Clinical Research Assistant/Research Support Specialist

The Clinical Research Assistant / Research Support Specialist reviews clinic schedules to identify potential research participants, conducts outreach and study education, and assists with study visit activities including patient check-in, vital signs, medical history collection, chart review, and follow-up scheduling. Coordinates research visits, laboratory services, specimen collection, processing, storage, and shipment while ensuring compliance with study protocols, safety standards, infection control measures, and data quality requirements. Maintains study documentation, prepares research charts, organizes study supplies, manages biorepository specimens, and provides clinical support through order entry, medication refill processing, documentation, and coordination with multidisciplinary care teams across multiple clinic locations.

This position is time limited

This position requires a level II Background check.

Screening potential subjects
• Review clinic schedules to identify potential subjects (after IRB pre-screening approval).
• Outreach to potential participants
• Conduct Informed Consent
• Educate patients/ parents on the study

Subject enrollment and follow up visits
• Assist study coordinators conducting study visits
• Prepare study documents
• Assist with collection and processing of specimens
• Assist study coordinators to schedule study visits and follow up appointments

Chart abstraction and chart report
• Abstract medical information from Electronic Medical Records
• Complete chart reports
• Enter data as stipulated by the protocols
• File study documents

Other duties as needed and appropriate including:
• Provide clinical support to clinicians of our division as needed at the Ybor Youth Clinic, Children Medical Services and Davis Clinic.
• Office assistance as needed to include answering phones and paperwork management

• Entering orders, medication refills, creating encounters, documenting telephone notes, and uploading doc, pick up study drugs from pharmacy.

This position requires a high school diploma or equivalent and four years of experience in office or administrative support or in research support. College education may be substituted for the required experience on a year for year basis.

Senate Bill 1310- The Florida Senate (https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1310) is conditional upon meeting all employment eligibility requirements in the U.S.

SB 1310: Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Education Requirements
A public employer may include a postsecondary degree as a baseline requirement only as an alternative to the number of years of direct experience required, not to exceed:

• (a) Two years of direct experience for an associate degree;
• (b) Four years of direct experience for a bachelor’s degree;
• (c) Six years of direct experience for a master’s degree;
• (d) Seven years of direct experience for a professional degree; or
• (e) Nine years of direct experience for a doctoral degree

Related work experience may not substitute for any required licensure, certification, or registration required for the position of employment as established by the public employer and indicated in the advertised description of the position of employment.

Minimum Qualifications that require a high school diploma are exempt from SB 1310.