Clinical Research Coordinator I

UAB group; United States; On-site; USD 44,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Emergency Med Chair Office seeks a Clinical Research Coordinator I to support population health screening, patient engagement, and linkage from the Emergency Department (ED) to outpatient prevention and treatment services. Initial priorities include universal HCV screening and HIV linkage with PrEP referrals when appropriate.

The Population Health Coordinator will coordinate day-to-day activities at the University Hospital ED, assist with data management,

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor's degree or higher preferred.
• 2-3 years of public health, social work, health sciences, or research experience in clinical settings preferred.
• Experience in patient navigation, care coordination, infectious disease prevention or linkage, population health, or clinical research.
• Familiarity with ED operations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Engages ED patients respectfully, provides HCV/HIV screening education, and supports informed decisions, including declining services.
• Delivers approved HCV screening and results education, explains screening vs. infection, and connects patients with clinical staff as needed.
• Educates at-risk patients on HIV prevention and PrEP, assesses interest, and facilitates referrals when appropriate.
• Identifies and addresses barriers to care, including transportation, insurance, cost, language, scheduling, and communication needs.
• Collaborates with ED staff to promote consistent screening, referral workflows, patient-centered communication, and accurate documentation.
• Supports staff onboarding, education, workflow improvement initiatives, and monitoring of missed screening or referral opportunities.
• Coordinates warm handoffs, referrals, and appointments with HCV treatment, PrEP, and community partners, preferably before ED discharge.
• Conducts outreach, appointment reminders, and follow-up to improve attendance, resolve barriers, and strengthen linkage to care.
• Maintains accurate EMR, REDCap, and program documentation, tracks referrals, outcomes, and performance metrics, and prepares routine reports.
• Ensures compliance with confidentiality, regulatory, and research requirements, participates in leadership meetings, and supports additional population health initiatives as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Patient navigation

Care coordination

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree or higher preferred

Tools

REDCap

SPSS/SAS/JMP

EMR systems

Job description

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Emergency Med Chair Office, is seeking a Clinical Research Coordinator I. The UAB Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) is expanding coordinator support to improve population health screening, patient engagement, and linkage from the Emergency Department (ED) to outpatient prevention and treatment services. Initial priorities include universal hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening and linkage to definitive care, and engagement of patients identified as at risk for HIV with referral to a local pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) clinic when appropriate and desired by the patient. The UAB-DEM is seeking to hire a Population Health Coordinator to coordinate and perform day-to-day activities at the University Hospital Emergency Department (UED) for the above-mentioned projects and, secondarily, support other ongoing studies in the UAB ED.

Conducts all study activities in accordance with the UAB-IRB-approved protocol and standard Good Clinical Practice (GCP). Coordinates day-to-day referral and linkage activities, including working directly with patients and collaborating with triage nurses, bedside nurses, clinicians, other ED staff, and outpatient partners to improve screening participation and project flow in the ED environment. The coordinator will provide patients with clinic referral next steps and contact information, conduct post-ED outreach and appointment reminders through approved communication methods, and track referrals with the referral clinics. The coordinator position combines patient education and navigation with staff engagement, clinic coordination, follow-up, and data management. Additional ED population health screening and linkage initiatives may be assigned as departmental priorities evolve. Coordinates and participates in routine internal meetings and quarterly partner network meetings.

General Responsibilities

• To serve as coordinator for studies and provide support to other team members within the confines of the protocol as directed.
• To support screening and participant eligibility determination, working with more senior team members to ensure compliance.
• To conduct activities in accordance with the protocol, regulations and Good Clinical Practice (GCP).
• To assist with the study life cycle from start-up to closure, i.e., collecting and recording data, recruiting and performing follow-up with participants, scheduling visits and assisting in coordination of lab and fieldwork.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Engages ED patients respectfully, provides HCV/HIV screening education, and supports informed decisions, including declining services.
• Delivers approved HCV screening and results education, explains screening vs. confirmed infection, and connects patients with clinical staff as needed.
• Educates at-risk patients on HIV prevention and PrEP, assesses interest, and facilitates referrals when appropriate.
• Identifies and addresses barriers to care, including transportation, insurance, cost, language, scheduling, and communication needs.
• Collaborates with ED staff to promote consistent screening, referral workflows, patient-centered communication, and accurate documentation.
• Supports staff onboarding, education, workflow improvement initiatives, and monitoring of missed screening or referral opportunities.
• Coordinates warm handoffs, referrals, and appointments with HCV treatment, PrEP, and community partners, preferably before ED discharge.
• Conducts outreach, appointment reminders, and follow-up to improve attendance, resolve barriers, and strengthen linkage to care.
• Maintains accurate EMR, REDCap, and program documentation, tracks referrals, outcomes, and performance metrics, and prepares routine reports.
• Ensures compliance with confidentiality, regulatory, and research requirements, participates in leadership meetings, and supports additional population health initiatives as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Annual Salary Range : $43,890 - $71,320

High School diploma or GED required.

Preferences

• Bachelor's degree or higher preferred.
• 2-3 years of public health, social work, health sciences, or research experience in clinical settings preferred.
• Experience in patient navigation, care coordination, infectious disease prevention or linkage, population health, or clinical research.
• Familiarity with ED operations preferred.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills, as well as a positive and empathetic, supportive approach to sensitive discussions.
• Ability to work effectively with patients from varied backgrounds and with multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to teach and reinforce workflows, build relationships with frontline staff, and identify practical improvements in a busy clinical environment.
• Prior experience with statistics software (SPSS, SAS, JMP), navigating EMRs, maintaining electronic databases (REDCap), and using spreadsheets to organize data and prepare basic descriptive reports preferred.
• Prior experience summa