Job Description

Overview

The Division of Quality of Life and Pediatric Palliative Care is seeking a Clinical Research Coordinator Associate to conduct clinical research on progressively more complex projects and assignments. Independently manages significant and key aspects of large studies or all aspects of one or more small research studies. This is an onsite role requiring you to be on campus in Palo Alto, CA. The Division is a growing team with activities spanning patient care, education, and research. The Clinical Research Associate will have exposure to multiple areas and will communicate with a broad range of individuals at the executive level, internally and externally. Within the Division there is a strong operations team of about 20 people. We value worklife balance and provide professional development opportunities in a supportive environment at Stanford University for all staff.

Duties Include

• Serve as primary contact with research participants, sponsors, and regulatory agencies. Coordinate studies from startup through close-out.
• Determine eligibility of and gather consent from study participants according to protocol. Assist in developing recruitment strategies.
• Coordinate collection of study specimens and processing.
• Collect and manage patient and laboratory data for clinical research projects. Manage research project databases, develop flow sheets and other study related documents, and complete study documents/case report forms.
• Conduct qualitative analyses of interview, focus group and other data.
• Ensure compliance with research protocols, review and audit case report forms for completion and accuracy with source documents. Prepare regulatory submissions, and ensure institutional Review Board renewals are completed.
• Assemble study kits for study visits, monitor scheduling of procedures and charges, coordinate documents, and attend monitoring meetings with sponsors, acting as primary contact.
• Monitor expenditures and adherence to study budgets and resolve billing issues in collaboration with finance and/or management staff.
• Interact with the principal investigator regularly, ensuring patient safety and adherence to proper study conduct.
• Ensure essential documentation and recording of patient and research data in appropriate files per institutional and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in monitor visits and regulatory audits.
• Other duties may also be assigned.

All members of the Department of Pediatrics are engaged in continuous learning and improvement to foster a culture where diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice are central to all aspects of our work. The Department publicly commits to continuously promoting anti-racism and equity through its policies, programs, and practices at all levels.

Desired Qualifications

• Spanish speaking

Education & Experience (required)

Two-year college degree and two years related work experience or a Bachelors degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of related education and relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities (required)

• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.

Certifications & Licenses

Society of Clinical Research Associates or Association of Clinical Research Professionals certification is preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Frequently stand, walk, twist, bend, stoop, squat and use fine motor skills.
• Occasionally sit, reach above shoulders, perform desk-based computer tasks, use a telephone and write by hand, lift, carry, push, and pull objects up to 40 pounds.
• Rarely kneel, crawl, climb ladders, grasp forcefully, sort and file paperwork, or handle heavier items.

Working Conditions

Occasional evening and weekend hours.

The pay range for this position working in the California Bay Area is $31.84 - $37.79.

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