Soc/Clin Research Assistant

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Department Med-UNC Blood Research Center - 411494 Career Area Research Professionals Posting Open Date 09/01/2026 Application Deadline 09/07/2026 Position Type Temporary Staff (SHRA) Position Title Soc/Clin Research Assistant Position Number 20076450 Vacancy ID S028022 Full-time/Part-time Full-Time Temporary Hours per week 40 Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week

Position Location North Carolina, US Hiring Range $24.00 - $25.46 per hour Proposed Start Date Estimated Duration of Appointment 6 months or longer

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Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

Position Summary

The Associate Clinical Research Coordinator position is to support clinical research in sickle cell disease through regulatory, administrative, patient interactions, and sample management. Will assist in the day-to-day management of numerous clinical studies that are presently ongoing in the sickle cell program. This will entail the collection and management of regulatory documents, IRB submissions and interactions with patients both in clinic and during study visits. The individual in this position will also be collecting patient blood or tissue samples from clinic, hospital or CTRC. Some downstream processing of samples will also be required.

For all work involving blood, the employee will be expected to use safe handling techniques including proper disposal and other safety measures as mandated by OSHA regulations. This includes bloodborne pathogen training, the proper use of PPE and receipt of the hepatitis B vaccine.

Interactions with patients will require that the individual be trained in the protection of human subjects and GCP. It is essential that the individual treat all patient information as confidential and that all HIPAA guidelines be followed. Additionally, the individual should treat all patients with the utmost respect.

The employee will not be asked to prepare talks or papers outside of the group setting although he/she will be asked to provide study updates at the weekly sickle cell update meetings. The employee may be asked to assist other sickle cell team members/laboratory personnel in a basic research laboratory, and may include sample processing.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Bachelor's degree; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Management Preferences

Previous experience in clinical research

A proven ability to interact with patient/clients and to act independently

Coursework in Biological Sciences or related field

Competency with flow cytometry

Special Physical/Mental Requirements Campus Security Authority Responsibilities

Not Applicable.

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