Clinical Research Coordinator- Trauma​/Burn Program

Overview

Nationwide Children’s Hospital seeks a Trauma Research Coordinator to support our Trauma and Burn program. Our center is an American College of Surgeons-verified Level I Pediatric Trauma Center and an American Burn Association-verified Pediatric Burn Center, providing a unique environment to study population and clinical outcomes in injured children. The coordinator will work with pediatric surgeons, specialty services, nurses, and research personnel to advance studies in pediatric trauma and burns.

• Coordinate regulatory activities, develop protocols, manage data, and participate in multicenter studies.
• Administratively manage and organize program meetings and teleconferences, including scientific meetings with corporate and non‑profit partners, teaching conferences, grand rounds, journal club, research seminars, and CME programs.
• Work with Sponsored Projects Officer to manage program and project funds, disseminate funding to collaborating sites, and coordinate subcontracts.
• Collaborate with investigators to develop IRB protocols, grant submissions, and scientific publications.
• Coordinate personnel needs, oversee training, track project progress and budgets, and report gaps to PIs.
• Manage the IRB process for program projects and associated sites, ensuring timely submissions and regulatory compliance.
• Facilitate creation of source documents to ensure systematic data collection and protocol execution.
• Collect and control research data and subject information from sites, track screening and enrollment data across multiple sites and projects.
• Perform monitoring, review, and tracking of clinical data and prepare study‑specific documents per FDA regulations, QA processes, and documentation requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or Associate degree with two years of clinical research experience or project management experience.
• Master’s degree preferred but not required.
• Two years of clinical research or project management experience.

• ACRP or SOCRA certification preferred.

• Demonstrated leadership, strong organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication.
• Ability to filter information, discern importance, and initiate plans for project completion.
• Self‑directed, results‑driven with workload management ability.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Working knowledge of data management software.

• Occasionally:
  Bend/twist; lift/carry 0‑10 lbs; lift/carry 11‑20 lbs; lift/carry 21‑40 lbs; push/pull 0‑25 lbs; push/pull 26‑40 lbs; push/pull 41‑60 lbs; reach above shoulder; squat/kneel.
• Frequently:
  Sit, stand, walk.
• Continuously:
  Audible speech, computer skills, decision making, depth perception, neck flexion/extension, hand grasping, gripping, turning, hearing acuity, data interpretation, peripheral vision, problem solving, repetitive hand/arm use, near/far vision.

EOE M/F/Disability/Vet