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Posted Job Title
Clinical Research Coordinator B
Job Profile Title
Clinical Research Coordinator B
Job Description Summary
Clinical Research Coordinator will support the Philadelphia Wellness Initiative (PWI) Study. PWI is a large-scale, community-engaged study examining the health, social, and economic impacts of incretin-based therapies across diverse populations in Philadelphia, and includes an interventional sub-study.
Job Description
The Clinical Research Coordinator B will coordinate clinical research activities for the Philadelphia Wellness Initiative (PWI), a large, community-partnered study of health and wellbeing among Philadelphia adults in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy. The position helps oversee day-to-day operations of the PWI interventional sub-study, in which some participants are offered GLP-1 therapy and metabolic medicine support, and of study regulatory activities. The CRC-B also leads recruitment of about 750 Penn Medicine primary care patients into the PWI observational cohort.
Reporting to the Program Manager, the CRC-B will play a central role in study implementation ahead of study launch, including regulatory preparation and building clinical and recruitment workflows, and in piloting those workflows once the study launches. The role will then focus primarily on clinical operations: coordinating interventional study activities with the clinical team, monitoring protocol adherence and participant safety, and coordinating outreach with primary care providers and patients. The CRC-B works directly with investigators, clinicians, primary care practices, research staff and participants, and helps advance the research mission of the Department and the University.
Job Responsibilities
Help build, test and pilot clinical workflows for the interventional sub-study, coordinate with the clinical team, and document and report adverse events.
Help oversee IRB and regulatory documentation during study start-up and implementation.
Coordinate provider notifications through Epic In Basket and patient outreach through My Penn Medicine, phone and text.
Confirm eligibility, guide participants through remote electronic consent, and support baseline surveys.
Show vigilance in participant safety,protocol compliance and data quality, and adhere to all University of Pennsylvania and GCP guidelines
Position is contingent upon Funding.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science and 2 to 3 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience is required. Experience coordinating study activities in a clinical setting and…