Senior Clinical Research Nurse

PURPOSE

The Senior RN Clinical Research Coordinator coordinates and implements complex clinical research studies conducted within the Department of Women's Health at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. The position independently manages day-to-day study operations and participant-facing research activities across the study lifecycle, including start-up, recruitment and enrollment, study visits, regulatory and data activities, safety reporting, sponsor and investigator communication, and study close-out.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Coordinate Clinical Research Studies

• Coordinate and implement multiple complex clinical research studies, including day-to-day study management and operations.
• Develop and maintain project plans and other tools to track study timelines, milestones, deliverables, and requirements.
• Proactively identify and resolve operational issues and escalate complex matters as appropriate.
• Manage study start-up activities, including obtaining study materials and ensuring required regulatory documentation is completed through institutional processes.
• Coordinate study close-out activities and ensure study requirements and documentation are completed appropriately.

Participant Recruitment and Study Activities

• Identify and screen potential participants, obtain informed consent, enroll participants, schedule visits, and conduct participant-facing study visits and procedures.
• Monitor participants and collect required clinical and research data in accordance with study protocols.
• Manage study drug and study device dissemination and accountability, as applicable.
• Complete required data collection, specimen processing, and activities associated with study monitoring visits.
• Provide participants and their families with education regarding study procedures and requirements.

Regulatory Compliance and Safety

• Maintain regulatory documentation and support compliance with institutional policies, sponsor requirements, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), HIPAA, FDA regulations, and other applicable federal, state, and local requirements governing human subjects research.
• Maintain accurate and complete study records and support regulatory submissions, continuing reviews, amendments, and other required documentation.
• Identify, document, and respond to research-related adverse events and other safety events in accordance with study protocols, institutional requirements, and applicable reporting requirements.
• Coordinate appropriate communication and escalation of safety events to investigators, sponsors, regulatory bodies, and other appropriate stakeholders.

Data Management and Quality Assurance

• Manage research data activities, including data collection, entry, review, cleaning, and quality assurance.
• Establish and maintain data collection standards based on study requirements and outcomes.
• Develop tools and templates to support consistency, completeness, and data integrity.
• Assist with data analysis and preparation of study results and reports.
• Evaluate study workflows and implement process improvements that support participant safety, regulatory compliance, data integrity, operational efficiency, and successful study completion.

Research Communication and Collaboration

• Serve as a primary clinical and operational point of contact for principal investigators, research staff, clinical providers, sponsors, central and local IRBs, vendors, monitors, and institutional partners.
• Communicate study procedures, timelines, requirements, and operational issues clearly and professionally and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to support successful study implementation and execution.
• Coordinate research meetings and project groups, including meeting logistics and documentation of key decisions and action items.
• Collaborate with other University departments, schools, affiliated clinical sites, and partner institutions.
• Participate in research meetings, trainings, and events and provide study-specific education and training to research and clinical staff, as appropriate.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree in nursing or related field
• At least 5 year(s) of experience in clinical research experience.
• Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Certification in Clinical Research (e.g., CCRP).

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate: 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's Degree in nursing or related field.
• At least 7 year(s) of experience in clinical research experience.
• Advanced certification in Clinical Research (e.g., ACRP-CP).

SALARY RANGE

$83,500 + depending on qualifications

WORKING ENVIRONMENT/EQUIPMENT

• Standard office equipment.

• Repetitive use of a keyboard.

Required Materials

• Resume/CV

• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

Important   for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.