Job Description

The Department of Neurology is seeking a Research Program Coordinator who will be responsible for the logistics of enrolling patients into clinical research studies investigating different types of peripheral neuropathies and their underlying causes and efficiency of treatments.

This position will require working directly with patients and physicians, and the responsibilitiesinclude explaining the planned research to eligible patients and obtaining their informed consent,collecting and recording data, collecting and processing biological samples, monitoring the course ofpatients enrolled in clinical trials, and ensuring that research protocols are executed appropriately. This position will be under the supervision of the Clinical Research Coordinator and the Principal Investigators. 

Specific Duties & Responsibilities 

• Recruit and enroll eligible participants into clinical research studies, in accordance to the study protocol.
• Work on complex clinical studies which require a high level of knowledge and coordination, while maintaining regulatory binders for each assigned protocol.
  
• Prepare and submit annual renewal requests, amendments, and adverse event reports with clinical input according to IRB and sponsor requirements, adheres to all protocol requirements to ensure the validity of the clinical research data.
  
• Enter patient demographic and clinical data into institutional database systems as required, andresponds in a timely manner to special projects or queries related to the data.
  
• Expected to work both at the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center at the East Baltimore Campus and the Outpatient Clinic at the Bayview Hospital.
  
• Identification of potential study participants among the patients seen at both facilities, the recruitment of eligible patients for clinical research and trials, including obtaining informed consent.
  
• Overseeing that all testing required for a study protocol is completed and compiling the study information (data) as requested by each protocol, including data entry.
  
• Perform phlebotomy and process the collected biospecimen.
  
• Further, explaining study procedures to prospective participants, conducting baseline and follow-up interviews and questionnaires; working with the database manager on proper entry of collected data; performing related project tasks and support as necessary.
  
• Efficiency, organization, and time management skills are essential to the position.
  
• This individual must be able to use all standard personal computer work station programs, including Microsoft Word and Excel.
  
• In addition, this individual must be able to submit investigator approved communications regarding multiple research studies with Hopkins IRB office through web-based program. Individual must be able to utilize standard telephone equipment and communicate clearly in English with potential subjects so that they understand research protocols that they may volunteer for.
  

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proficiency in the use of software applications (i.e. Word, Excel) to maintain databases, spreadsheets, and word processing is required.
• Good organizational skills and attention to detail are highly desired, as is the ability to work independently.
  
• The applicant will demonstrate an ability to work well with other professionals with minimal supervision, and comfort being part of a diverse professional team.

• Bachelor's Degree in related discipline. Some related experience
• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

• Entry level preferred.

Classified Title: Research Program Coordinator 
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CD  
Starting Salary Range: $17.00 -$30.00 HRLY ($48,880 targeted; Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: M-F 8:30 am - 5:00 pm 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: Hybrid/School of Medicine Campus 
Department name: ​​​​​​​SOM Neuro Neuromuscular 
Personnel area: School of Medicine 

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal ... timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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