Job Description

Position Overview

The Department of Medicine in the Cumming School of Medicine invites applications for a Clinical Research Coordinator. This Fixed Term Casual (hourly) position is for approximately 6 months (based on length of grant funding), with the possibility of extension.

This position reports to the Principal Investigator.

This is a casual hourly position for a Clinical Research Coordinator to support current and starting clinical studies including multi-center clinical trials involving human subjects. The Coordinator will assist with ethics submissions, participant recruitment, data and sample collection, management and monitoring of clinical activities, data entry, site audits, and other study related activities with the team.

Anticipate 10 to 20 hours/week.

Position Description

Summary of Key Responsibilities (job functions include but are not limited to):

• Provide high-risk clients with information and advice about programs/services
• Recruit eligible subjects for research projects by checking charts and other sources
• Review physician charts and identify potential and high-risk subjects
• Administer/Ship clinical trial kits and drugs and/or placebo
• Coordinate and schedule research visits according to study procedures
• Abstract data from existing databases
• Collaborate with the study investigators to perform and complete relevant parts of the study, such as obtaining signatures, discussing questions that come up, reviewing abnormal results of tests, etc.
• Perform physician delegated functions, such as interviewing and educating patients, completing questionnaires, performing physical exams, collect lab samples
• Collect blood work for the necessary assessments
• Educate participants on the self-collection process
• Develop and amend informed consent forms, source documents worksheets and case report forms
• Contribute to protocol development by bringing forth feasible ideas for patient recruitment, study design and methodology and patient retention in studies.
• Liaise with all research team members and sponsor/other collaborators
• Prepare and submit study documents to the ethic boards
• Maintain research study binders with regulatory documents and patient data
• Keep electronic records of all study material including protocols, informed consent forms, questionnaires, renewals, modifications, etc.
• Obtain consent from subjects wishing to participate in health research projects according to standard approved protocol
• Educate patients and their families on research procedures
• Collect and maintain data logs
• Perform data entry for studies and update databases
• Complete reporting for protocol deviations and adverse events

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in the Sciences or equivalent degree
• Masters degree in a health-related field is an asset
• Previous experience as a research coordinator (Minimum 2 years experience). Background and experience in interventional clinical trials is required
• Knowledge relating to clinical trial implementation and conduct, including data management and audits, protocol deviations, adverse events, ethics submission and maintenance is required
• 2-5 years of experience in a research environment
• Phlebotomy training and comfort in performing phlebotomy is required
• Clinical Trial Coordinator training, including many of the following courses, is strongly preferred: Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit: Leadership in Patient Oriented Research: Pragmatic Clinical Trials Certificate Program; Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program); National Institutes of Health (NIH): Protecting Human Research Participants; Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans; Northern Alberta Clinical Trials + Research Centre (NACTRC) - Study Coordinator Training Program
• Knowledge of University of Calgary\xc2\xbfs policies including submission of projects to ethics boards
• Ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects
• Fluent in English; excellent communication skills
• Computer literacy MS Windows, Word, Excel, MS Outlook and MS Access and Redcap
• Social media literacy and advertising is an asset
• Strong leadership skills
• Must be able to work independently and with others
• Strong organizational skills and detail oriented
• Effective communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Cooperative and dependable

Application Deadline: May 10, 2023

We would like to thank all applicants in advance for submitting their resumes. Please note, only those candidates chosen to continue on through the selection process will be contacted.

Additional Information

This position is part of the AUPE bargaining unit, and falls under the Specialist/Advisor Job Family, Phase 2.

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