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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is seeking an experienced and culturally competent Senior Clinical Research Coordinator to provide operational, regulatory, and patient-facing leadership across a portfolio of assigned clinical trials. This position is embedded within the BIDMC Clinical Research Coordinator Core, a centralized resource serving investigators across departments and divisions throughout the medical center, and operating in affiliation with the institution's Clinical Research Center, a member of Harvard Catalyst — Harvard's Clinical and Translational Science Center. In this senior-level role, the successful candidate will serve as the primary operational lead for multiple concurrent clinical trials, ensuring rigorous compliance with federal, state, and institutional regulations while maintaining a high standard of participant care and engagement. Core responsibilities include overseeing all phases of participant engagement — including recruitment, screening, enrollment, and study visits — managing regulatory documentation, and preparing and submitting regulatory and IRB submissions in accordance with applicable guidelines. The Senior Clinical Research Coordinator will also be responsible for guiding the day-to-day work of Clinical Research Coordinators, setting priorities, and monitoring protocol progress to ensure timelines and deliverables are met. Fluency in Spanish and Portuguese is strongly preferred, as this role requires direct engagement with diverse patient populations across multiple therapeutic areas. This position supports research activities at BIDMC's main Boston campus as well as affiliated community health centers, reflecting the institution's commitment to equitable and accessible research participation.Job Description:
Essential Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
Competencies:
Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by general instructions and practices requiring some interpretation. May make recommendations for solving problems of moderate complexity and importance.
Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are routine, somewhat repetitive and generally solved by following clear directions and procedures and by identifying opportunities for process improvements.
Independence of Action: Ability to follow general instructions and procedures as provided. Work is monitored by supervisor/manager.
Written Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English with internal and external customers.
Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.
Team Work: Ability to work collaboratively in small teams to improve the operations of immediate work group by offering ideas, identifying issues, and respecting team members.
Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients, visitors, staff and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
Physical Nature of the Job:
Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently to move objects. Some elements of the job are sedentary, but the employee will be required to stand for periods of time or move throughout the hospital campus.
Pay Range:
$24.04 - $36.06The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.