Clinical Research Coordinator Associate (Fixed-term 6 months)

🔍School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States📁Research📅Mar 18, 2026 Post Date📅108485 Requisition #

The Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine, at Stanford University’s School of Medicine, is a world-leading department that offers comprehensive training and perioperative patient care, pain management, and critical care medicine as well as cutting-edge research, encompassing a wide spectrum of programs in basic, translational, clinical, health services and medical education.

The Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine is seeking a Clinical Research Coordinator Associate (Fixed-term 6months) to perform duties related to the coordination of clinical studies. Our research lab focuses on the resilience of the human brain following heart surgery, as we aim to understand biological recovery under stress. The Clinical Research Coordinator Associate (CRCA) will coordinate moderately complex aspects of one or more clinical studies and will work under close direction of the principal investigator and/or study coordinator/supervisor. The CRCA will manage clinical and biological data, enroll participants, perform repeated follow-up visits and assist with regulatory and financial obligations required of the study. Our lab has both a clinical (patient facing) and basic lab (processing biological samples) component. We are seeking candidates with both excellent written and verbal communications skills and the ability to follow through with deliverables. CRCAs are expected to be available onsite several days a week and will require occasional evening and weekend hours.

At Stanford University School of Medicine, the work we do touches the lives of those today and tomorrow. Through education, research, and health care, the School of Medicine improves health through leadership, diversity, collaborative discoveries, and innovation in health care. Whether working in departments with faculty, or in units that support the school, our staff are a part of teams that propel us on our journey toward the future of medicine and Precision Health.

Stanford is rooted in a culture of excellence and values innovation, collaboration, and life-long learning. To foster the talents and aspirations of our staff, Stanford offers career development programs, competitive pay that reflects market trends, and benefits that increase financial stability and promote healthy, fulfilling lives. An award-winning employer, Stanford offers an exceptional setting for professionals looking to advance their careers.

The Department of Anesthesia are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion for its faculty, staff, residents, postdocs, and fellows. We aim to recruit, support, retain, and promote diversity in our department.

For more information on our department, please see our website: https://med.stanford.edu/anesthesia.html

Duties Include

• Serve as primary contact with research participants, sponsors, and regulatory agencies.Coordinate studies from startup through close-out.


• Determine eligibility of and gather consent from study participants according to protocol.Assist in developing recruitment strategies.


• Coordinate collection of study specimens and processing.


• Collect and manage patient and laboratory data for clinical research projects.Manage research project databases, develop flow sheets and other study related documents, and complete study documents/case report forms.


• Ensure compliance with research protocols, and review and audit case report forms for completion and accuracy with source documents.Prepare regulatory submissions, and ensure institutional Review Board renewals are completed.


• Assemble study kits for study visits, monitor scheduling of procedures and charges, coordinate documents, and attend monitoring meetings with sponsors, acting as primary contact.


• Monitor expenditures and adherence to study budgets and resolve billing issues in collaboration with finance and/or management staff.


• Interact with the principal investigator regularly, ensuring patient safety and adherence to proper study conduct.


• Ensure essential documentation and recording of patient and research data in appropriate files per institutional and regulatory requirements.


• Participate in monitor visits and regulatory audits.


• - Other duties may also be assigned

Education & Experience (required)
Two year college degree and two years related work experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of related education and relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities (required)

• Strong interpersonal skills.


• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.


• Knowledge of medical terminology.

Certifications & Licenses
Society of Clinical Research Associates or Association of Clinical Research Professionals certification is preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:

• Frequently stand, walk, twist, bend, stoop, squat and use fine light/fine grasping.


• Occasionally sit, reach above shoulders, perform desk based computer tasks, use a telephone and write by hand, lift, carry, push, and pull objects that weigh up to 40 pounds.


• Rarely kneel, crawl, climb ladders, grasp forcefully, sort and file paperwork or parts, rarely lift, carry, push, and pull objects that weigh 40 pounds or more.


• - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.

Working Conditions
Occasional evening and weekend hours.

WORK STANDARDS

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.


• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.


• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.

The expected pay range for this position is $34.56 to $40.30 per hour.

Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.

At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website (https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards) provides detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time


• Job Code: 1013


• Employee Status: Fixed-Term


• Grade: F


• Requisition ID: 108485


• Work Arrangement : Hybrid Eligible