Program Operations Coordinator - Research

. ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, three hospitals (1,299 beds), a free-standing emergency department, a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care, and women's health. It also includes the pioneering Gene Editing Institute and was rated by IDG Computerworld as one of the nation's Best Places to Work in IT. ChristianaCare is a nonprofit teaching health system with more than 260 residents and fellows. It is continually ranked by News & World Report as the Best Hospital. With the unique CareVio data-powered care coordination service and a focus on population health and value-based care, ChristianaCare is shaping the future of health care.

ChristianaCare Offers
• Full Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, etc.
• Two retirement planning offerings, including 403(b) with company contributions
• Generous paid time off with annual roll-over and opportunities to cash out
• 12-week paid parental leave
• Incredible Work/Life benefits including annual membership to , access to backup care services for dependents through Care@Work, retirement planning services, financial coaching, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and great discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets and much more!

About This Position

ChristianaCare is searching for a Program Operations Coordinator to provide technical assistance and collaborate with Principal Investigators to support the development and execution of appropriate research designs, The coordinator will create evaluation and analysis plans, providing maintenance and coordination of data collection, literature review, pre and post award activities including but not limited to preparing grant applications and post award grant compliance and management. Responsibilities include.....
• Provides assistance and technical support for the submission of grant applications according to institutional and external funding agency requirements and assures compliance with application and system standards.
• Coordinates research grants, sub-contracts and other contracts related activities for the Office of Research Coordination and areas assigned for support of research.
• Provides technical leadership of research or administrative assistance to projects.
• Coordination of systems, policies and procedures affecting the submission, review, approval, tracking and reporting of grant application submissions, grant awards, reports and contracts.
• Manages tracking and develops reports for scholarly activity for faculty including submission of manuscripts, abstracts, posters and presentations.
• Maintains research and evaluation data sets and databases, ability to abstract study data and query resolution.
• Prepares, submits and maintains up to date IRB documentation for all projects including conducting reviews of patient eligibility, obtaining informed consent, performing qualitative interviews per protocol.
• Participates in writing grants, identifying opportunities and strategic partnerships and developing budgets.
• Assists in facilitating required research updates via developing reports and keeping team members up to date with process and outcomes deliverables.
• Collaborates with research team to plan, organize and conduct clinical outcomes research, including clinical studies, database studies, survey research and quality improvement projects.
• Manages projects and personnel, support project team members.
• Communicates and engages institutional stakeholders as needed to facilitate and advance scholarly activity and research projects.
• Liaises with Instructional Review Board / Human Subjects Protection Office to obtain approval for projects.
• Conducts literature searches and reviews pertinent literature.
• Works with investigators to develop and maintain original research databases.
• Assists in writing research proposals, manuscripts, grants and reports.
• Assists in data organization, analysis and presentation internally and for publication.
• Design and develop REDCap (or other) data collection forms, perform data entry, maintenance, organization and/or retrieval of data in collaboration with data management staff.

Desired candidates will hold a Bachelor's degree in Health Sciences or related field (Master's degree preferred). A minimum 3 years' experience in program or research coordination is also required. Prior research coordination experience is desired, preferably in an academic or health setting. Familiarity with basic concepts of health research and performance improvement is also preferred.

An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.