About this role
About the Role The Division of Hospital Medicine has an immediate opening for a Clinical Research Coordinator in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah Spencer F. Eccles School of Medicine. This role coordinates day-to-day clinical trial activities in adherence to Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), study protocols, and applicable regulations, supporting study teams to meet objectives, coordinate research procedures, visits, and follow-up care. The position is budgeted for 30 hours per week with potential to increase to 40 hours depending on funding and departmental needs. What You'll Do
- Coordinate day-to-day clinical trial activities in adherence to GCPs, study protocols, and applicable regulations.
- Implement processes and organize efforts within the study team to achieve objectives, coordinating research procedures, study visits, and follow-up care.
- Create and maintain tools and documentation to track study metrics, providing updates to management.
- Conduct pre-study, site qualification, study initiation, monitoring visits, and close-out activities.
- Maintain source documents and report adverse events.
- Recruit, screen, enroll, and obtain consent from study participants.
- Collect and maintain patient and laboratory data.
- Work directly with study participants and families and serve as project liaison to other departments, outside organizations, and government agencies.
- Work under the direction of the Primary Investigator (PI). What We're Looking For
- Familiarity with Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), study protocols, and applicable regulations.
- Experience coordinating day-to-day clinical trial activities.
- Ability to recruit, screen, enroll, and obtain informed consent from participants.
- Strong data collection and management skills; maintain source documents and report adverse events.
- Excellent communication and collaboration with participants, families, and cross-functional teams; liaison with external partners.
- Ability to work under the Primary Investigator and adapt to the schedule; occasional travel to Primary Children's Hospital Lehi campus may be required. Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range: $38,500 to $52,314 full-time equivalent (0.75 FTE), prorated based on 30 hours/week.
- Comprehensive benefits package including health care coverage; 14.2% retirement contributions; generous paid leave and 11 holidays each year; 50% tuition reduction for employees, spouses, and dependent children; flex spending accounts; life insurance and other elective coverage; free transit on most UTA services; employee discounts; and professional development opportunities.
- Employee health requirements: patient-sensitive position with immunization per CDC standards or approved exemption.