The primary responsibility of the Senior Clinical Research Coordinator is to coordinate and oversee a clinical trial, including the day-to-day operations, training and supervising research staff, recruiting patients, communicating with study clinic staff, and monitoring patient safety. The Senior Clinical Research Coordinator is required to have an in-depth knowledge of protocol requirements and good clinical practices as set forth by federal regulations. As the primary resource for the protocol, the Senior Clinical Research Coordinator acts as a liaison between the patient, staff, investigator, collaborators, Institutional Review Board and sponsor. The Senior Clinical Research Coordinator performs and supervises patient recruitment, enrollment, and follow-up, data collection, entry, and quality control activities, ensuring protocol compliance and close patient monitoring, and works independently in designing, coordinating, and implementing all assigned research projects. The Senior Clinical Research Coordinator is responsible for all data and source documentation, adverse event reporting and maintenance of complete regulatory files. The Senior Clinical Research Coordinator trains other staff in conducting, and may also perform as needed, simple procedures (vital signs, etc.) as called for by the study protocol(s).The Senior Clinical Research Coordinator serves as a key management and administrative role for the research project by supervising Clinical Research staff to ensure compliance with protocol, federal, and institutional requirements, and by frequently travelling to clinics to conduct trainings and site visits.
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