Clinical Research Coordinator - Psychiatry - Behavioral Medicine - McClernon lab

School of Medicine

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The goal of this five year research program is to examine the relationship between everyday environments and smoking cessation outcomes. Adults who smoke cigarettes (n=500) will be recruited to participate in a nationwide remote smoking cessation trial. In the two weeks prior to quitting smoking, they will be asked to take photos of their environment randomly throughout the day and each time they smoke. They will then quit smoking using nicotine replacement therapy and be followed for six months. State-of-the-art computer vision and machine learning techniques will be developed and used to increase our understanding of how environments affect cessation outcomes with the goal of developing novel environment-informed interventions to help people quit smoking.

Operations:

• Knowledgeable in regulatory and institutional policies and processes; applies appropriately in study documentation, protocol submissions, and SOPs. May train others in these policies and processes.
• Prepares for and provides support for study monitoring and audit visits, including support for the reviewer. Addresses and corrects findings. May train others.
• Maintains participant level documentation for all studies, including those that are complex in nature (e.g., procedural and interventional studies) and/or require access to the Duke EHR. May train or oversee others.
• Employ strategies to maintain retention rates. Evaluate processes to identify problems with retention. May train or oversee others.
• Employs and may develop strategies to maintain recruitment rates and evaluate processes to identify problems. Escalates issues. May train or oversee others.
• Screens participants for complex studies (e.g., procedural and interventional studies). May train or oversee others.
• Develops or helps develop SOPs. May train or oversee others.
• Assists with establishing and maintaining study level documentation.
• Conducts activities for study visits in compliance with the protocol. May train staff.
• Contributes to the effective facilitation of team meetings to achieve predetermined objectives. May lead multidisciplinary meetings with various stakeholders.
• Recognizes when typical agreements (MTAs, CDAs, DUAs, DTAs, etc.) are necessary and alerts appropriate parties.

Ethics:

• Identifies all AEs, and determines whether or not they are reportable. Collaborates with the PI to determine AE attributes, including relatedness to study. May train or oversee others.
• Conducts and documents consent for participants for all types of studies, including those that are complex in nature and/or require any orders in Maestro Care. May train or oversee others.
• Assists with the development of consent plans and documents for participants. Develops and submits documentation and information for IRB review. Communicates with the IRB staff and reviewers and handles issues appropriately. May train or oversee others.
• Prepares and submits documents needed for regulatory and safety reporting to sponsors and other agencies. May train or oversee others.

Data:

• Enters and collects data. Develops data entry or collection SOPs or tools. May provide oversight or training to study team members collecting or entering data.
• Independently corrects and documents incomplete, inaccurate or missing data for non-complex studies. Follows SOPs for quality assurance. Runs summaries and reports on existing data.
• Follows required processes, policies, and systems to ensure data security and provenance.  In addition, recognizes and reports security of physical and electronic data vulnerabilities.
• Knowledgeable about requirements for depositing data and following repository and meta-data specifications for data sharing. With guidance, locates and follows repository-specific requirements to submit study data for sharing.
• Learns and uses new technology when required.
• Prepares tables, data visualizations, and lay summaries to communicate study results to participants.
• Assists in updating and may develop reports on study progress for the PI and other study team members and collaborators.

Science:

• Assists with or contributes to the development of funding proposals.
• Assists with simple literature searches.
• Using scientific proposals from the PI, develops elements of research protocols.
• Demonstrates a basic understanding of the elements of research study designs.
• Contributes to the development of scientific publications or presentations.
• Serves as an author on poster presentations or publications.

Study and Site Management:

• Records participant accrual information and consent documentation for non-complex studies in clinical research management system.
• Uses clinical research management system and its reports to manage all protocol activities, including minimum footprint, SIP counsel, and all aspects of maintaining current protocol information. May train others.
• For studies with supplies or equipment, ensures that there are ample supplies and that equipment is in good working order. May forecast effort needs. May train or oversee others.
• Ensure that studies are conducted in compliance with institutional requirements and other policies.
• Follow, and may develop or implement, operational plans (e.g. protocol-specific systems and documents including process flows). May train or oversee others.
• Prepares studies for closeout and document storage. May train or oversee others.

Leadership:

• Works with the manager to understand areas of opportunity and develop a training plan.
• Takes training courses and applies the knowledge and skills. May also train others in the skills learned.
• Keeps current with research updates by attending key external offerings (i.e. Research Wednesday, RPN, events outside of Duke, etc.) and applies the learned material to the job. May disseminate information to others.
• Serves on committees and workgroups internal to Duke or externally in therapeutic area of research.
• Navigates processes and people involved in Duke clinical research, demonstrates the organizational awareness, and has the interpersonal skills necessary to get work done efficiently.
• Demonstrates resilience and is adaptive to change.
• Uses advanced subject matter expertise in the therapeutic area or clinical research to solve problems.
• Communicates effectively with others, regardless of reporting relationship, to accomplish shared work objectives.

Minimum Qualifications

Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunities without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that thrives when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. Every member of our community has a responsibility to uphold these values.

Anticipated Pay Range

Duke University provides an annual base salary range for this position of USD $59,829.00 to USD $99,960.00. The final offer will consider factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal equity, and market and organizational considerations.

Your total compensation goes beyond your paycheck. Duke offers comprehensive and competitive medical and dental care programs, generous retirement benefits, and a wide array of family-friendly and cultural programs to eligible team members. Learn more at: https://hr.duke.edu/benefits/

Essential Physical Job Functions

Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provisions for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

Education

Completion of an Associate’s degree is required.

Experience

A minimum of two years of relevant research experience is required. A Bachelor's degree may substitute for the two years of required experience.

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends onthe robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.