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Posted: 18-Jun-22
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 2208379
Description
Clinical Trials Associate I - Center for Quality Aging
Center and Project Description:
The Vanderbilt Center for Quality Aging was established in August 2006 as part of the Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Institute for Medicine and Public Health. The mission of the Center for Quality Aging (CQA) is to develop innovative interventions to improve quality of care and quality of life for older adults in a variety of care settings including hospital care, assisted-living, post-acute care and long-term care.
CQA is currently hiring personnel primarily for hospital and nursing home-based research studies that aim to build a simulation model to determine optimal staffing model for hospital and nursing home units in order to provide safe and high quality of care for patient with activities of daily living (ADL) dependencies.
JOB SUMMARY
Supports the activities of the Principal Investigator in accordance with the protocols and regulations. Involved in the collection, interpretation and documentation of data in support of observational research studies and clinical trials. Initiates and develops process improvements.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
Contribute to Research Team
- Communicate regularly and effectively with the interdisciplinary research team
- Participate in weekly team meetings and provide feedback on study efforts, problems, and protocols
- Work directly with older adults, patient families, and staff in the hospital and nursing home setting
- Complete required Institutional Review Board (IRB) training related to research with human subjects.
- Abide by rules of confidentiality for data management of sensitive medical information for study participants.
- Complete additional tasks as assigned by supervisor (project manager/coordinator or principal investigator)
IRB and Protocols
- Assist in preparation of sponsor, IRB, and DSMB reports
Study Participant Eligibility Screening and Recruitment
- Coordinate protocol and patient consent form process.
- Identify and recruit clinical research subjects; monitor enrollment goals and modify recruitment strategies as necessary
Data Collection
- Conduct standardized protocols for data collection. Examples include but are not limited to:
- Perform standardized observations in the hospital and nursing home setting to monitor and record ADL care provision
- Conduct patient and hospital staff interviews using standardized tools
- Set up timeline of interviews and required procedures.
- Abstract and record all patient data essential to the study onto required case report forms or into the electronic data collection system.
- Document, collect and report adverse events accordingly to relevant bodies according to protocol
- Ensure deadlines and timelines are met for the study
- Coordinate with research staff to ensure data collection is complete
- Accommodate variable work hours that may change weekly based on data collection but not exceed 40 total hours per week. Hours may be distributed across both day and evenings, week days and weekends for observational data collection.
Data Management & Analysis
- Enter all pertinent data into electronic databases and data collection software (e.g., Excel, REDCap and SPSS statistical software) accurately and in a timely manner
- Update and maintain database after participant contacts and data collection
- Conduct basic descriptive data analyses
- Be comfortable with large data sets
Process Improvement, Training, and Professional Development
- Pursue professional development and participate on committees, as requested by management
Department Summary:
The Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health is committed to caring well for those who entrust their care to us and to improving community health. A large and diverse Division within the Department of Medicine, we are aligned along ten Sections that include Ambulatory Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Medicine-Pediatrics, Palliative Care, Occupational Health, Student Health, Veterans' Health, Concierge and Executive Health, Walk-in-Clinics, and Professional Health and Wellness. Collectively the sections support our tripartite pursuit of compassionate, patient-centered health care, rigorous training of the next generation of physicians and impactful discoveries.
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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. It is a place where your diversity -- of culture, thinking, learning and leading -- 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.
VUMC Recent Accomplishments
Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:
* US News & World Report: #1 Adult Hospital in Tennessee and metropolitan Nashville, named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll of the top 20 adult hospitals, 10 nationally ranked adult specialty programs, with 3 specialties rated in the top 10 nationally, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt named as one of the Best Children's Hospital in the nation, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties nationally ranked.
* Healthcare's Most Wired: Among the nation's 100 "most-wired" hospitals and health systems for its efforts in innovative medical technology.
* Becker's Hospital Review: named as one of the "100 Great Hospitals in America", in the roster of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs and to its list of the 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs.
* The Leapfrog Group: One of only 10 children's hospitals in the to be named at Leapfrog Top Hospital.
* American Association for the Advancement of Science: The School of Medicine has 112 elected fellows
* Magnet Recognition Program: Received our third consecutive Magnet designations.
* National Academy of Medicine: 22 members, elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement
* Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6th year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.
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