Job Summary / Purpose

Coordinates and supervises the full scope of patient care and data management for investigational drug studies. This includes patient evaluation and enrollment, direct and indirect patient management, data collection and long term follow up. Working Relationships: The Research Center Coordinator is responsible to the Research Center Manager. The Research Coordinator is in daily contact with patients, visitors, physicians, and other professional employees. The Research Coordinator has contact with persons outside the hospital. Adequate conversational English is required in order that the individual be able to take direction from management, understand how to complete job tasks, communicate adequately with patients and co-workers as necessary, understand and follow safety guidelines, and understand the Associate Handbook and all hospital policies.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

• Physical Requirements and Environmental Conditions: Physical demands are basically sedentary in physical requirements. Requires the ability to lift/carry 20 lbs. with a maximum of 50 pounds.

• The job involves, but is not limited to, frequent walking and standing on a multiple-campus organization. Other frequent physical requirements include fingering, grasping, and feeling. Hearing and vision is compensated to a functional level, which is required to meet the essential functions of the job.

• Work is of high attention and mental demands, including the ability to prioritize and process with accuracy and clarity. When physical requirements are not essential job functions, reasonable accommodation may be made for individuals with disabilities.

• In the course of performing job duties, the worker is reasonably anticipated to have occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens, i.e. skin, eye, mucous membrane or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious material.

• Other duties as assigned by management.

Minimum Qualifications