Clinical Research Coordinator IV

Overview

The Department of Psychiatry within the Huntsman Mental Health Institute is searching for a Clinical Research Coordinator IV. This is a full-time position supporting a trial looking at ketamine augmentation of Mindfulness Oriented Recovery Enhancement, with potential involvement in other psychedelic-assisted therapy clinical trials. The role requires coordinating clinical trials, working with the IRB, and ideally experience with IND-related reporting. The position involves day-to-day coordination of clinical trial activities in adherence to Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), study protocols, and applicable regulations.

You will create and maintain tools and documentation to track study metrics, provide updates to management, and coordinate research procedures, study visits, and follow-up care. You will recruit, screen, enroll, and obtain consent from study participants, collect and maintain patient and laboratory data, and serve as a project liaison to other departments, outside organizations, and government agencies. You will work under the direction of the Primary Investigator (PI) and are recognized as a subject matter expert and advanced individual contributor.

The role requires a specialized skill set and the ability to conduct highly complex work with substantial autonomy.

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Essential Functions:

• Clinical Trial Coordination:
  Coordinate day-to-day activities for a clinical research trial focused on ketamine augmentation of Mindfulness Oriented Recovery Enhancement, with opportunities to support additional psychedelic-assisted therapy studies.
• Regulatory and Compliance Oversight:
  Prepare, submit, and maintain documentation required for Institutional Review Board approval and continuing reviews; conduct pre-study visits, site qualification visits, study initiation visits, monitoring visits, and close-out activities.
• Participant Engagement and Study Procedures:
  Recruit, screen, and enroll study participants; obtain informed consent; coordinate study visits, procedures, and follow-up care with attention to participant safety and wellbeing.
• Data and Study Management:
  Create and maintain tools, trackers, and documentation for accurate study metrics; provide updates to PI and study leadership; ensure secure and organized management of study records for audit readiness.
• Professional Expertise and
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Function as a subject matter expert for complex clinical research activities; exercise independent judgment under the direction of the PI; contribute to a collaborative research environment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Equivalency: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (e.g., bachelor’s degree = 4 years of related work experience).
• Clinical Research Coordinator IV:
  Requires a bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 8 years of related experience, or a master’s (or equivalency) + 6 years of related experience.

Type:
Benefited Staff

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