The Department of Cardiology at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School is seeking a Clinical Research Assistant to join the Electrocardiogram Core Laboratory for two multicenter studies. The Clinical Research Assistant working will help coordinate daily operations of this core laboratory, including coordination with sites for ECG transfer, ECG tracking and reporting of results. In addition, the Research Assistant will take an active part in ILR for interstage monitoring study, which is a prospective clinical trial evaluating the use of a monitoring device in patients with single ventricle, performed under investigational device exemption regulated by the FDA. There will also be opportunities for participation in various single and multi-center efforts related to electrophysiology and pediatric cardiology. This is a two-year position with the goal of providing the research assistant with the skills and experience to further their career in medicine.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assists Principal Investigators (PIs) in developing and implementing new clinical research studies and in executing ongoing research studies.
• Coordinates and prepares new protocol applications for submission to the Heart Center’s Scientific Review Committee, the Boston Children’s Hospital IRB, and our central IRB. Prepares and submits continuing reviews and protocol amendments to the IRB for ongoing studies. Corresponds with the IRB.
• Coordinate weekly meetings with the research teams, including creating the meeting agenda and writing summary documents.
• Recruits study participants for enrollment in clinical research studies, including obtaining informed consent on interested patients.
• Complete data collection through medical record review or through patient visits (study-dependent). Enter clinical data into existing databases in accordance with best practice methods.
• Comply with all institutional policies and government regulations pertaining to human subjects’ protections.
• Literature reviews. There will be opportunities for the Research assistant to be included in publication of manuscripts.

Minimum Qualifications
Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree required, and a background in university level science courses would be helpful.

Experience:

• Prior experience conducting clinical or basic research is preferred, but not required
• The successful candidate will be adaptable, skilled with multi-tasking, have strong written and oral communication skills and excellent attention to detail