Clinical Research Coordinator (grant funded)

Company Overview:
Shriners Children’s is a family that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience defines us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

 

Shriners Children's is the premier pediatric burn, orthopedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties medical center.  We have an opportunity for a Clinical Research Coordinator to join our Research team located in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Job Overview:
The Clinical Research Coordinator is a research professional who ensures oversight and compliance of both system-wide and local clinical research activities.  Works collaboratively with research personnel to ethically recruit and consent pediatric subjects and to appropriately collect and safeguard data.  Overall, the Clinical Research Coordinator is the site's primary liaison among research participants, the local investigator(s) and study sponsors.  The position's main responsibilities are to help ensure proper study conduct, subject safety, and the quality of data and data safeguards. 

Responsibilities:
Supports the investigator's development of SHC investigator initiated research protocols

Supports the implementation of approved research protocols

Ensures studies are conducted in compliance with the approved protocol, Good Clinical Practice guidelines, applicable regulatory requirements, SHC policies and standards

Responsible for tracking all aspects of projects including all study, investigator and IRB information, patient recruitment activity and financial management

Coordinates the collection, statistical analysis and dissemination of data results throughout a clinical study

Safeguards all participants involve din a research study support and approved by the organization

Facilitates the local site's research programs and projects through collaborative, timely communication and teamwork

This is not an all-inclusive list of this job’s responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

 

Note - this is a grant-funded position with hours two hour shifts per week up to 16 hours per week - Thursday and Friday.  We anticipate the position grant funding to increase to 3 days per week in 2025.

Qualifications:
Required Education

Bachelor's degree in clinical research, science or other  health care field preferred OR

5 or more years of specific job-related experience in the administration of clinical research required

 

Required experience

At least one(1) or more years of relevant research experience

 

Certification/licensure

CCRP or CCRC preferred

 

Additional experience

Working knowledge of the clinical research process

Knowledge of ethical standards for research and a commitment to protect all participants