Clinical Research Coord Assoc

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology seeks a qualified candidate to assist on reproductive health services projects, primarily supporting the GRASP project for women aged 21–39. The ideal candidate will facilitate patient family history tools during cervical cancer screenings, coordinate automated result communication, and connect at‑risk patients to genetic counseling. Requires flexible hours (including some evenings/weekends) and ability to work at various Michigan Medicine locations.

This clinical research coordinator (CRC) position may provide study coordination for multiple clinical research studies of any complexity. Coordinator experience and mastery of all job duties from the CRC‑Associate position on the Michigan Medicine CRC Career Ladder is required. This position should begin to serve on various clinical research committees at the University level. This position demonstrates advanced skills and knowledge along with the ability to support, guide, train, and demonstrate the implementation of study related activities.

This position applies critical thinking and creative problem‑solving skills across a wide variety of clinical studies. This position contributes to the development of new processes, procedures, and tools to enhance clinical research activities across the competency domains and conducts quality assurance/quality control checks on their work. This level of CRC continues to build on their competency foundation by making greater investments in their ongoing continuing education and professional development.

Key behavioral competency descriptors include:
Design, demonstrate, develop, guide, and support.

Study Interactions and Clinical Coordinator Responsibilities

• Monitor patient recruitment and develop plans to optimize it
• Work with the interprofessional team and community organizations
• Screen, recruit, and consent participants; execute study visits/procedures
• Collect/process biospecimens and coordinate with study teams
• Review medical records for eligibility; schedule visits; oversee study equipment
• Serve as liaison between staff, subjects, investigators, sponsors
• Assist with interviews, focus groups, and provide on‑call duties
• Actively engage, screen, and recruit study participants at participating sites.
• Collaborate with medical staff at study sites to facilitate and optimize the care of research patients.
• Facilitate communication between clinic staff and study surveyors.
• Reports on recruitment, testing, data, and projects during team meetings

Administrative Responsibilities

• Lead qualitative studies on breast cancer risk in young communities
• Serve as Patient Navigator for GRASP; organize provider training and follow‑up
• Assist with daily tasks and communication to providers
• Manage patient reimbursements for survey completion
• Responsible for data, collection, entry, and management for study
• Review collected data and performed data quality assurance of the collected data with the study monitor and statistician(s)
• Assist with preparing tables, charts, and graphs and editing manuscripts/presentations/sponsor reports
• Creates agenda for meetings and takes meeting minutes.
• Collect/manage study data, ensure quality assurance
• Collaborate with genetic counselors and submit participant compensation
• Assist with data analysis and reports; prepare charts, tables, and manuscripts/presentations
• Take meeting minutes and coordinate with team
• Various duties as needed

Regulatory & Study reporting

• Assist PI and study team in maintaining IRB (eResearch) applications including scheduled continuing reviews, adverse event reporting (events that either occur in UM research subjects or subjects from other centers in multi‑site studies) and other reportable information and occurrences.
• Assist PI with identifying and grading adverse events and external monitor visits.
• Approach women in person, giving study overview while being…