Clinical Trials Associate I - The Center for Health Behavior and Health Education

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Organization : Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine

Job Summary :

The Center for Health Behavior and Health Education seeks to improve health through interdisciplinary research into behaviors and psychosocial factors affecting disease management and health outcomes.

Our team develops and tests interventions to support self-management among adults with chronic conditions like diabetes.

This position will assist with research projects addressing behavioral and psychosocial determinants of health outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have high-quality skills with regard to customer service. Prior research experience and / or a bachelor’s degree are preferred.

This is a full-time position which may include a hybrid schedule (at least 1 day per week in office). The job will include :

• Contacting potential research participants about research studies for recruitment and retention
• Collecting and entering data, executing efforts to ensure data quality
• Assists in ensuring adherence to protocols, appropriate regulations, and deadlines
• Most hours must be during regular business hours with flexibility for some early evening hours and weekends.
• Opportunities to co-author peer-reviewed publications and abstracts are available.

Lead Principal Investigator : Dr. Lindsay Mayberry

• Associate Professor of Medicine & Biomedical Informatics
• Family and community psychologist with expertise in mixed-methods research, health behavior interventions, social drivers of health, health disparities, patient-engaged research

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Follows established protocols to recruit, screen, enroll, and follow-up with research participants.
• Exemplary customer services skills - The candidate must be comfortable calling patients to recruit them for a study, coordinate study procedures, and answer study-related questions.

The candidate must also be comfortable meeting with patients to administer intervention protocols or research protocols.

Demonstrates excellent communication skills / willingness to develop excellent communication skills to facilitate research processes for multi-site, multi-team clinical trials.

Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.

• Performs medical chart review to determine eligibility status and collect study data.
• Ensures patient consent forms are completed.
• Inputs data from source documentation and / or participant interaction into study databases with awareness and attention to the requirements for accuracy, completeness and timeliness.
• Examines data and records to ensure integrity and compliance with protocol. Cleans data as needed.
• Adheres to timeline of required study procedures to ensure study retention goals are met.
• Prepares and ships study materials to meet protocol deadlines.
• Assists study coordinators with monitoring compliance with protocol and regulations.
• Reports all adverse reactions according institutional and project-related guidelines.
• Participates in research team meetings and regularly communicates the progress of patient recruitment and data collection.
• Collaborates with research team to achieve recruitment and retention goals.
• Assists in the preparation of documentation necessary to maintain studies’ good standing with the Institutional Review Board and / or study sponsor.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

Laboratory Practices (Novice) : Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate laboratory practices in practical applications of moderate difficulty.

Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments.

• Medical Records Management (Novice) : Knowledge of how and where to store and maintain basic records associated with job assignments.
• Research Administration (Novice) : Knowledgeable on all phases in the lifecycle of a sponsored research project. Well versed in and able to assist researchers in reducing compliance risks and assisting in routine and specialized processes.

Our Academic Enterprise is one of the nation’s longest serving and most prestigious academic medical centers. Through its historic bond with Vanderbilt University and integral role in the School of Medicine, Vanderbilt Health cultivates distinguished research and educational programs to advance a clinical enterprise that provides compassionate and personalized care and support for millions of patients and family members each year.

World-leading academic departments and comprehensive centers of excellence pursue scientific discoveries and transformational educational and clinical advances across the entire spectrum of health and disease.

the Office of Research provides shared research resources, administrative expertise and professional guidance to enable the trans-disciplinary environment and highly collaborative culture that advances discovery and training for all the research faculty, trainees, students and staff.

Core Accountabilities :

• Organizational Impact : Performs clearly defines tasks and methods described in detail to achieve standardized solutions that impact own performance with regular guidance.
• Problem Solving / Complexity of work : Follows a well established process to solve routine problems where solutions are clearly prescribed.
• Breadth of Knowledge : Has basic job knowledge of systems and procedures that are common to own job.
• Team Interaction : Individually contributes to the team.

Core Capabilities :

Delivering Excellent Services : Serves Others with Compassion : Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.

Solves Complex Problems : Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner.

Offers Meaningful Advice and Support : Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.

Ensuring High Quality : Performs Excellent Work : Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.

Ensures Continuous Improvement : Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, tools or systems and displays willingness to go above and beyond.

Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements : Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.

Managing Resources Effectively : Demonstrates Accountability : Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work / service.

Stewards Organizational Resources : Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.Makes Data Driven Decisions : Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.

Fostering Innovation : Generates New Ideas : Willingly proposes / accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.

• Applies Technology : Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
• Adapts to Change : Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

Position Qualifications :

Responsibilities : Certifications :

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Work Experience :

Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level : Less than 1 year

Less than 1 year

Education : Associate's

Associate's

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