Clinical Research Coordinator

Academic Staff

Terminal (Fixed Term)

Clinical Research Coordinator I

The Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation is hiring a Clinical Research Coordinator to support our ongoing research goals in the Division of Sports Medicine. This position will oversee the day-to-day aspects of investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored research, assist with data reporting and dissemination, and support internal and external sports medicine collaborations. The coordinator will work closely with the sports medicine clinic staff, students, and trainees to ensure successful data collections and productive lines of research.

The coordinator will also work closely with our research administration staff to ensure all regulatory aspects of ongoing and new research studies are completed per protocol.

An ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail, excellent communication and organizational skills, prior experience performing human subjects research, and a strong background working with data in Excel. Prior experience working with REDCap and Healthlink (Epic) is helpful but not required.

On a day-to-day basis, the incumbent could expect to engage in the following activities:

• Screen patients for eligibility and collect data for research studies
• Enter data into databases and perform quality checks
• Transfer data to study sponsors
• Assist with developing testing procedures and validating testing equipment
• Assist with preparing data for research dissemination
• Attend meetings with lab personnel

This position is fully in-person and on-campus at UW-Madison and typically adheres to a Monday-Friday work schedule, though schedule flexibility in terms of start/end times is necessary for some data collections. This is intended to be a full-time position, though there may be flexibility to start in a part-time capacity then increase to full-time.

• This position is full or part-time, 50%-100%
• This position requires work to be completed onsite, at a designated campus work location.
• This position is a 24 month appointment and has the possibility to be extended or converted to an ongoing appointment based on need and/or funding.
• This position has been identified as a position of trust with access to vulnerable populations.
  
  The selected candidate will be required to pass an initial caregiver check to be eligible for employment under the Wisconsin Caregiver Law and every four years.

Applicants for either position will be considered for the following titles:
Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) I, Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) II. The title is determined by the experience and qualifications of the finalist.

The CRC I responsibilities are shown below in the Key Responsibilities section. Additional responsibilities for the CRC II are:

• Serves as a main point of contact for clinical research participants, providing information regarding research procedures, expectations, and informational inquiries. Ensures participants follow the research protocol and alerts Principal Investigator of issues
• Performs quality checks
• Identifies resource needs and develops clinical research documents, such as job aids, tools, processes, procedures, and training. Contributes to the development of protocols
• May assist with training of staff

• May assist with training of staff
• Supports Principal Investigators with manuscript preparation, authorship contributions, and grant preparation
• Performs quality checks
• Manages research workflow components, collects, prepares, processes, and submits participant data and samples to appropriate…