Clinical Research Associate Jobs in Austin, TX

Job Posting Title:

Clinical Research Coordinator

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Hiring Department:

Department of Psychiatry

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt from FLSA

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue Until Dec 31, 2027

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Location:

AUSTIN, TX

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Job Details:

General Notes

Dell Medical School is seeking a Clinical Research Coordinator. This is a grant-funded position that has an end date of 12/31/27, renewable based upon availability of funding, work performance, and progress toward research goals. Flexible work hours (including weekend and/or after hours) to meet deadlines.

Purpose

The Clinical Research Coordinator manages day‑to‑day study operations under the direction of a Principal Investigator (PI), ensuring protocol fidelity, participant safety, data integrity, and regulatory compliance across start‑up, conduct, and close‑out activities. Typical partnerships include investigators, research nurses, pharmacists, laboratory teams, radiology, billing/compliance, and sponsor/CRO monitors; the role commonly reports to a PI, Research Manager, or equivalent. This role will serve in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences aiding in bipolar disorder research. Employee must be willing to work on weekends/after normal business hours to meet deadlines, when needed.

Responsibilities

Coordinates Study Start-Up and Feasibility

• Conducts pre-study feasibility and assists with budget/coverage analysis inputs and study calendars.
• Prepares start-up packages, facilitates site-initiation, and implements IRB-approved protocols/SOPs.
• Collaborates with pharmacy, lab, and radiology to establish workflows and order sets.

Recruits, Screens, and Consents Participants

• Identifies candidates via chart review and referrals; applies inclusion/exclusion criteria.
• Obtains and documents informed consent consistent with FDA guidance and IRB requirements.
• Educates participants on study procedures, risks/benefits, and alternatives; coordinates pre-screening tests.

Plans and Conducts Study Visits

• Schedules and executes protocol-specified assessments (e.g., vitals, ECGs, sample collection/processing, neuroimaging, neurocognitive assessments) per competency and delegation.
• Documents source data contemporaneously (ALCOA/ALCOA+), and enters data into EDC/CTMS.
• Maintains investigational product (IP) accountability and coordinates shipments per sponsor SOPs.

Ensures Participant Safety and Reporting

• Monitors participants for AEs/SAEs and reports per protocol, IRB, and FDA requirements.
• Implements re-consent and safety updates; escalates medical concerns to PI.
• Tracks protocol deviations and executes CAPAs to prevent recurrence.

Manages Regulatory and Ethics Documentation

• Maintains regulatory binders/eTMF, version control for consents, and IRB correspondence.
• Submits amendments, safety letters (e.g., IND safety reports), and continuing reviews.
• Applies ICH-GCP (E6) and U.S. regulations.

Oversees Data Quality and Monitoring

• Performs source data review/verification readiness; responds to sponsor/CRO queries in a timely manner
• Supports onsite/remote monitoring and audits; implements quality checks.
• Maintains data confidentiality per HIPAA and institutional policies.

Coordinates Site Operations and Stakeholder Communication

• Liaises with sponsors/CRAs, clinics, and ancillary departments; prepares status updates.
• Supports study budgets and research billing workflows with appropriate routing.

Conducts Study Close-Out

• Reconciles data, IP, and essential documents; archives records per retention requirements.
• Facilitates final monitoring/close-out visits and records lessons learned.

Marginal or Periodic Functions

• Assists with protocol development, informed consent drafting, and recruitment materials.
• Participates in investigator meetings, and community outreach events related to studies.
• Trains new team members on study workflows, documentation standards, and GCP basics.
• Supports internal audits and readiness for regulatory inspections.
• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.
• Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES

• Willing to work on weekends/after normal business hours

Managing and Measuring Work

• Sets clear objectives, uses metrics to monitor progress, and holds self/others accountable for results.
• Defines visit/metric KPIs (screen-fail rate, query cycle time) for each protocol.
• Implements trackers (e.g., screening logs, IP logs) and reviews weekly.
• Escalates barriers early and re-prioritizes tasks to hit enrollment and data-lock timelines.
• Possesses excellent time management and organizational skills, with excellent attention to detail

