UNIV-Research Program Coordinator, College of Nursing

musc; South Carolina; On-site; USD 30,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RESEARCH SUPPORT

Job summary

MUSC is seeking a full-time Program Coordinator to support the UNDERSTAND study, a remotely delivered behavioral trial to reduce stress in caregivers of people with mild cognitive impairment or early-stage dementia.

Under the PI, you will manage recruitment, consent, REDCap activities, regulatory work, and data quality, collaborating with investigators, partners, and MUSC offices to ensure smooth study operation.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree and three years of relevant program experience.
• Experience coordinating NIH-funded clinical, behavioral, or community-based research.
• Experience with longitudinal or remotely delivered intervention studies.
• Experience working with caregivers, older adults, or dementia-related research.
• Experience with regulatory submissions, sIRB/reliance, adverse-event tracking, and protocol deviations.
• Experience developing SOPs, workflows, checklists, and training materials.
• Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and independent project-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Recruitment, screening, consent, and enrollment coordination with partners.
• Coordinate baseline, intervention, follow-up activities, and retention support.
• Maintain regulatory and study documentation and deadlines.
• Coordinate REDCap instruments, data quality, and reporting.
• Coordinate sIRB/reliance documentation and collaboration with centers.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

REDCap

Job description

Job Description Summary

The MUSC College of Nursing is seeking a full-time Program Coordinator to provide day-to-day operational coordination for the NIH-funded UNDERSTAND study, a remotely delivered behavioral clinical trial focused on reducing stress among caregivers of persons living with mild cognitive impairment or early-stage Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

Under the direction of the Principal Investigator (PI), the Program Coordinator will serve as the study's primary operational coordinator. The position coordinates participant recruitment, screening, consent and retention; regulatory and study documentation; REDCap and data-quality activities; participant safety and protocol-deviation tracking; participant compensation; and study reporting. The coordinator works collaboratively with investigators, intervention personnel, the Independent Safety Officer, collaborating research centers, community partners, and MUSC research and regulatory offices.

Entity

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC - Univ)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Research Grant

Cost Center

CC001081 CON Office Of Research

Pay Rate Type

Hourly

Pay Grade

University-GEN08

Pay Range

46,206.00 - 62,322.00 - 78,540.000

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Job Description

MUSC Minimum Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree and three years of relevant program experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience coordinating NIH-funded clinical, behavioral, or community-based research.
• Experience with longitudinal or remotely delivered intervention studies.
• Experience working with caregivers, older adults, or dementia-related research.
• Experience with REDCap, including e-consent, survey workflows, data-quality review, and reporting.
• Experience with regulatory submissions, sIRB/reliance activities, adverse-event tracking, and protocol deviations.
• Experience developing study SOPs, workflows, checklists, and training materials.
• Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and independent project-management skills.

Job Responsibilities:

• 25% - Recruitment, Screening, Consent, and Enrollment
  • Coordinate IRB-approved recruitment activities with clinical, community, and research partners.
  • Respond to prospective participants and conduct protocol-approved prescreening and eligibility procedures, including FAST and PAR-Q+ procedures.
  • Conduct informed-consent activities when appropriately trained and delegated.
  • Maintain screening, recruitment, enrollment, withdrawal, and retention records.
  • Monitor recruitment and enrollment metrics and identify barriers requiring PI review.
• 20% - Participant Operations and Retention
  • Serve as the primary operational contact for study participants.
  • Coordinate baseline, intervention, post-intervention, and six-month follow-up activities.
  • Provide protocol-approved instructions, schedules, materials, intervention access, reminders, and retention support.
  • Track missed assessments, withdrawals, technology concerns, and participant-reported barriers.
  • Coordinate facilitated intervention sessions and qualitative interviews with designated study personnel and support fidelity monitoring.
• 20% - Regulatory and Study Management
  • Maintain complete and current regulatory and study documentation and track applicable deadlines.
  • Prepare regulatory materials, amendments, personnel changes, and reportable-event documentation for PI review.
  • Coordinate sIRB/reliance documentation and communication with collaborating research centers, as applicable.
  • Coordinate study meetings, agendas, action items, and operational follow-up.
  • Support NIH progress reporting, ClinicalTrials.gov activities, and other required study reports.
• 15% - REDCap and Data Quality
  • Coordinate development, testing, and maintenance of study-specific REDCap instruments and workflows.
  • Maintain electronic case report forms and participant tracking systems.
  • Conduct routine data-quality reviews; identify missing, incomplete, or discrepant data; and facilitate query resolution.
  • Maintain recruitment, retention, assessment, intervention, compensation, and safety reports.
  • Support authorized datasets, data documentation, deidentification, archival, and data-sharing activities.
• 10% - Participant Safety and Quality Assurance
  • Document adverse events, participant concerns, protocol deviations, and other potential safety issues according to approved procedures.
  • Promptly escalates safety concerns and potentially reportable events to the PI and designated safety personnel.
  • Maintain adverse-event, protocol-deviation, and corrective-action tracking records.
  • Coordinate internal quality-assurance reviews and prepare materials for Independent Safety Officer review.
  • Track monitoring findings and corrective actions through resolution and maintain audit-ready records.
• 5% - Participant Compensation and Study Resources
  • Coordinate, document, and reconcile participant compensation according to approved study procedures.
  • Coordinate study materials, equipment, supplies, vendors, and othe