Clinical Research Coordinator

University of Wisconsin; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Wisconsin–Madison is seeking a Clinical Research Coordinator II to join the MIDUS project, conducting participant recruitment, scheduling visits, data collection, and follow-up on a long-term, multi-site study.

The role requires in-person work in Madison, WI, with occasional evenings and weekends. You will ensure protocol adherence, perform interviews, and assist with data management for project leadership, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience with community-based research studies in a clinical setting.
• Prior experience conducting face-to-face interviews.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a main point of contact for clinical research participants, providing information regarding research procedures, expectations, and informational inquiries.
• Performs quality checks
• Identifies resource needs and develops clinical research documents, such as job aids, tools, processes, procedures, and training. Contributes to the development of protocols
• May assist with training of staff
• Schedules logistics, determines workflows, and secures resources for clinical research trials
• Recruits, screens, selects, determines eligibility and enrolls trial participants, collects more complex information, performs medical assessments, and answers varied questions under supervision of a medically licensed professional. Performs medical assessments after completion of required training/certification, such as collecting vital signs, obtaining weight, and performing phlebotomy
• Identifies work unit resources needs and manages supply and equipment inventory levels
• Manages research workflow components, collects, prepares, processes, and submits participant data and samples to appropriate entities, adhering to research protocols

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical research experience

Face-to-face interviewing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Category:

Academic Staff

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Profile:

Clinical Research Coordinator II

Job Summary:

Serve as a clinical research coordinator on a longitudinal, multi-site, multidisciplinary research project. The project is one of several projects included in the MIDUS (Midlife in the U.S.) study. Duties focus on recruiting study participants, scheduling study visits, collecting data and post visit follow-up. Interactions with study participants will involve working with a team conducting face-to face biopsychosocial assessments completed during an overnight stay on the Clinical Research Unit (CRU) at the UW Hospital. Duties also include providing data management support to project leadership. Specific duties may shift over the course of the study in response to changing priorities. Must be able to work some evenings and weekends (which translates nicely to some flexibility during weekday hours).

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Serves as a main point of contact for clinical research participants, providing information regarding research procedures, expectations, and informational inquiries. Ensures participants follow the research protocol and alerts Principal Investigator of issues
• Performs quality checks
• Identifies resource needs and develops clinical research documents, such as job aids, tools, processes, procedures, and training. Contributes to the development of protocols
• May assist with training of staff
• Schedules logistics, determines workflows, and secures resources for clinical research trials
• Recruits, screens, selects, determines eligibility and enrolls trial participants, collects more complex information, performs medical assessments, and answers varied questions under supervision of a medically licensed professional. Performs medical assessments after completion of required training/certification, such as collecting vital signs, obtaining weight, and performing phlebotomy
• Identifies work unit resources needs and manages supply and equipment inventory levels
• Manages research workflow components, collects, prepares, processes, and submits participant data and samples to appropriate entities, adhering to research protocols

Department:

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR), Institute on Aging

Compensation:

The minimum annual salary for this position is$51,000, but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

This position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid time off, competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance, tax-advantaged savings accounts, and participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund. For a summary of benefits, please see https://www.wisconsin.edu/ohrwd/benefits/download/fasl.pdf

Required Qualifications:

• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience with community-based research studies in a clinical setting.
• Prior experience conducting face-to-face interviews.

Additional Information:

• This position does not require an advanced degree.
• This is an in‑person position located in Madison, WI. The selected candidate must live in or be willing to relocate to the Madison, WI area.
• A cover letter and resume are required; incomplete applications will not be considered.

Education:

Bachelor's degree required.

Contact Information:

Angel Stampfli

[e-mail]

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW‑Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals. The University of Wisconsin‑Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

The University of Wisconsin‑Madison is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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