Clinical Research Coordinator | School of Medicine, Neurology

Overview

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine is apremier academic medical center located in the heart of Richmond.

Accounting for almost half of VCU’s sponsored research, the Schoolof Medicine is internationally recognized for patient care and education. Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity employer.

All full-time university staff are eligible for VCU’s robust benefits package that includes comprehensive health benefits, paid annualand holiday leave, generous tuition benefits, retirement planning and savings options, tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs,employee discounts, well-being resources, abundant opportunities for career development and advancement, and more.

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Neurology

The Department of Neurology has a talented, robust team of faculty members and staff spanning nine divisions which includes representatives from every neurology subspecialty in adult andchild neurology, plus award-winning educators, clinical andtranslational neuroscientists and master clinicians.

The Department of Neurology’s vision is to provide the best patient-centered neurological care while fostering the career development, education and training of our team members. Weendeavor to realize this vision by fulfilling the following three missions:

• Improve the lives of children and adults with neurological disorders through compassionate,high-quality medical care and patient education.
• Provide exceptional education to our students, residents,fellows and the wider community of medical professionals.
• Advance the knowledge of neurological diseases by actively developing innovative treatments through basic, translational and clinical research.

Clinical Research Coordinators support Principal Investigators (PI) in the day-to-day activities required for activation, execution,and management of clinical, patient-oriented research studies or protocols. Typical duties of a Clinical Research Coordinators include but are not limited to: assist the PI in assessing study feasibility, determining participation eligibility, and establishing guidelines for clinical data collection; serve aspatient/participant recruiters; and perform a variety of complex activities involved in the collection, compilation, documentation,and analysis of clinical research data.

They may work independentlyor as a member of a team. They work under general supervision,resolving most standard issues independently and referring complex issues to an upper-level manager or the PI, as appropriate. Clinical Research Coordinators typically report to a manager or director or may report to an administrator or PI.

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Maintain established portfolio driven knowledge base of federal and statelaws and regulations, sponsor guidance as well as university policies and compliance notices, with ability to consistently interpret and apply accurately.

For all clinical research studies assigned, the Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) is responsible for coordinating clinical research studies in a compliant and efficient manner. Under the direction ofthe Principal Investigator (PI), the CRC will collaborate with all members of the clinical research team to ensure all federal, state,university, and protocol requirements are followed, institutional research objectives are met, and that ethical obligations are kept.

Key responsibilities include:

• Management of all duties required for clinical research studies from initiation to close-out.
• Conduct of clinical research activities as authorized by the Principal Investigator’s documented Delegation of Authority and Training Logs.
• On-call coverage for research projects as needed.
• Collaboration with department…