Posting Information
Posting Information
Department Psychiatry - Research-412250 Career Area Research Professionals Posting Open Date 07/06/2026 Application Deadline 07/20/2026 Open Until Filled No Position Type Permanent Staff (EHRA NF) Working Title Social/Clinical Research Specialist Appointment Type EHRA Non-Faculty Position Number 20068826 Vacancy ID NF0009862 Full Time/Part Time Full-Time Permanent FTE 1 Hours per week 40 Position Location North Carolina, US Hiring Range $62,000 - $77,000 Proposed Start Date 07/27/2026
Position Information
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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
This position will serve as a Senior Clinical Research Coordinator within the Institute for Trauma Recovery The Institute for Trauma Recovery seeks to advance understanding of trauma recovery and develop interventions that improve recovery. The foundation of our success is our fantastic team of faculty and staff. Our team believes that achieving new discoveries for trauma survivors around the globe, via observational studies and randomized controlled trials, is an extremely meaningful and satisfying way to spend one's professional life. We work to place the trauma survivor at the center of all of our decisions and to serve them through our work. We continuously work to create a community where our team members serve trauma survivors and actualize their career growth and individual leadership potential.
The Senior Clinical Research Coordinator is responsible for the planning, organization, conduct, and evaluation of multi-faceted clinical research protocols, including study execution, developing strategies and solutions to improve study processes and execution, providing reviews of other team members' work product, and serving as mentor and subject matter expert.
The primary purpose of this position is to support the Principal Investigators (PIs) and Institute Manager on several current and pending research projects. This position will be responsible for a broad range of duties related to planning, organizing, executing, and monitoring the implementation of new and existing clinical trials and other research initiatives.
Duties will include supporting the PI with maintaining research methods, tracking patients in the study, provide feedback and suggestion on the development/revision of research protocols and regulatory correspondence as well as maintaining accurate and updated manuals of procedures for the studies. This position will serve as senior coordinator on one or more of the ongoing clinical trials in the institute. In addition to the above, this position will assist with study design, and the development of study procedures, budget management, and regulatory oversight. This position will be responsible for supervising research staff and student volunteers.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
Bachelor's degree in a discipline related to the field assigned and one year of related training or experience; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.
Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Not applicable
Special Physical/Mental Requirements Campus Security Authority Responsibilities
Not Applicable.
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Posting Contact Information
Department Contact Name and Title Ammie Senn, HR Consultant Department Contact Telephone or Email ammie_senn@med.unc.edu Office of Human Resources Contact Information
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Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
The University is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all to apply without regard to age, color, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
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Bachelor's in a discipline related to the field assigned and at least 1 year of related training or experience.
Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate in an unrelated field and at least 5 years of related training and/or experience.
Master's and/or Doctorate in a discipline related to the field assigned.
Associate's in a discipline related to the field assigned and at least 3 years of related training or experience.
Combination of post-high school education and experience to equal at least 5 years of experience related to the field assigned (ex: 1 year towards a degree and 4 years experience).
Did not complete high school but have a combination of high school education and related experience to equal at least 9 years (ex. 3 years of high school and 6 years of experience).
None of the above
Yes
No
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