Northern California Institute for Research and Education (NCIRE) is the leading nonprofit research institute in the United States devoted to advancing Veterans health research. NCIRE is part of one of the world’s most dedicated and successful Veterans care communities, pioneering new treatments and understandings of military medicine and care.

Along with our partners at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco, we are working to discover and develop effective, safe, and practical treatments for military injuries and diseases affecting Veterans. Through new technologies, novel scientific insights, and international clinical collaborations, we strive to set a new standard of health care research for Veterans and military personnel.

Position Definition:

The incumbent will serve as the Clinical Research Coordinator for one or more research projects and will provide day-to-day study coordination activities for research studies related to conditions including but not limited to Gulf War Illness (GWI), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), dementia, traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and sleep.

Job Responsibilities:

• Create study protocol, consent forms and other materials requiring IRB approval
• Obtain UCSF, VA and other regulatory approvals required to begin and continue study operations
• Coordinate the daily study operations
• Oversee systems for tracking / monitoring study progress to ensure adherence to timelines, SOPs, and applicable regulations
• Maintain essential research study documentation
• Oversee recruitment of study participants to ensure adherence to the enrollment goals
• Responsible for providing and documenting Informed Consent
• Schedule and conduct assessment study visits and administer study procedures per protocol
• Coordinate with other team members to schedule additional study-related activities such as polysomnography recordings, clinical interviews, neuropsychological performance measures and magnetic resonance imaging scans.
• Maintain rapport with each participant and will assist him or her with all study procedures.
• Prepare regular progress reports for funding agencies
• Organize and chair study meetings and provide status updates to principal investigator
• Perform other duties as assigned

Job Requirements:

• BA/BS degree in psychology or related fields preferred
• Computer literacy with emphasis on Windows operating systems and software applications
• Excellent interpersonal, written/oral communication and organizational skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects, tasks and priorities to achieve desired goals
• Strong accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to work under minimal supervision