Senior Clinical Research Coordinator
Mass General Brigham
Summary
The Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Optimal Aging and Serious Illness (CASI) Research is seeking a Senior Clinical Research Coordinator (Sr CRC) to support innovative, high-impact clinical research focused on improving the lives of older adults, individuals living with serious illness, and their care partners. Our work spans observational studies, intervention design, clinical trials, and implementation research aimed at enhancing quality of life, pain and symptom management, communication and decision-making, and care delivery in the context of aging and serious illness.
Job description
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Study Start-Up and Regulatory Activities
Support and coordinate start-up activities, including protocol development, preparation of study materials, IRB submissions, site activation, and coordination with Human Research Affairs and other regulatory stakeholders. Develop, edit, and maintain study documents, including protocols, consent forms, participant communications, regulatory submissions, and study reports.
Study Conduct and Participant Engagement
Support and coordinate participant recruitment, screening, enrollment, informed consent, retention, and follow-up activities across one or more research studies. Conduct study visits, assessments, and data collection activities while ensuring participant safety, confidentiality, and adherence to study protocols.
Data Management and Regulatory Compliance
Maintain and oversee study data and documentation, including source documents, case report forms, regulatory binders, data entry, study tracking, and resolution of data queries. Ensure compliance with institutional, sponsor, and federal requirements through preparation of regulatory submissions, annual reviews, progress reports, protocol modifications, adverse event reporting, and maintenance of study records.
Quality Assurance and Study Oversight
Support study quality and data integrity efforts through ongoing review of study records, preparation for audits and monitoring visits, and implementation of corrective actions as needed. Support coordination of multi-site studies and collaborate with investigators, sponsors, monitors, and partnering institutions to ensure successful study execution.
Administrative and Operational Support
Coordinate study meetings, trainings, communications, and operational activities with internal and external collaborators to support efficient study implementation. Provide administrative support for study operations and center-wide initiatives as needed.
Scientific Support
Contribute to scholarly activities, including literature reviews, abstracts, scientific presentations, manuscripts, and other dissemination products.
Grant Support
Contribute to grant-related activities, including preparation of reports for sponsors and stakeholders, budget development, presentations for sponsors and stakeholders, and other dissemination products.
Leadership and Mentorship
Train and mentor research staff, coordinators, interns, volunteers, and trainees, while fostering a collaborative and mission-driven research environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree Related Field of Study required
- Related post-bachelor's degree research experience 3-5 years required
- Ability to work more independently and as a team member
- High degree of computer literacy and analytical skills
- Ability to identify both technical and non-technical problems and develop solutions
- Ability to interpret acceptability of data results
- Highly proficient data management skills and working knowledge of data management systems
- Able to display initiative to introduce innovations to research study
- Excellent time management, organizational, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Candidates with prior clinical research experience are required
- Proficient in using administrative software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), electronic healthcare records, webpage development, and electronic data capture systems (e.g. REDCap, Qualtrics)
- Working knowledge of clinical research protocols
- Working knowledge of data management programs (e.g. SPSS, SAS)
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Career Advancement Opportunities
- Differentials
- Premiums
- Bonuses
- Recognition Programs
Company overview
Mass General Brigham is one of the largest integrated healthcare delivery systems in the United States, formed through the merger of Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, this academic medical center system operates multiple hospitals, specialty facilities, and community health centers throughout New England. The organization is renowned for its world-class patient care, cutting-edge medical research, and comprehensive medical education programs. As a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Mass General Brigham trains the next generation of healthcare professionals while advancing medical science through groundbreaking research initiatives. The system provides a full continuum of healthcare services, from primary care and preventive medicine to complex specialty treatments and emergency services. With a focus on innovation and patient-centered care, Mass General Brigham consistently ranks among the top hospital systems in the nation for clinical excellence and research output.