. Olson is a faculty member in the Division of Occupational and Environmental Health in the School of Medicine and at the Rocky Mountain Center of Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH) at the University of Utah. The Rocky Mountain Center became Utah's first statutorily established multi-university program in 2021. The Center includes 10 transdisciplinary educational and research programs that involve faculty from 4 University of Utah departments. Center faculty and staff also work closely with colleagues at Weber State University to contribute to the success of this prominent legislative partnership.

The Senior Clinical Research Coordinator will be the senior project manager for the Olson research team and will contribute to all phases of his applied research projects. Job responsibilities focus on coordinating the planning, implementation, quality control, and completion of research studies. The Coordinator will work closely with scientific team members and organizational partners, and will assist with the supervision of research staff and graduate students involved with projects. Other responsibilities include providing administrative and operational oversight, including monitoring study progress, preparing progress reports for funding agencies and study sponsors, and maintaining compliance with guidelines set by governing agencies.

Responsibilities
1. Helps establish and maintain strong relationships with organizational study partners, including management and labor representatives in workplaces and government partners.2. With the support and collaboration of the principal investigator, plans project timelines, milestones, and logistics. Manages project implementation for on-time and within-budget delivery of scientific outputs.3. Coordinates and schedules meetings of the scientific team, creates meeting agendas, tracks action items, and follows up for completion of action items.4. Assists the Principal Investigator in the development of study protocols and materials.5. Implements study activities including participant recruitment, enrollment, data collection, intervention implementation, data management/processing, and provision of data to statistical collaborators. Coordinates and supervises the scheduling and implementation work of junior research staff and students.6. Contributes to developing workplace and environmental health intervention and educational materials to the degree fitting with experience and skills.7. Monitors enrollment and implementation goals, and initiates and implements strategies to maintain strong and effective implementation partnerships with organizational and government collaborators.8. Contributes to scientific proposals (e.g., grant applications) and outputs (e.g., manuscripts) to a degree fitting with experience and skills. Collaborates with outreach and marketing staff at the Rocky Mountain Center and U-POWER to disseminate study findings to scientific communities and the general public.9. Oversees compliance to protocol; manages quality control, completion and submission of study related documentation; prepares reports for organizations and agencies.10. Develops study budgets; monitors budget expenses and billing for allied services; creates and manages the work and payment schedules for internal and external contracted services.11. Recognizes, tracks and reports adverse events and protocol deviations (as applicable).12. Prepares for and coordinates site visits made by sponsors or federal agencies during course and at the close of the study (as applicable).13. Represents the research program at meetings, national and international research consortia.14. Prepares, submits and maintains IRB, FDA, NCI, NIH, NSF and/or other regulatory documents and research correspondence.

This job description is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.
Work Environment and Level of Frequency that may be required: Nearly Continuously: Office environment.Seldom: Infectious disease, oils (there is air or skin exposure to oils or other cutting fluids).
Physical Requirements and Level of Frequency that may be required Nearly Continuously: Hearing, listening, talking.Often: Repetitive hand motion (such as typing), walking, standing, sitting. Transport equipment to and from research sites which involves lifting and material moving with appropriate tools made available (hand trucks and carts)Seldom: Bending, reaching overhead.

Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in a health science or related field or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience); plus, 4 years professional research experience and completion of University RATS Clinical Certification within one year of hire required. Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills also required.

Knowledge of Good Clinical Practices, FDA, HIPAA and IRB regulations; an understanding of research procedures; and the ability to function independently is preferred.

Departments may require IRB CITI Course or IATA DGR training within a specified timeframe.

Departments may prefer a nursing degree for this position, which requires the incumbent to have two years related experience and possess a nationally recognized research compliance certification.

Care is appropriate to the population served

Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

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Requisition Number: PRN40937B
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Work Schedule Summary:
Department: 02010 - RMCOEH Center
Location: Campus
Pay Rate Range: 47600 to 90400
Close Date: 4/10/2025
Open Until Filled:

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