Research Program Coordinator

Position Introduction:

Join our dedicated fast-growing Maternal-Fetal Medicine research team and play a vital role in advancing innovative treatments clinical trials and healthcare outcomes for high-risk pregnant individuals and their infants. As a Research Program Coordinator you will support the development activation and daily conduct of perinatal clinical research studies working closely with maternal-fetal medicine physicians sonographers obstetric nurses patients and families to ensure the highest standards of participant safety regulatory compliance and research excellence.

This position offers the opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking obstetric and fetal research while serving as a key liaison between study participants investigators research sponsors institutional review boards and multidisciplinary clinical care teams across outpatient clinics and labor and delivery units. The ideal candidate is highly organized empathetic detail-oriented and passionate about improving maternal and neonatal health through clinical research and scientific discovery.

Key Responsibilities & Project Priorities

• Enrollment Launch & Multi-Site Oversight: Support two new NIH-funded awards. Serve as the lead liaison for faculty NIH multi-site studies by standardizing cross-site workflows directing protocol training for external site coordinators and actively tracking recruitment milestones to keep site onboarding on schedule.
• REDCap Infrastructure & Data Management: Build standardize and maintain multi-site REDCap databases across participating institutions while managing existing project databases and developing new databases for upcoming clinical studies.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish (strongly preferred).
• Demonstrated experience with REDCap database creation maintenance and multi-site data management workflows.
• Ability to adapt to changing research protocols regulatory requirements and operational priorities.
• Ability to communicate complex clinical and research information clearly and professionally to diverse clinical and participant populations.

Work Environment & Schedule

• Research activities take place within an active 24/7 clinical hospital setting and labor and delivery unit.
• The anticipated schedule covers late afternoon into evening hours and includes rotating weekends and holidays to provide expanded shift coverage for trial enrollments.

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Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Nursing a health professions field or a related field.
• 24 months experience in nursing healthcare clinical trial management or directly related experience

Equivalency/Substitution: Experience or a combination of education & related experience can be considered in lieu of degree. A one-to-one ratio is used to determine the number of years of experience required in place of a degree.

Required Certifications and Licenses:

• Some positions may require RN or Physician Assistant licensure.
• Applicants must hold current state licensure as applicable to the position.

Department Preferences:

• Knowledge of clinical research principles methodologies and practices.
• Knowledge of clinical trial protocols research procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Knowledge of project to build and maintain Redcap database
• Ability to adapt to changing research protocols regulatory requirements and operational priorities.
• Ability to communicate complex clinical and research information clearly and professionally.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive clinical and research information.
• Knowledge of medical terminology clinical documentation and medical record review.
• Knowledge of human subjects protections and Institutional Review Board (IRB) processes.