What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas' resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time - all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

The Senior Clinical Research Coordinator leads recruitment and retention operations for NIH-funded clinical research projects, including the RADx-UP DEIA Strategy Supplement ( Project Link ). This role oversees a team of six, directly supervising two research associates, and is responsible for staff training, performance management, and ensuring regulatory compliance (HIPAA, GCP, IRB).

Daily responsibilities include supervising recruitment and retention efforts, onboarding new research sites, developing and implementing outreach strategies, and tracking key performance metrics. The ideal candidate brings strong leadership skills, experience in human subjects research, and a proactive approach to community engagement and team development.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Coordinates and facilitates clinical study procedures, including maintaining strong relationships with clinical partners, planning procedures for recruitment and clinical study procedures, coordinating study initiation, monitoring progress towards recruitment/enrollment milestones, identifying opportunities for improvement, and recommending changes to the study team.
• Manages clinical recruitment and enrollment activities, including identifying eligible patients, enrolling participants, scheduling clinical research activities, monitoring participant progress, and compensating participants according to study regulations and protocols.
• Manages IRB documents, submits protocol revisions as needed, and maintains compliance records and binders.
• Completes all study forms, study protocols, informed consent, and others as needed.
• Manages Human Resource functions for the department concerning recruiting and selection, hiring and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations, and salary planning.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

• Clinical research experience in a patient-facing clinical research role.
• Certified Clinical Research Specialist (CCRS)-CACRS preferred.

Minimum Education:

Bachelors degree in a related field is required. Master's Degree in related field preferred.

Minimum Experience:

Four (4) years of clinical research experience, including significant experience in a patient-facing clinical research role with a Bachelor's degree required.

Two (2) years of clinical research experience, including significant experience in a patient-facing clinical research role with a Master's degree required.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.