EPI Research Coordinator 1 - Rush Preventive Medicine

Job Title: EPI Research Coordinator 1 - Rush Preventive Medicine
Department: Preventive Medicine
Shift: 1st
Specialty: Preventive Medicine
Job Number: 2020-3840
Date Posted: 01/25/2021
Position Type: Research

Job Qualifications:

At Rush University Medical Center, we are committed to advancing scientific medical knowledge through research. We are revitalizing our medical centers with an emphasis on productivity, transparency and accountability. Are you looking to be a part of the exciting, always evolving and expanding new developments in research here at Rush University Medical Center? Would you like to work on research for a COVID testing grant in the Westside Alive Church Network?
If this describes you, you may be the right candidate for the Epi Research Coordinator 1 position with the Department Preventive Medicine.
Position Highlights:

The role of this position is to assist with day-to-day task management for Research team members. Assist onsite clinical team with study participants' intake and data collection. Perform daily quality control review of data to ensure accuracy and completeness. Assist with development of outreach recruitment campaign for study participants and ensures that subject recruitment, consent and follow-up are completed per protocol procedures. Orders and maintains inventory of supplies. May assist in designing, developing, and modifying research experiments, procedures, or survey instruments. Assist onsite clinical team research and support staff. Candidate may be required to work evenings and weekends. Local travel required; candidate must have a reliable vehicle.

The EPI Research Coordinator 1 coordinates Epidemiological, Behavioral or Human Translational, or Population Health research studies and performs a variety of duties including the collection compilation and documentation of research data. The Coordinator 1 partners with other members of the research team to ensure the research is conducted in accordance with the study protocol, local, state, and federal guidelines related to epidemiologic/ behavioral/ translational research. Exemplifies the Rush mission, vision and values and acts in accordance with Rush policies and procedures.

Position Responsibilities:

Coordinates aspects of less complex research studies including, but not limited to, study start-up, initiation activities, participant recruitment, enrollment, completion of data collection, maintenance of data integrity, and study close-out.
Assists with the development of study related Standard Operating Procedures for new study protocols.
May assist in the collection of study data both through interviews and collecting samples or testing results as described by the study protocol.
May assist with preliminary data organization and/or guided analysis.
Primary participant contact for all study related questions and issues.
May help coordinate study team workload and training schedules to ensure optimal use of resources.
Follows Federal and Rush guidelines in the collection of study data and other study related activities.
Troubleshoots field issues when necessary. Uses discretion to resolve issues when unplanned events arise.
May assist with Institutional Review Board (IRB) assignments such as initial study approval, amendments, continuing reviews and updating study documents for IRB approval.
May assist PI with aspects of grant proposals.
May act as lead for less experienced Research Assistants, work-study students, interns and volunteers including orientation, training, and providing performance feedback.

Position Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in related field required
2 - 4 years general research experience with a minimum of 2 years working on Human Subjects research
Demonstrate knowledge of Good Epidemiological Practice (GEP) and/or Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
Strong organizational skills
Demonstrates basic computer skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to develop rapport with a diverse pool of research participants
Ability to collaborate within multi-disciplinary team settings
May require personal transportation to field location depending on assignment
Ability to work independently
Availability to work evenings, overnight and weekends if called for under the study protocols
Company Highlights:
Rush was recently ranked among the top 20 hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
Eleven Rush programs were recently ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report.
Rush University Medical Center is a five-time Magnet facility.
The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) has awarded Rush full accreditation for three years. Rush is one of the first academic medical centers in Illinois to receive this accreditation
Rush was recently ranked first for Quality and Accountability among US academic medical centers in a study conducted by the health care performance improvement company Vizient.
As an academic medical center, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, is committed to advancing medical knowledge through research. Investigators at Rush are involved in more than 1,600 projects, including hundreds of clinical studies to test the effectiveness and safety of new therapies and medical devices, as well as to expand scientific and medical knowledge.
Rush University is home to one of the first medical colleges in the Midwest and one of the nation's top-ranked nursing colleges, as well as graduate programs in allied health, health systems management and biomedical research.

Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
At Rush University Medical Center, we are committed to advancing scientific medical knowledge through research. We are revitalizing our medical centers with an emphasis on productivity, transparency and accountability. Are you looking to be a part of the exciting, always evolving and expanding new developments in research here at Rush University Medical Center? Would you like to work on research for a COVID testing grant in the Westside Alive Church Network?
If this describes you, you may be the right candidate for the Epi Research Coordinator 1 position with the Department Preventive Medicine.
Position Highlights:

The role of this position is to assist with day-to-day task management for Research team members. Assist onsite clinical team with study participants' intake and data collection. Perform daily quality control review of data to ensure accuracy and completeness. Assist with development of outreach recruitment campaign for study participants and ensures that subject recruitment, consent and follow-up are completed per protocol procedures. Orders and maintains inventory of supplies. May assist in designing, developing, and modifying research experiments, procedures, or survey instruments. Assist onsite clinical team research and support staff. Candidate may be required to work evenings and weekends. Local travel required; candidate must have a reliable vehicle.

The EPI Research Coordinator 1 coordinates Epidemiological, Behavioral or Human Translational, or Population Health research studies and performs a variety of duties including the collection compilation and documentation of research data. The Coordinator 1 partners with other members of the research team to ensure the research is conducted in accordance with the study protocol, local, state, and federal guidelines related to epidemiologic/ behavioral/ translational research. Exemplifies the Rush mission, vision and values and acts in accordance with Rush policies and procedures.

Position Responsibilities:

Coordinates aspects of less complex research studies including, but not limited to, study start-up, initiation activities, participant recruitment, enrollment, completion of data collection, maintenance of data integrity, and study close-out.
Assists with the development of study related Standard Operating Procedures for new study protocols.
May assist in the collection of study data both through interviews and collecting samples or testing results as described by the study protocol.
May assist with preliminary data organization and/or guided analysis.
Primary participant contact for all study related questions and issues.
May help coordinate study team workload and training schedules to ensure optimal use of resources.
Follows Federal and Rush guidelines in the collection of study data and other study related activities.
Troubleshoots field issues when necessary. Uses discretion to resolve issues when unplanned events arise.
May assist with Institutional Review Board (IRB) assignments such as initial study approval, amendments, continuing reviews and updating study documents for IRB approval.
May assist PI with aspects of grant proposals.
May act as lead for less experienced Research Assistants, work-study students, interns and volunteers including orientation, training, and providing performance feedback.

Position Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in related field required
2 - 4 years general research experience with a minimum of 2 years working on Human Subjects research
Demonstrate knowledge of Good Epidemiological Practice (GEP) and/or Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
Strong organizational skills
Demonstrates basic computer skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to develop rapport with a diverse pool of research participants
Ability to collaborate within multi-disciplinary team settings
May require personal transportation to field location depending on assignment
Ability to work independently
Availability to work evenings, overnight and weekends if called for under the study protocols
Company Highlights:
Rush was recently ranked among the top 20 hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
Eleven Rush programs were recently ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report.
Rush University Medical Center is a five-time Magnet facility.
The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) has awarded Rush full accreditation for three years. Rush is one of the first academic medical centers in Illinois to receive this accreditation
Rush was recently ranked first for Quality and Accountability among US academic medical centers in a study conducted by the health care performance improvement company Vizient.
As an academic medical center, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, is committed to advancing medical knowledge through research. Investigators at Rush are involved in more than 1,600 projects, including hundreds of clinical studies to test the effectiveness and safety of new therapies and medical devices, as well as to expand scientific and medical knowledge.
Rush University is home to one of the first medical colleges in the Midwest and one of the nation's top-ranked nursing colleges, as well as graduate programs in allied health, health systems management and biomedical research.

Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.