Functional/Technical Skills (Clinical Research Operations)

• Possesses deep, hands-on expertise in ICH-GCP, IRB/HIPAA, EDC/CTMS, and protocol conduct.
• Applies ICH-GCP and FDA/IRB guidance to consent and AE reporting decisions.
• Operates EDC/CTMS/EPIC research modules with high data accuracy.
• Executes start-up/close-out checklists without findings on monitoring

Interpersonal Savvy

• Relates well at all levels; builds constructive relationships with participants, clinicians, and sponsors.
• Ability to work professionally and tactfully with an interdisciplinary team of clinicians, fellows, and other research associates
• Communicates complex study info in plain language to participants.
• Navigates clinic/OR/ancillary schedules to reduce participant burden.
• Facilitates collaborative problem-solving with CRAs/monitors.
• Comfortable interacting with participants living with severe mental illness

Decision Quality

• Makes timely, evidence-based decisions that balance participant safety, compliance, and operational flow.
• Determines re-consent needs after amendments using regulatory criteria.
• Assesses AE/SAE reportability and initiates expedited reporting.
• Applies HIPAA pathways for data access (authorization/waiver/LDS).

Planning and Priority Setting

• Breaks work into actionable steps; anticipates dependencies and resources.
• Builds visit schedules aligned to windows and pre-stages labs/shipments.
• Sequences start-up tasks (regulatory, training, order sets) to hit FPI dates.
• Buffers time for monitoring, query resolution, and safety updates.

Ethics and Compliance

• Champions participant rights, data privacy, and integrity of the research record.
• Protects PHI via minimum necessary and proper authorizations/waivers.
• Avoids exculpatory language; ensures understandable consent.
• Documents contemporaneously (ALCOA+) and reports deviations.

Learning Agility

• Rapidly learns new indications, devices, and systems; translates learning into practice.
• Completes role-based training (ACRP/SOCRA/GCP) and shares updates.
• Adapts to decentralized/remote monitoring processes.
• Implements revised ICH-GCP (E6 R3) expectations into daily work.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Requires a Bachelor's Degree in health, psychology, neuroscience, life science, or a related field with at least 3 year(s) of experience in clinical research coordination or closely related human‑subjects research experience (screening/consent, visit coordination, data entry, IRB submissions).

• Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
• Phlebotomy and ECG competencies.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

According to Executive Order No. GA-48 of the State of Texas: for all positions that research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 117.001(2), Business and Commerce Code, it is required that both candidates for employment and employees have the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Master's Degree in nursing, allied health, psychology, neuroscience, public health, biology, pharmacology, or a related field with at least 1 year of experience in coordinating interventional trials (oncology, psychiatry, cardiology, neurology, or surgical), including specimen handling, IP accountability, and monitoring support.

• Experience with EDC/CTMS and Epic research modules.
• Experience with REDCap data entry/management
• Experience with obtaining neuroimaging measures (MRI, EEG, etc)
• Experience with peer-review manuscript preparation and/or presenting at research conferences.
• Experience adminsitering neurocognitive assessments

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS OR CERTIFICATIONS

REQUIRED:

• None

PREFERRED:

• Current GCP training consistent with ICH‑GCP E6 (R2/R3) and FDA/HHS regulations; institutional human subjects protection training.
• CITI Human Subjects Research training
• ACRP CCRC® (Certified Clinical Research Coordinator) – eligibility typically requires ~3,000 hours of verifiable clinical research experience.
• SOCRA CCRP® – eligibility via experience/education pathways (e.g., two years full‑time CRP experience).
• BLS/CPR if required by protocol or affiliate location.
• Phlebotomist certification

Salary Range
$53,464+ depending on qualifications

WORKING ENVIRONMENT/EQUIPMENT

• Standard office equipment
• Repetitive use of a keyboard
• May work around biohazards

Required Materials

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

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Employment Eligibility:

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

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Retirement Plan Eligibility:

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

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Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

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Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

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Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

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E-Verify:

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• Right to Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

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Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.