Clinical Research Assistant I-Single Ventricle SOURCE

Position Summary:
The Clinical Research Assistant's main responsibility will be helping with Single Ventricle SOURCE, an IRB-approved genomics study, funded by Additional Ventures Foundation, enroll patients with single ventricle heart disease and their immediate biological family members. The primary goal of the study is to discover the causes of single ventricle heart disease and the related complications and comorbidities by creating the world's largest dataset of single ventricle patients and families, with medical history, clinical outcomes, and genetic data, and making the deidentified data available to researchers worldwide. The study is enrolling participants via a direct-to-participant online portal as well as in cardiac clinics.

The Clinical Research Assistant position is ideal for someone who is interested in clinical research and looking to go to medical school. A 2-year time commitment is preferred.

Key Responsibilities:

• Consents and recruits patients for research studies through personal interviews and written communications with patients/families.* Provides detailed background information regarding studies to families, communicates all policies and procedures, and responds to all inquiries.
• Serves as liaison to the families/patients in the research studies, conducted at both on-site and off-site locations, guiding and advising them throughout each phase of the study.
• Acts as a resource to study participants, addressing any concerns they may have.
• Troubleshoots resolution of any issues that may arise throughout the study.
• Coordinates and prepares the necessary documentation for Institutional Review Board IRB and Committee on Clinical Investigations CCI submissions, together with the Private Investigator of the study.
• Conducts EMR data abstraction for all patients enrolled in the SOURCE study, including direct-to-participant and in-clinic enrollees.
• Participates in the training of newly hired research study assistants, as required.

Minimum Qualifications
Education:

• Work requires a Bachelor's degree, preferably in health science, engineering, or computer science.

Experience:

• Work requires critical attention to detail and follow through of assigned tasks.
• Work requires ability to multitask and juggle numerous simultaneous responsibilities.
• Work requires working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Google Sheets.
• Willingness to learn new technologies.
• Work requires the ability and desire to work effectively as part of a team and communicate both orally and in writing with site study coordinators.

Boston Children's Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.