Position Details
Position Information
| Recruitment/Posting Title |
Clinical Research Coordinator I |
| Job Category |
Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory) |
| Department |
RWJ-Pediatrics-Meb |
| Overview |
New Jersey's academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (
RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University-New Brunswick and collaborating university wide,
RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and six centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, clinical and translational research, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.
Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.
Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state including New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Blackwood, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives. |
| Posting Summary |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Clinical Research Coordinator I for the department of Pediatrics at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
The Clinical Research Coordinator (
CRC) works closely with the Pediatric Department Chair also referred to here as the Principal Investigator or PI. This individual is responsible for a broad range of research activities that the PI performs, including but not limited to the areas of infections and cancers after solid organ transplantation. The PI is transferring several
NIH funded grants that were awarded to him while he was at Washington University, to Rutgers, including the
UNEARTH and CISTEM2 studies The PI also has several new projects that will be initiated at Rutgers or at other sites. This research coordinator will work with the PI to implement and conduct the various studies. These duties include but are not limited to study creation, contracting, ethics and other approvals, protocol directed recruitment/consenting, study procedures, sample collection and processing, data management and quality control across the sites of the studies, including the Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School site. The
CRC will help to assure protocol training of all staff at the Rutgers and other sites, the implementation and development of project standard operating procedures, logistics and operations at the Rutgers and other sites.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:
- Work with the Pediatric Department Chair Dr. Vikas Dharnidharka to identify and carry out responsibilities to help to coordinate clinical research activities for which he is either the Principal Investigator or a site investigator.
- The CRC coordinates and assists with carrying out the various studies, per the protocols.
- Coordinates all study procedures to identify and consent available subjects, consistent study procedures and techniques and verified documentation. Collects and maintains study samples. Position performs duties associated with data collection, management of data generated by study protocols, and assist with interpretation of data.
- Ensures that staff's Health and Safety Training and Continuing Education Records are current and up-to-date.
- Confers with PI to assist in developing plans for research projects and discuss the interpretation of results; collaborates in the preparation of manuscripts for publications and preparation of grant proposals to sponsoring agencies; assists in the preparation of amendments to protocols and/or modifications to study design as appropriate.
- Works with study monitors, as applicable, for data queries and site visits.
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| Position Status |
Full Time |
| Hours Per Week |
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| Daily Work Shift |
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| Work Arrangement |
This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement. |
| FLSA |
Exempt |
| Grade |
25S |
| Position Salary |
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| Annual Minimum Salary |
70041.00 |
| Annual Mid Range Salary |
84083.00 |
| Annual Maximum Salary |
99858.00 |
| Standard Hours |
37.50 |
| Union Description |
HPAE 5094 |
| Payroll Designation |
PeopleSoft |
| Benefits |
Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to
http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview. |
| Seniority Unit |
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| Terms of Appointment |
Staff - 12 month |
| Position Pension Eligibility |
ABP |
Qualifications
| Minimum Education and Experience |
- Bachelor's degree in relevant science minimum plus 3-years' experience in Clinical research coordination is required.
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| Certifications/Licenses |
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| Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities |
- Must be computer literate with proficiency and working knowledge of database and reporting tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- The ideal candidate will have a clear understanding of Office of Human Research Protection (OHRP), and Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPPA) regulations and possess a considerable understanding of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines.
- Must be capable of independent decision-making, and multi-tasking.
- To be successful, the candidate must have excellent organization, communication and interpersonal skills.
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| Preferred Qualifications |
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| Equipment Utilized |
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| Physical Demands and Work Environment |
- Physical Demands: Standing, sitting, walking, talking or hearing. No special vision requirements.
- Work Environment: Office environment. Moderate Noise.
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| Special Conditions |
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Posting Details
| Posting Number |
25ST1137 |
| Posting Open Date |
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| Special Instructions to Applicants |
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| Regional Campus |
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) |
| Home Location Campus |
Downtown New Brunswick |
| City |
New Brunswick |
| State |
NJ |
| Location Details |
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May 21, 2025