The University of Texas Medical Branch
Clinical Research Coach, Research Administration (Onsite)
Provides mentorship, instruction, and guidance to clinical research investigators, nurses, coordinators, and other study staff to promote high quality research and implement best practices. Focuses on operational aspects of compliant study conduct including recruitment, enrollment, consent process, study visit completion, source documentation, data collection and reporting. Works closely with assigned investigators and study teams throughout the entire study lifecycle to provide insight on regulatory submissions, develop best practices, and ensure compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- • Review and comprehend the scientific and operational aspects of clinical research protocols, including but not limited to the study purpose, schema, procedures, eligibility criteria, and study timelines.
- • Provide insight and feedback on IRB regulatory submission requirements, documents, and overall processes.
- • Provide resources and best practices for developing source documents, protocol specific flowsheets, case report forms (CRFs), enrollment logs and deviation logs.
- • Provide tools, processes, and training to promote regulatory and protocol compliance as it relates to subject recruitment, the consent process, subject eligibility, study visits, subject and regulatory documentation standards.
- • Provide training and review of essential documents and creating/maintaining a regulatory binder.
- • Accompany investigators and study staff for initial consent processes and study visits to provide support and feedback.
- • Review initial study documentation to ensure it is attributable, legible, contemporaneous, original, accurate and complete.
- • Prepare for monitoring and/or audits.
- • Quickly identify when a Sponsor, Investigator or Institution should be alerted to concerns or issues.
- • Collaborate with the Office of Institutional Compliance and the Office of Research Regulations and Compliance.
Schedule
- • Standard shift
- • Day shift
Required
- • Bachelor's degree and 7 years of experience with interventional clinical research or equivalent.
- • Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) or Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC) or similar certification through a recognized professional clinical research organization, or ability to obtain professional certification within one year of employment.
Preferred
- • Registered Nurse.
- • Nursing or Medical Degree
- • Clinical Research Monitor or Coordinator experience
- • Experience with a Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS), electronic IRB platform and EMR.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree and 7 years of experience with interventional clinical research or equivalent. Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) or Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC) or similar certification through a recognized professional clinical research organization, or ability to obtain professional certification within one year of employment.
LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS OR CERTIFICATIONS
Required:
The primary focus of the Clinical Research Coach is to provide mentorship, instruction and guidance to clinical research investigators, nurses, coordinators, and other study staff to promote high quality research and implement best practices. This position focuses on the operational aspects of compliant study conduct including recruitment, enrollment, consent process, study visit completion, source documentation, data collection and reporting.
Job Duties:
Commensurate with experience.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:
UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Primary Location
United States-Texas-Galveston
Work Locations
0342 - Research Building 6
Job
Research Academic & ClinicalRegular
Shift
Standard
Employee Status
Non-Manager
Job Level
Day Shift
Job Posting
Sep 22, 2026, 3:32:44 PM
Bachelor's degree and 7 years of experience with interventional clinical research or equivalent. Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) or Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC) or similar certification through a recognized professional clinical research organization, or ability to obtain professional certification within one year of employment.
LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS OR CERTIFICATIONS
Required:
- Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) or Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC) or similar certification through a recognized professional clinical research organization, or ability to obtain professional certification within one year of employment.
- Registered Nurse.
The primary focus of the Clinical Research Coach is to provide mentorship, instruction and guidance to clinical research investigators, nurses, coordinators, and other study staff to promote high quality research and implement best practices. This position focuses on the operational aspects of compliant study conduct including recruitment, enrollment, consent process, study visit completion, source documentation, data collection and reporting.
Job Duties:
- Review and comprehend the scientific and operational aspects of clinical research protocols, including but not limited to the study purpose, schema, procedures, eligibility criteria, and study timelines.
- Work closely with assigned investigators and study teams throughout the entire study lifecycle to:
- Provide insight and feedback on IRB regulatory submission requirements, documents, and overall processes.
- Provide resources and best practices for developing source documents, protocol specific flowsheets, case report forms (CRFs), enrollment logs and deviation logs.
- Provide tools, processes, and training to promote regulatory and protocol compliance as it relates to subject recruitment, the consent process, subject eligibility, study visits, subject and regulatory documentation standards.
- Provide training and review of essential documents and creating/maintaining a regulatory binder.
- Accompany investigators and study staff for initial consent processes and study visits to provide support and feedback.
- Review initial study documentation to ensure it is attributable, legible, contemporaneous, original, accurate and complete.
- Prepare for monitoring and/or audits.
- Quickly identify when a Sponsor, Investigator or Institution should be alerted to concerns or issues.
- Collaborate with the Office of Institutional Compliance and the Office of Research Regulations and Compliance.
- Nursing or Medical Degree
- Clinical Research Monitor or Coordinator experience
- Experience with a Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS), electronic IRB platform and EMR.
Commensurate with experience.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:
UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Primary Location
United States-Texas-Galveston
Work Locations
0342 - Research Building 6
Job
Research Academic & ClinicalRegular
Shift
Standard
Employee Status
Non-Manager
Job Level
Day Shift
Job Posting
Sep 22, 2026, 3:32:44 PM
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