Job Description

The Clinical Research Coordinator will work with Maya Vijayaraghavan, MD MAS, Division of General Internal Medicine on three studies: Extended intervention for tobacco use for people experiencing homelessness: A Tobacco Related Disease Research Program funded grant on providing a pharmacy-linked and health coach delivered wellness intervention for tobacco use for people experiencing homelessness. We plan to conduct the clinical trial in SF and Los Angeles with 150 people. The incumbent will be responsible for study procedures in SF. A smoke-free intervention in federally subsidized housing: A National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities funded grant. This study is a cluster randomized controlled trial of an intervention to increase adoption of smoke-free homes among low-income adults living in federally subsidized housing in three bay area counties - Contra Costa, San Francisco and Oakland. We plan to recruit up to 600 participants across 20 to 30 housing sites in the San Francisco Bay Area, delivering the intervention in English, Spanish, Chinese (spoken Mandarin and Cantonese), and Vietnamese. San Francisco Cancer Initiative: Providing Medication Assistance for tobacco cessation in homeless shelters and navigation centers in SF. Here, we connect clientele in shelters and navigation centers with a pharmacist to deliver smoking cessation treatment. We will assess tobacco abstinence using expired carbon monoxide and conduct air nicotine samplers. The Clinical Research Coordinator will perform independently or with general direction at the fully operational journey level of the series to execute, manage, and coordinate research protocols, as directed by the Clinical Research Supervisor and/or Principal Investigator (PI); may coordinate the data collection and operations of several concurrent clinical research studies under the guidelines of research protocols, UCSF and regulating agency policies. Incumbent's duties may include, but will not be limited to: Supporting the management and coordinating the tasks of single or multiple clinical research studies. Acting as intermediary between services and departments while overseeing data and specimen management. Managing and reporting on study results. Creating, cleaning, updating, and managing databases and comprehensive datasets and reports. Coordinating staff work schedules, assisting with training of Assistant CRCs, and assisting Clinical Research Supervisor and/or PI with oversight of other research staff. Managing Investigator's protocols in the Committee on Human Research online system. Participating in the review and writing of protocols to ensure institutional review board approval within University compliance. Helping assure compliance with all relevant regulatory agencies. Overseeing study data integrity and implementing periodic quality control procedures. Maintaining all regulatory documents and reporting study progress to investigators. Participating in any internal and external audits or reviews of study protocols. Performing other duties as assigned. The Clinical Research Coordinator will serve as the primary research staff for this study, taking a leading role in implementing research protocols and operationalizing research protocols in the field. Their roles will include: Serving as the primary interventionist for the study. Setting up the research database in RedCap and creating surveys. Assisting the PI with recruitment and data collection. Implementing the randomization scheme. Submitting modifications to the IRB and Oncore. Serving as point of contact between the PI and staff at the federally subsidized housing sites. Taking the lead in communications with study sites and community partners. Scheduling data collection times at the field sites. Assisting the PI with conducting in-depth interviews and administering questionnaires among participants. Coding transcripts from qualitative interviews using Atlas ti. Conducting data collection at the study sites and traveling for community meetings. Developing participant tracking methods, designing study interviews, and managing communications with study partners. The Clinical Research Coordinator will work under the guidance of the PI and other senior staff, conducting data collection at the federally subsidized housing sites, shelters/navigation centers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Administrative, record keeping, coding of transcripts, and project coordination activities will take place either at the PI's office/clinical research coordinator's office at Wayne Gladys Vision Building and/or Pride Hall at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital or at a mutually agreed upon location. The Clinical Research Coordinator will be expected, after a period of training and observation, to work independently under the PI's guidance. The position will require a somewhat flexible work schedule, accommodating the clinics' schedule and participants' schedules. The Clinical Research Coordinator will be expected to recruit and follow-up with participants who may be monolingual in Spanish; thus, proficiency in English and Spanish is a requirement. The candidate will help in recording the intervention in Spanish. The Clinical Research Coordinator will be required to work in person and travel to sites in the San Francisco Bay Area including San Francisco, Oakland, and Contra Costa County. The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy. Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement. The salary range for this position is $34.32 - $55.19 (Hourly Rate). To learn more about the benefits of working at UCSF, including total compensation, please visit: #J-18808-Ljbffr National Community Pharmacists Association

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