Clinical Research Assistant

Job Description

GDIT’s Military Health Team is hiring a Clinical Research Assistant to support the TBI Center of Excellence (TBICoE) located at Ft. Bragg in North Carolina.

As the TBI Pathway of Care manager within the MHS, the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence promotes state-of-the-science care from point-of-injury to reintegration for service members, veterans, and their families to prevent and mitigate consequences of mild to severe TBI.

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The Clinical Research Assistant is responsible for assisting with the performance of clinical investigation projects in a clinical setting, including recruitment of potential study subjects, collection and organization of data, scheduling patients for follow up appointments.

Responsibilities: 

• Performs data entry for clinical investigation projects and maintains databases. 
• Assists in the preparation of technical reports, summaries, and protocols.
• Maintains study related documents and supplies in the investigator’s office; secures, organizes and documents as required following all federal/ state regulations. 
• Creates, collects, disseminates, maintains appropriate files of study data, and assists with review and completion of study manuals and SOPs.
• Screens consents and/or schedules potential research participants for testing or evaluation.  Facilitates follow-up assessment reminders and scheduling.
• Extracts data from patient medical records; transcribes and resolves data queries in case report forms (hardcopy or electronic); prepares documents, under direction of project leaders; reports statistical analyses and descriptive data from patients study books to be used in research/clinical investigations/studies reports. 
• Maintains awareness and compliance of research regulatory issues. 
• Communicates regularly with study team, under direction of project leaders, via email and conference calling as needed.                                         
• Other duties consistent with the above responsibilities. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• 1+ year of experience in research/clinical investigations/studies required.
• Human Subjects training required.
• US Citizenship required with the ability to pass a T3 security investigation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience within the DoD/VA systems of care strongly preferred.

Skills & Attributes for Success:

• Ability to follow detailed instructions required. 
• Excellent communication and analytical skills required. 
• S/he must adhere to legal, professional and ethical codes with respect to confidentiality and privacy.

Environmental Details:

• Must be able to sit and stand for long periods of time. 
• May encounter patients who are confused, agitated, or abusive.
• Office and clinical environment. 

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