Research Coordinator

**Department** Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Critical Care Medicine

**Salary range** $51,821.52 to $70,382.74

**Hours per week** 35

**Grade** 8

**Posted date** October 28, 2024

**Closing date** November 8, 2024

**Position Type** Full Time - Trust Funded

**Description**:
**This position is a part of the Non-Academic Staff Association (NASA).**

This position has a term length of one year plus one day and offers a comprehensive benefits package which can be viewed on our Benefits Overview page.

**Location - **Work primarily takes place at North Campus, Edmonton

**Working at the University of Alberta**
- The University of Alberta acknowledges that we are located on Treaty 6 territory, and respects the histories, languages and cultures of First Nations, Métis, Inuit and all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our vibrant community._

The University of Alberta is a community of knowledge seekers, change makers and world shapers who lead with purpose each and every day. We are home to over 14,000 faculty and staff, more than 40,000 students and a growing community of 300,000 alumni worldwide.

Your work will have a meaningful influence on a fascinating cross-section of people — from our students and community members, to our renowned researchers and innovators, making discoveries and generating solutions that make the world healthier, safer, stronger and more just. **Learn more**.**

**Working for the Department**

The mission of the Department of Critical Care is to foster innovative, inter-professional, high-impact translational and clinical research across the spectrum of caring for critically ill patients.

**Position**

The purpose of this position is to provide support to clinical research in the Department of Critical Care Medicine, ranging from in-house investigator research to industry-sponsored research. Under the direction of the Principal investigator, this position is diverse and complex, with some standard procedures and day-to-day research operations, procedures, and protocols, as well as the development of new procedures and techniques, and independent problem-solving. This position is responsible for coordinating various investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored research studies, therefore work is done with an independent schedule and mínimal supervision.

**Duties**
- Participates in protocol management: reviews and adheres to multiple research protocols
- Assists investigators with the preparation of documents for ethics submission (consents, protocols, study progress updates, adverse events reporting)
- Assembles study-specific source documents and prepares study binders to ensure regulatory documentation is maintained to meet study requirements
- Conducts screening and recruitment of potential study participants
- Conducts patient follow-up, data collection, case report form (CRF) completion, study monitoring, data query resolution
- Provides ongoing written and oral reporting with the University Health Ethics Research Office (ARISE) and Northern Alberta Clinical Trials and Research Centre (NACTRC), investigators and industry sponsors
- Prepares for and assists with site visits by monitors once studies are closed out
- Ensure the GCP guidelines are followed

**Minimum Qualifications**
- Post-secondary degree in Biological Science, Epidemiology, or Health Sciences; an equivalent combination of clinical research experience and education may be considered
- Minimum 2 -3 years experience with clinical trials
- Previous experience recruiting patients and research experience involving patients
- Must be comfortable entering the ICU

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Completion of NACTRAC research coordinator course is considered an asset
- Completion of the Society of Clinical Research Associate (SOCRA) certification is considered an asset

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.

**Note**: This opportunity will be available until midnight November 8, 2024, Edmonton, Alberta local time.