The Department of Medicine is looking for a motivated individual to join the team at the Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience as a Clinical Research Coordinator. You will coordinate and assist in clinical research studies on neurogastroenterology, including IBS. As a Clinical Research Coordinator, you will be responsible for coordinating and preparing study materials, recruiting potential research subjects, managing research supplies, and assisting with the preparation of study budgets and financial documents. You will also perform patient assessment and symptom management, review research data and enter it into databases, and coordinate clinical research studies, including gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures and tissue collection, hormone challenge studies, blood and salivary samples, treatment trials, bioimpedence testing, and neuroimaging. Finally, you will also act as a liaison between staff and subjects for research coordination, and participate in recruitment, screening, scheduling, and correspondence. Target hourly rate: $24.28-$48.04

Required: • Skill in reading and understanding complex, comprehensive research protocols. • Communication and interpersonal skills to deal with a multi-disciplinary team and ancillary departments, skill in working as part of a team • Ability to identify, anticipate and resolve complex problems • Ability to establish priorities and adjust them according to the frequently changing needs. • Skill in organizing and maintaining up to date, accurate records. • Ability to use judgement when dealing with confidential or sensitive information STRONGLY PREFERRED: • Computer competent with skills in Microsoft office Word and Excel to allow for necessary communication and writing of necessary documents. PREFERRED: • Knowledge regarding Gastrointestinal and related disorders, and specifically irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), GERD, dyspepsia, Chronic or Functional Constipation. • Skill in explaining complex protocols to study subjects in a way that can be easily understood by the patients and their family members. • Ability to recruit study participants in clinical research studies and perform comprehensive patient assessments to determine study eligibility and appropriateness of ongoing involvement in study. • Demonstrate willingness to learn more advanced technical and laboratory skills related to the research environment. • Prior research experience with human studies including recruitment, scheduling and documentation.