The Clinical Research Assistant (CRA) will be responsible for scheduling and coordinating clinical patient research studies. The job includes recruiting patients, assisting in budget and documents preparation, in-servicing research teams, recruiting patients, obtaining patient consents, educating patients, conducting study procedures, collecting data, keeping records, assisting with performing analysis, assisting in manuscript / abstract preparation.
Required skills include ability to work with children, experience with computer data entry and statistical analyses, skills with REDCap, EPIC, Microsoft WORD, and EXCEL.
Primary Responsibilities:
Follows all aspects of Good Clinical Practices in the conduct of Clinical Research; assists in identifying, reporting and following up on Serious Adverse Events.Assists in protocol preparation; prepares documents as required by sponsoring agencies; develops source documents; develops consent and assent documents; prepares IRB memoranda.Attends Investigator Meetings and patient clinics, as assigned.In-services clinical staff for study purposes.Recruits patients.Develops strategies to assure study subject compliance with protocol requirements.Coordinates protocol activities; prepares clinical specimens for shipment to central laboratories.Performs clinical data gathering and measurements.Performs medical chart review.Maintains study databases; assists in data analysis and manuscript / abstract preparation.Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree required
- At least one year of experience
- Computer data entry and skills with REDCap, EPIC, MS Word and Excel