Research Coordinator II

Title:

Research Coordinator II


Division: 

Medicine

Schedule: 

Monday – Friday, 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.

Work Location: 

Houston, TX

Salary Range: 

$38,212 – $51,683

FLSA Status: 

Nonexempt

Requisition ID: 

13527



Summary

The Infectious Disease Department at Thomas Street Health Center is seeking a skilled Research Coordinator II. The candidate will conduct day to day activities of research projects focusing on improving the health of people with HIV infection. These activities include screening, enrollment, and monitoring of research participants; overseeing participants as they complete surveys; gathering biological samples (if required); reviewing medical records; and ensuring accurate data collection and  documentation. The Research Coordinator II will also assist with with protocol amendments and preparing research reports as needed. This position requires on-site work 40 hours per week; no regular telework is allowed. 

Job Duties

• Screens, recruits, and consents research participants, which involves identifying patients from medical records or from self-referral; contacting patients in the clinic for the purpose of recruitment, explaining and educating patients about the study protocol, and registering study participants in the protocol (recruitment will be at Thomas Street Health Center or Ben Taub Hospital in most cases).
• Abstracts data from the EPIC electronic health record system; processes documents and enters information into institutional and research databases including REDCap and Microsoft Access and Excel databases that have been developed specifically for the study.
• Schedules research participants for research visits and intervention sessions as per the protocol, ensures subjects complete study milestones, and conducts follow-up research visits as per the protocol.
• Assists the participant in completing surveys as per the research protocols.
• Collects biological samples (saliva, urine, blood, stool) as per the research protocols.
• Assists with protocol amendments in BRAIN and preparing research reports as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field. Four years of related experience may substitute for degree requirement.
• One year of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Spanish fluency preferred.
• Certification or documented training in phlebotomy preferred.
• Prior experience as a research assistant or coordinator in clinical/medical settings preferred.

 

 

Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.

 

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

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