Clin​/Tran Research Coord II; Sleep Tech

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Clinical/Translational Research Coordinator (Sleep Research). Flexible weekday schedule | NIH‑funded studies | Nashville (VUMC East → One Hundred Oaks). Join a high‑impact sleep research team and play a central role in bringing cutting‑edge clinical/translational studies to life. In this position, you’ll coordinate study start‑up and day‑to‑day execution of NIH‑funded, federally sponsored sleep research—ensuring excellent data quality, participant safety, and full compliance with IRB and regulatory requirements.

You’ll also have the opportunity to work closely with Dr. David Kent, advancing research that helps shape the future of sleep medicine.

• Coordinate the approval processes and conduct of sleep research protocols from start‑up through close‑out.
• Manage IRB/regulatory activities (submissions, amendments, continuing review, documentation).
• Conduct and support 1–2 NIH‑funded/federally sponsored sleep studies each week.
• Ensure protocol adherence, accurate documentation, and high‑quality data collection.
• Partner with investigators, clinical staff, and research support teams to keep studies running smoothly and on timeline.

• Proficiently prepare and process new IRB research proposals, amendments, continuing review applications and adverse event reports according to institutional and departmental policies and procedures and federal regulations.
• Accurately and compliantly prepare and maintain documents required to be maintained internally and available for regulatory authorities and/or the sponsor prior to, during and after the conduct of a clinical/translational trial.
• Identify and procure equipment and supplies needed to fulfill project requirements (locally and across multiple sites, if required).
• Determine eligible candidates for study participation, ensuring participants fulfill eligibility requirements; implement effective screening and recruitment strategies.
• Record data from source documentation and/or participant interaction onto case report forms (paper or electronic) with awareness and attention to the requirements for accuracy, completeness and timeliness; attend to query resolution in a timely manner.
• Perform packaging and ship study specimens (blood, urine, etc.) to the sponsor or laboratory in accordance with sponsor and shipping guidelines and regulations.
• Develop and manage study budgets, monitor efficient invoicing and maintain clinical trial billing compliance, providing reports to investigators, department administration and funding agencies.
• Advocate for human subjects by establishing and maintaining communication with investigators, research staff, sponsors, participants and representatives of professional organizations, participant advocates, and the public concerned about protections for human participants of research.
• Participate in the ongoing informed consent process, ensuring that human subjects, their families, and other health care providers clearly understand what is expected of and from them in the course of participating in a clinical/translational trial.
• Participate in research related programs, such as the Clinical/translational Research Staff Council, by submitting issues or suggesting solutions, and reviewing Council information.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

• Monday–Friday schedule with flexibility.
• Meaningful, hands‑on work that directly supports research participants and scientific progress.
• Close collaboration with a leading investigator in sleep research.
• A role that blends…