CLINICAL RESEARCH PROJECT COORDINATOR, LS
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Description:

GENERAL SUMMARY/ OVERVIEW STATEMENT

Working under two Principal Investigators and a Project Manager, the Project Coordinator will support the post-implementation phase of a PCORI (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute) funded weight management project and on an NIH-funded study on patients living with multiple chronic conditions, such as hypertension and chronic kidney disease. The goal of the PCORI-funded project, a 3-year implementation study that is now in its final phase, is to implement and evaluate an intervention that includes an online weight management program combined withone-on-one support from health coaches. Some of the outcomes to be studied are weight loss over 12 months, changes in health behaviors, intervention adoption and usage, and patient and provider satisfaction.

The NIH-funded study is part of a large-scale effort called the eCarePlan (eCarePlanner)which is intended to address the issue of information incompleteness and fragmentation reflected in electronic health records (EHRs). The eCarePlanner is available to patients and clinicians as an interactive set of two applications, one which is patient-facing (MyCarePlanner) and one which is clinician-facing (eCarePlanner). The aim of the project is to define the data, information, knowledge needs, and optimal workflows for managing care planning for people living with multiple chronic conditions with the intent to assist patients and care teams with care planning.

Principal duties may vary depending on the phases of the projects (e.g., tool development, analysis, dissemination activities). The PC will assist the PIs and PM with project management, including training research assistants, facilitating all activities associated with the execution of the research plans including study design, development of new functionality, regular progress reports, and organizing communication with participants and project staff. The PC will play a lead role in the writing and design of the PCORI projects implementation guide and a key role on writing the projects final report to PCORI with guidance from the PI and PM. The PC will obtain patient data from EHRs, design survey tools in REDCap, use Excel and research databases to assist with data collection and analysis, and serve as a liaison for revisions to the content libraries and tool specifications. The PC will also facilitate data analysis and participate in dissemination activities including abstract and manuscript preparation, presentation development, and presenting at meetings and conferences. The PC will assist on regulatory and administrative tasks that include, overseeing regulatory binders, maintaining study databases, contributing input to study protocol preparation, writing consent forms, verifying study forms for accuracy, submitting study forms to the IRB, facilitating meetings, conducting literature searches, assisting with grant preparation, assisting with annual reviews, and performing other regulatory and administrative tasks as needed.

The PC will be required to work closely with investigators and staff at BWH, Mass General Brigham as well as outside institutions. This position requires excellent interpersonal skills, writing skills, problem-solving skills, strong organizational and communication skills. An understanding of health information technology and development is preferred.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

For all positions that include direct patient care, indicate with an X the age(s) of all patient populations served

No Direct Patient Care

X

All age groups

Adolescence (13 to 17 years)

Neonates (birth to 1 month)

Young Adult (18 to 25 years)

Infant (1 month to1year)

Adult (26 to 54 years)

Early Childhood (12 months to 5 years)

Senior Adult (55 to 64 years)

Late Childhood (6 to 12 years)

Geriatric (65 years and up)

The exact roles and responsibilities will vary by project and may include the following:

• Assist with the oversight and coordination for day-to-day operations of the projects.

• Oversee various tasks of project research assistants.

• Collaborate with PM, PIs, and Co-Investigators on project methodology and implementation.

• Utilize Excel and other databases to assist in data collection efforts, database development, and descriptive data analysis.

• Utilize REDCap to enable data collection efforts, including developing forms, descriptive data analysis and management of content libraries.

• Develop and manage REDCap study databases.

• Provide oversight on data collection and abstraction tasks.

• Works with PIs and PM to develop and implement patient recruitment strategies and meet recruitment goals.

• Extract and analyze patient information in EPIC.

• Oversee patient recruitment for research and data collection efforts in multiple health settings.

• Coordinate updates to content libraries, tool modules, and test templates.

• Designs and documents protocols and testing procedures in conjunction with PM, investigators, and stakeholders.

• Analyzes and synthesizes data, generates feedback reports and presents to stakeholders and study participants.

• Compile initial data analysis and statistics for PI and co-investigators.

• Supports the management of project plans and timelines in conjunction with PIs, PM, and co-investigators.

• Provide project updates to project team and collaborators.

• Manage related protocols for the Partners institutional review board.

• Prepare presentations and materials for distribution related to the project, including MS PowerPoint slides, tables, and graphs.

• Schedule meetings, prepare meeting agendas, prepare meeting minutes and other project specific administrative tasks.

• Contribute to the preparation of research reports and manuscripts for publication in professional journals.

• Assist PIs and PM in budget and grant management.

• Contribute to grant writing initiatives for future funding

• Contribute to progress reports to stakeholders

• Other duties, as assigned by the PM, PI, Co-investigators

Qualifications:

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelors Degree with 1 - 3 years experience preferably in an academic research or hospital environment and an interest in healthcare, improvement of healthcare processes, and the use of technology to support clinical care.

Experience health information technology research including project and team coordination, external communication with stakeholders preferred.

Experience with supervision/project management of electronic health record projects preferred

Experience with data management, including using word-processing, spreadsheet software, REDCap, and Endnote preferred.

Experience with data analysis and a willingness to learn, preferred.