• Job Description

  Req#: R-42139

  Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

  Organization:

  Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

  Job Summary:

  This position will work closely with study Principal Investigators and other research staff to help schedule and conduct those long-term outcomes study visits with patients that are enrolled in several different studies. Primary responsibilities will include scheduling of study participants’ research visits and assisting the patients with getting the various parts of the study visits completed (for example, escorting them to the MRI screenings). Other responsibilities could include administering questionnaires, conducting phone interviews, managing data/queries, as well as performing research administrative tasks such as subject reimbursement, etc.
  
  The position requires excellent organizational and communication skills, and an ability to work independently and solve problems as they arise. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, adaptable, and able to interact comfortably and confidently with patients and colleagues.

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  A full-time Clinical/Translational Research Coordinator I (CTRC I) is sought to work as part of the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center. The CIBS Center is composed of an interprofessional team of physicians, nurses, psychologists, rehabilitation therapists, biostatisticians, pharmacists, and numerous trainees. The Center’s team works with patients who are or have been acutely or critically ill and who have suffered from delirium or long-term cognitive, physical, or mental health impairment. Our goal is to improve the lives of people we will never meet. Read here for more on our group here: www.CIBScenter.org.

  A big part of the CIBS center research focuses on following acutely ill/ICU patients after they leave the hospital and evaluating their long-term health outcomes. This is a key part of the research that seeks to understand the long-term trajectory of patients and how various interventions can improve those outcomes and thus the lives of survivors.

  KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Contact study participants to schedule study visits

  • Schedule the study visits within the various systems at Vanderbilt

  • Assist study participants to study visits which may include pushing them in a wheelchair.

  • Record study documentation in research chart in study database

  • Assist with study visits including but not limited to interviewing patients using questionnaires.

  • Assist the study team with additional support as needed including possibly processing lab specimens (training provided)

  
  TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

  • Project Coordination (Fundamental Awareness): Has light experience, training, direct exposure, or past experience with Project Coordination. Has worked on at least one project in a support role. Collects and collates project related material such as project initiation documents, project status reports, project metrics, and project completion data.
  • Study Design & Conduct (Fundamental Awareness): Applies qualitative and quantitative research methods to perform preparatory, regulatory, and analytic tasking within the life cycle of a study.
  • Communication (Fundamental Awareness): Clearly, effectively and respectfully communicates to employees or customers.
  • Clinical Research (Fundamental Awareness): Knows the primary resources available to accomplish the job. Can successfully research simple clinical questions pertaining to the functional area. Files and collates trial documentation and reports. Archives study documentation and correspondence. Demonstrates a systematic approach to problem solving.

  Our Academic Enterprise is one of the nation’s longest serving and most prestigious academic medical centers. Through its historic bond with Vanderbilt University and integral role in the School of Medicine, Vanderbilt Health cultivates distinguished research and educational programs to advance a clinical enterprise that provides compassionate and personalized care and support for millions of patients and family members each year.

  World-leading academic departments and comprehensive centers of excellence pursue scientific discoveries and transformational educational and clinical advances across the entire spectrum of health and disease.

  Aligning with Vanderbilt Health’s Strategic Directions , the Office of Research provides shared research resources, administrative expertise and professional guidance to enable the trans-disciplinary environment and highly collaborative culture that advances discovery and training for all the research faculty, trainees, students and staff.

  Core Accountabilities:

  Organizational Impact: Delivers job responsibilities that impact own job area/team with some guidance. Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Uses existing procedures, research and analysis to solve standard job related problems that may require some judgement. Breadth of Knowledge: Requires subject matter knowledge within a professional area to meet job requirements. Team Interaction: Individually contributes to project/ work teams.

  Core Capabilities :

  Supporting Colleagues: - Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.- Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas. - Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner. Delivering Excellent Services: - Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service. - Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns to supervisors in a timely manner. - Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support. Ensuring High Quality: - Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.- Ensures Continuous Improvement: Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, tools or systems and displays willingness to go above and beyond. - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department. Managing Resources Effectively :- Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service. - Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources. - Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error. Fostering Innovation: - Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.- Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action. - Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

  Position Qualifications:

  Responsibilities:

  Certifications :

  Work Experience :

  Relevant Work Experience

  Experience Level :

  Less than 1 year

  Education :

  Bachelor's

  Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled.

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