Clinical Research Coordinator- Full Time
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.
Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.
Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Posting Summary
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a motivated Clinical Research Coordinator, for the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science (RITMS) within the Clinical Trails Office (CTO).
The CTO Clinical Research Coordinator will serve as the entry point person for investigators when they access CTO through portals, e-mails, or call requests for support for investigator initiated, cooperative group, network or industry sponsored studies.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:
- Serves as the entry point person for investigators when they access CTO.
- Performs comprehensive written feasibility assessment for each study in collaboration with the investigator, program manager and recruitment specialists and the CRUs.
- Works with the Clinical Trials Specialist (Regulatory Specialist) with protocol submissions to the SRB in collaboration with the investigators.
- Provides support to the SRB (setting up agendas, scheduling meetings, communication with investigators, taking and circulating meeting minutes).
- Works with Clinical Trials Specialist (Regulatory Specialist) in providing guidance to investigators regarding IRB submission process and regulatory submissions for INDs and HUDs.
- Determines the presence of competing trials on the same campus and the adequacy of PI’s proposed algorithm to handle the competing trials.
- Determines the PI’s capacity to conduct the trial (i.e. staff bandwidth and experience).
- Determines if there are equipment or other resource needs which cannot be accommodated by the school or partner hospital.
- Assists with tracking study launch metrics and developing interventions to improve metrics as needed.
- Tracks study progress through IRB approval, budgeting and contracting process completion and until study activation.
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Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility ABP
Minimum Education and Experience- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant science or related field.
- Strong research specific knowledge base.
- Must be computer literate with proficiency and working knowledge of database and reporting tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and REDCAP.
- Working knowledge of Clinical Trial Management Systems.
- The candidate should have a clear understanding of Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Human Research Protection (OHRP), and Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPPA) regulations and possess a considerable understanding of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines.
- Association of Clinical Research Professional (ACRP) certification or Society of Clinical Research Associates (CCRP).
- Experience in Clinical research.
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment- Lifting up to 25 lbs.