Clinical Research Coordinator

The UCSF SBIRT Collaborative Care Program develops, sequentially implements, and evaluates a multidisciplinary, team-based approach to screening, brief interventions, brief treatments, and referrals to specialty care for alcohol, opioid, and other drug use in both adult and adolescent primary care. The SBIRT-CCP Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) will be responsible for all daily, front-line operations of this quality improvement project. They will oversee coordination across all clinical sites, patient recruitment, data collection, hiring/coordination of research assistants, preparation of grant reports, IRB submissions, schedule and record project meetings, and other essential coordinating and project management tasks. The CRC will be responsible for archiving and organizing project documents – including clinical implementation and utilization documents – and e‐mailing correspondence, training materials and other study documents to an interdisciplinary team including physicians, psychologists, nurse practitioners, and social workers.

The individual recruited for this position will be responsible primarily for carrying out participant-facing activities; including recruitment outreach to identify potential program participants; screening participants for program eligibility through telephone, video, and in-person visits; explaining program requirements to participants and obtaining and documenting their informed consent; administering clinical questionnaires, diaries, and other data collection forms; administering or coordinating administration of program interventions (including electronic health record interventions and clinic implementation strategies) to participants; conducting follow-up telephone, video, and in-person participant visits; entering, reviewing, and cleaning patient data in secure on-line databases and/or the electronic health record; and maintaining complete and organized study logs, documents, and operations manuals. The individual will work with other study staff and investigators to maintain efficient and accurate collection of data, maintain patient confidentiality and protect patient safety, and follow good clinical practice.

This individual should be well-organized and detail-oriented; comfortable working independently as well as collaboratively in a team; able to develop excellent rapport with diverse program participants; and be sensitive to issues related to substance use and mental health. The ideal candidate will have experience interacting with either research participants, patients in clinical contexts, or other types of “clients” in client-facing settings. Candidates should be comfortable interacting with participants from diverse racial, ethnic, and other minority backgrounds and across the aging spectrum. Proficiency in languages other than English (such as Spanish or Chinese languages) is also desirable but not absolutely required