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.

We are hiring immediately for a Senior Clinical Research Coordinator to join the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Houston, Tx. In this position you will oversee biospecimen chain-of-custody, tracking, and inventory, and coordinate with research teams and labs for compliant processing and shipment. The ideal candidate should have prior experience handing biospecimens and in research coordination.

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:

Provides management of recruitment, enrollment, scheduling, and monitoring of participants for research within clinical settings.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Coordinates and facilitates translational and clinical study procedures, including maintaining strong relationships with clinical partners, planning procedures for recruitment and translational 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 study recruitment and enrollment activities, including identifying eligible participants, enrolling participants, scheduling 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.

• 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:

• Bachelor's 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 position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

Residency Requirement:

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