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11-9121.01 - Clinical Research Coordinators


Plan, direct, or coordinate clinical research projects. Direct the activities of workers engaged in clinical research projects to ensure compliance with protocols and overall clinical objectives. May evaluate and analyze clinical data.


Key Facts
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Bright Outlook
1
Career Details
Green Job
Career Details
Current Employment
55,100
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Forecasted Employment
56,900
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Change in Employment
+1,800
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Change in Employment %
+3.3%
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Tasks
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Tasks
The tasks listed below can be performed to prepare you for a career in this field.
Core
  • Review scientific literature, participate in continuing education activities, or attend conferences and seminars to maintain current knowledge of clinical studies affairs and issues.
  • Prepare for or participate in quality assurance audits conducted by study sponsors, federal agencies, or specially designated review groups.
  • Perform specific protocol procedures such as interviewing subjects, taking vital signs, and performing electrocardiograms.
  • Develop advertising and other informational materials to be used in subject recruitment.
  • Confer with health care professionals to determine the best recruitment practices for studies.
  • Track enrollment status of subjects and document dropout information such as dropout causes and subject contact efforts.
  • Review proposed study protocols to evaluate factors such as sample collection processes, data management plans, or potential subject risks.
  • Record adverse event and side effect data and confer with investigators regarding the reporting of events to oversight agencies.
  • Prepare study-related documentation, such as protocol worksheets, procedural manuals, adverse event reports, institutional review board documents, or progress reports.
  • Participate in the development of study protocols including guidelines for administration or data collection procedures.
  • Oversee subject enrollment to ensure that informed consent is properly obtained and documented.
  • Order drugs or devices necessary for study completion.
  • Organize space for study equipment and supplies.
  • Maintain contact with sponsors to schedule and coordinate site visits or to answer questions about issues such as incomplete data.
  • Instruct research staff in scientific and procedural aspects of studies including standards of care, informed consent procedures, or documentation procedures.
  • Inform patients or caregivers about study aspects and outcomes to be expected.
  • Identify protocol problems, inform investigators of problems, or assist in problem resolution efforts, such as protocol revisions.
  • Direct the requisition, collection, labeling, storage, or shipment of specimens.
  • Contact outside health care providers and communicate with subjects to obtain follow-up information.
  • Communicate with laboratories or investigators regarding laboratory findings.
  • Collaborate with investigators to prepare presentations or reports of clinical study procedures, results, and conclusions.
  • Code, evaluate, or interpret collected study data.
  • Assess eligibility of potential subjects through methods such as screening interviews, reviews of medical records, or discussions with physicians and nurses.
  • Schedule subjects for appointments, procedures, or inpatient stays as required by study protocols.
  • Monitor study activities to ensure compliance with protocols and with all relevant local, federal, and state regulatory and institutional polices.
  • Maintain required records of study activity including case report forms, drug dispensation records, or regulatory forms.
Supplemental
  • Solicit industry-sponsored trials through contacts and professional organizations.
  • Register protocol patients with appropriate statistical centers as required.
  • Participate in preparation and management of research budgets and monetary disbursements.
  • Interpret protocols and advise treating physicians on appropriate dosage modifications or treatment calculations based on patient characteristics.
  • Contact industry representatives to ensure equipment and software specifications necessary for successful study completion.
  • Dispense medical devices or drugs, and calculate dosages and provide instructions as necessary.
  • Arrange for research study sites and determine staff or equipment availability.
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Knowledge
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Knowledge

The items listed below are organized into sections that contain knowledge useful for pursuing a career in this field. Each section also contains a "Percentage of Importance" statistic that shows how relevant an item is to the occupation.
 Customer and Personal Service
  • 85%
    Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
 English Language
  • 75%
    Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
 Clerical
  • 75%
    Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
 Medicine and Dentistry
  • 65%
    Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
 Administration and Management
  • 59%
    Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
 Biology
  • 59%
    Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
 Computers and Electronics
  • 58%
    Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
 Mathematics
  • 57%
    Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
 Education and Training
  • 54%
    Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
 Public Safety and Security
  • 53%
    Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
 Psychology
  • 52%
    Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
 Personnel and Human Resources
  • 52%
    Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
 Chemistry
  • 50%
    Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Tools
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Tools
The tools listed below include machines, equipment, tools, and software that is useful for individuals who are interested in this career.
 Computers
  • Laptop computers
  • Personal computers
 Duplicating machines
  • Photocopiers
  • Laser facsimile machines
 Cameras
  • Digital video equipment
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Technology
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Technology
The technologies listed below include machines, equipment, tools, and software that is useful for individuals who are interested in this career.
 Business function specific software
  • Microsoft ProjectHOT
  • Project management software
  • Microsoft OfficeHOT
 Content authoring and editing software
  • Microsoft WordHOT
  • Microsoft PowerPointHOT
  • Scheduling software
  • Microsoft ExcelHOT
 Data management and query software
  • Drug coding software
  • 5AM Glassbox Translational Research
  • ClearTrial
  • Clinical data management system CDMS
  • DZS Software Solutions ClinPlus
  • FileMaker Pro
  • InforSense InforSense
  • Invivo Data EPX ePRO Management System
  • KIKA Veracity
  • Microsoft AccessHOT
  • Online data collection systems
  • OpenClinica
  • Oracle Clinical
  • PPD Patient Profiles
  • PPD eLoader
  • PercipEnz Technologies OnCore-Clinical Research Management OnCore-CRM
  • Phase Forward InForm GTM
  • Sierra Scientific Software CRIS
  • StudyManager Sponsor Edition
  • SyMetric Sciences SyMetric
  • TOPAZ Enterprise Software Suite
  • ePharmaSolutions eMVR
 Industry specific software
  • Electronic data capture EDC software
  • IBM SPSS StatisticsHOT
  • InferMed MACRO Electronic Data Capture
  • MinitabHOT
  • Qualitative analysis software
  • SASHOT
  • StataCorp Stata
  • The MathWorks MATLABHOT
  • Patient tracking software
 Information exchange software
  • Microsoft OutlookHOT
  • Google Meet
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Certifications
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Certifications
The certifications listed below are useful to pursue if you are interested in a career in this field.
 Specialty
 Advanced
 Core
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Licensing
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Licensing
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All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
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Southside Virginia Community College
Tidewater Community College
Virginia Highlands Community College
Virginia Peninsula Community College
Virginia Western Community College
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