Clinical Informatics Coordinator - Research Administration - Now Hiring id-14624

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Research Informatics

Research InformaticsPosition Title:
Clinical Informatics Coordinator - Research AdministrationJob Family Group:
Professional StaffJob Description Summary:
This Clinical Informatics Coordinator is in the Medical Informatics division under Internal Medicine.

The Center seeks highly motivated individuals with a passion for informatics, scientific discovery, and improving healthcare to serve as a consultant and coordinator between biomedical informatics and clinical/translational research activities. This role informs researchers regarding the use of informatics resources (Ex: is pathology cancer staging data contained and codified with the clinical data repository; when REDCap might be an appropriate tool). They will conduct analysis and design input/content with informatics technical staff, other CTSA sections, and national translational resources to streamline investigator access to translational and administrative resources. Working with informatics personnel, clinical organizations contributing data, and national resources, they will maintain clinical/translational knowledge bases/resources aligned with standard terminologies/ontologies so as to enhance accessibility and interoperability of our resources with national research objectives.Job Description:

Key Roles and Responsibilities:



Required Qualifications

Education: Must meet one of the following education qualifications.
  • A clinical professional bachelor's degree such as nursing, laboratory sciences, or pharmacy
  • Bachelor's degree in biology, biochemistry, or other scientifically related discipline


Work Experience:
  • Training in biomedical informatics through advanced degree programs or comparable experiences in knowledge management, clinical decision support, translational informatics, or relevant informatics standards
  • Experience in clinical environments; ideally collaborative medical research experience
  • Strong communication as evidenced by application materials.


Preferred Qualifications

Education: Master's degree in biomedical informatics or master's in library sciences and experience at an academic medical center.

Work Experience:
  • Two years successful project coordination and technical documentation experience.
  • One year experience with relational databases, their design, and use via SQL
  • Experience using or assisting in the development and curation of clinical data repositories and warehouses is highly desirable.
  • Experience promoting effective teamwork in a rapidly changing multidisciplinary research environment


Skills:
  • Knowledge of clinical information systems and applicable terminologies is desirable.
  • Knowledge of biomedical informatics, clinical research, and translational resources such as UMLS, i2b2, REDCap, vivoweb, clinical trial systems, and human subjects research processes (IRB).
  • Knowledge of clinical trials, ICH/GCP and other federal guidelines in regards to clinical trials, exposure to translational research resources such as i2b2, REDCap, and newer initiatives.
  • Knowledge of basic/translational research approaches (genetics, drug discovery, bioinformatics).


The Clinical Informatics Coordinator (CIC) is a full-time position in The Office of the CRIO (OCRIO) and reports to the Director of Research IT. The OCRIO seeks highly motivated individuals with a passion for informatics, scientific discovery, and improving healthcare to serve as a consultant and coordinator between biomedical informatics and clinical/translational research activities. This role informs researchers regarding the use of informatics resources (HERON, REDCap, etc.).

REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a web-based HIPAA-compliant data collection software used by campus investigators when collecting research data that includes protected health information (PHI). The Clinical Informatics Coordinator will be responsible for administrative tasks related to REDCap use (e.g., managing user accounts, testing upgrades) as well as working with users to ensure creation of quality data collection tools that adhere to best practices. This position provides end user support of REDCap, including creation and management of user accounts, building databases, approving user requests for database changes, responding to user questions, communicating best practices, end user training for use of the application, and developing training materials. The Clinical Informatics Coordinator will facilitate and accommodate informatics requests and services from a variety of campus departments and institutions.
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