Research Study Coordinator - Neurology

Department: MED-Neurology
Salary/Grade: NEX/11

Job Summary:

Coordinates collection, analysis, processing & reporting of data & assists Principal Investigator (PI) in judging the validity of test data obtained regarding biomedical &/or social-behavioral research study(ies) of limited complexity involving co-investigators, multiple campuses &/or universities. Weekend, evening and overnight hours are required with this position. Completes all activities by strictly following Good Clinical Practices (GCP) & all relevant current local, state, & federal laws, regulations, guidance, policy & procedure developed by the NU Institutional Review Board (IRB), Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), & the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH).

Target hiring range for this position will be between $19.89 to $24.85 per hour. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Specific Responsibilities:

Technical

• Participates in the planning & conduct of research study including participant recruitment and retention.
• Obtains informed consent
• Administers tests &/or questionnaires following protocols.
• Collects, compiles, tabulates & processes responses.
• Gathers information.
• Extracts & analyzes data from medical charts.
• Completes basic clinical procedures such as drawing blood & obtaining Vitals.
• Basic processing of blood/saliva specimen for storage.

Administration

• Collects, records, reviews & summarizes research data.
• Prepares reports for investigators and sponsors on recruitment status and other pertinent study data.
• Completes documents associated with current local, state, & federal regulatory guidelines, requirements, laws & research protocols.

Finance

• May process payments for research participants per study protocol

Supervision

• May provide work direction &/or train other research staff to interview/test participants.
• May act as a mentor in regard to education of junior research assistants.

Miscellaneous

Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in a major such as social or health science or related; OR appropriate combination of education and experience and 2 years' research study or other relevant experience required; OR
• Successful completion of a full course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a master's or higher degree in a major such as social or health science or related; OR appropriate combination of education and experience.
• Must complete NU's IRB CITI training before interacting with any participants & must re-certify every 3 years.

Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.)

• Proficient with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Communicates effectively both written & verbal

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in academia, research, or medical industry
• Experience with complex clinical (human subjects) research (1 year or more)

Preferred Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities)

• Ability to handle complex tasks and train others to do them
• Computer Proficiency in FSM/NU systems
• Familiarity with Polysomnography Equipment (Nihon Koden)
• Familiarity with set-up of Polysomnography studies and daytime sleepiness/alertness testing
• Willingness to work evenings and weekends as needed (at least one weekend per month and multiple evenings)
• Knowledge of sleep and circadian research strongly preferred
• Familiarity with wrist activity monitoring
• Proficiency with REDCap
• Current research privileges with affiliated clinical institutions (i.e. NMH) are strongly preferred
• Coding computational skills (use of R or Python software)

Benefits:
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