Clinical Research Coordinator II

Education
Bachelor's Degree Science required

Licenses and Credentials

Experience
Related post-bachelor's degree research experience 1-2 years required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ability to work more independently and as a team member.
- Computer literacy, analytical skills, and ability to resolve technical problems.
- Ability to interpret the acceptability of data results.
- Working knowledge of data management programs.

MGH Health Decision Sciences Center: This is an exciting opportunity for an entry- to mid-level research assistant who is interested in working on shared decision making and patient-centered research projects. Under the supervision of the Project Manager and Director and according to established policies, procedures, and detailed instructions, the incumbent will serve as Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) within the Health Decision Sciences Center (HDSC). This position is funded through external grants including the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

The CRC will be involved in activities supporting multi-site research studies on shared decision making that examine the use of clinician training, implementation of patient decision aids into clinical care and electronic decision support to improve the quality of decisions for patients. The multiple PCORI-awarded studies cover clinic topics of cardiology, pediatric surgery and colorectal cancer screening.

This is a hybrid position with expectation to be in office with the team on Mondays and Wednesdays and flexibility regarding office schedule on other days to support project needs. There may also be some early morning or evening hours required.

General research duties: The CRC will be responsible for assisting in the broad array of research and administrative responsibilities required to conduct research. The CRC will screen and support recruitment activities of study subjects across the grants, and maintain enrollment reports and study databases; prepare study mailings and reminders; conduct chart reviews; conduct data entry and quality checks on data entry; maintain human subjects committee documentation and assist with preparation of amendments and continuing reviews; support qualitative research; and coordinate research study meetings among collaborators, and assist with ongoing projects as needed. Further, the CRC may have the opportunity to conduct literature searches and generate summaries for use in grants, abstracts, and manuscripts; maintain bibliographic reference lists for grants and manuscripts; and assist in writing research papers based on his or her skills and developing interests within the various projects.

Specific duties: The CRC's responsibilities include assisting the HDSC Director (Karen Sepucha, PhD), the project managers and the senior CRCs on the team. The CRC will assist with scheduling meetings, taking meeting minutes for distribution and coordination of action items among the study team. The CRC will assist with all study activities, including screening and inviting eligible participants to complete study surveys, preparing and sending survey packets (e.g. cover letters, questionnaires, mailers), maintaining a database of survey distribution and reminders, conducting chart review, scheduling interviews, and entering survey data into a database. The CRC will also troubleshoot recruitment and enrollment issues and assist with data entry and data management. The CRC will maintain IRB documentation, assist with preparing amendments and continuing review documentation as needed. Monthly collaboration with other site CRCs and project managers is expected.

Additionally, the CRC will assist with ongoing research (Knowledge and experience with human subjects research and IRB) and other HDSC shared decision making project work as appropriate, including qualitative research and projects in other specialties such as orthopedics and primary care.

Administrative duties: The Clinical Research Coordinator will also assist with administrative support for the Center. The CRC will help schedule meetings and coordinate conference calls, take notes for meetings, prepare and submit check requests and expense reports, order food and reserve rooms for meetings, and other paperwork that may need to be processed.

Candidates with MPH preferred
Candidates with cover letter preferred

Working Conditions

Normal office conditions. You will be provided a carrel on the days in the office and a MGB standard laptop. As part of the position, the CRC will occasinally be required to attend meetings outside of regularly scheduled hours.

The team is typically in the office on Mondays and Wednesdays and is working remotely the other days. For this position, the amount of time in office may vary with the specific project and from week to week. Patient enrollment or other study activities may require the candidate to be in person at our offices, the hospital, or satellite sites (e.g. MGH Waltham) on different days. We would expect the candidate to have flexibility regarding in office schedule to support project needs.