Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator - Neurological Surgery at UCSF Health in San Francisco, CA, United States

Job description

• Under the supervision of the Principal Investigators, Clinical Research Manager, and Senior Study Coordinators, the Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator supports the day-to-day coordination of the Pediatric Epilepsy Center of Excellence clinical research portfolio. The position supports industry-sponsored and investigator-initiated clinical trials, including gene therapy, antisense oligonucleotide, and small-molecule studies, as well as prospective observational and longitudinal natural-history studies. This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of three days on site at the UCSF Mission Bay Campus each week.
• Working closely with senior coordinators, investigators, clinical teams, sponsors, and coordinating centers, the incumbent supports recruitment and retention, research visits, informed-consent preparation under investigator direction, data and regulatory documentation, research specimens, monitoring visits, and study start-up and closeout activities. The role is family-centered, conducted under close supervision initially, with increasing independence with demonstrated competency.
• The research population includes infants, children, and adolescents with complex neurologic disorders, including epilepsy. The incumbent must be comfortable engaging warmly and professionally with children of all ages, including newborns and young infants, and with their parents and caregivers. This role requires sensitivity to the demands placed on families managing medically complex conditions, excellent communication skills, and an ability to make research visits organized and family-centered.

Responsibilities

• Supports day-to-day coordination of the Pediatric Epilepsy Center of Excellence clinical research portfolio
• Supports industry-sponsored and investigator-initiated clinical trials, including gene therapy, antisense oligonucleotide, and small-molecule studies, as well as prospective observational and longitudinal natural-history studies
• Supports recruitment and retention, research visits, informed-consent preparation under investigator direction, data and regulatory documentation, research specimens, monitoring visits, and study start-up and closeout activities
• Works closely with senior coordinators, investigators, clinical teams, sponsors, and coordinating centers
• Engages warmly and professionally with children of all ages, including newborns and young infants, and with their parents and caregivers
• May assist with non-clinical research coordination in the operating room for studies involving investigational drug delivery or other study-related procedures

Requirements

• High School Diploma; or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated ability to organize competing priorities, maintain accurate records, and manage detail-oriented work reliably and on time
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate respectfully and effectively with children, parents, caregivers, and multidisciplinary clinical and research teams
• Proficiency with standard office and data-entry applications and the ability to learn study databases, electronic health record systems, and other research tools
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced pediatric clinical environment, exercise sound judgment, maintain confidentiality, and follow approved protocols and institutional procedures
• Willingness to complete required training in human-subjects protection, Good Clinical Practice, privacy, and study-specific procedures
• For studies involving investigational drug delivery or other study-related procedures in the operating room, the incumbent may assist with non-clinical research coordination before, during, and after the procedure. The coordinator must be comfortable working in the operating-room environment and adhering to all applicable infection-control, privacy, procedural, and safety requirements. Duties may include confirming study documentation, coordinating research samples or study materials, communicating with the procedural and clinical teams, and documenting protocol-required activities. The incumbent will not perform clinical or sterile-field duties unless separately qualified, credentialed, and authorized to do so
• BS Degree in related science
• Prior experience in clinical research, research coordination, or a health-care setting, particularly within an academic medical center
• Experience working with pediatric patients and families, especially those affected by epilepsy, neurologic disorders, or other medically complex conditions
• Familiarity with clinical-trial operations, including participant screening and scheduling, informed-consent support, source documentation, regulatory files, and electronic data-capture systems such as REDCap
• Experience coordinating research specimens, including collection, processing, storage, and shipment in accordance with study procedures
• Comfort working in the operating-room environment in a non-clinical research-support role and following infection-control, privacy, procedural, and safety requirements
• Clinical Research Coordinator certification (e.g., ACRP or SOCRA) or interest in pursuing certification as experience permits

Skills

Preferred

• BS Degree in related science

Benefits

• The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.
• Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.
• To learn more about the benefits of working at UCSF, including total compensation, please visit: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html