Notice: Funding available through 6/30/2023;continuance beyond that date is subject to the Department's operational needsas outlined in UBPPM #3200, Employee Classifications, http://policy.unm.edu/university-policies/3000/3200.html

**POSITION WILL BE LOCATED FULL-TIME IN THE PHOENIX, ARIZONA AREA**

The Division of Nephrology, within the Department of Internal Medicine, is seeking a full-time candidate, who is a detail-oriented and results-driven individual, to join our team as a Community-Based Research Specialist for a new and unique opportunity. The University of New Mexico has recently been awarded a 5-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to study kidney disease in Native Americans in New Mexico and Arizona. As part of this study, 500 Native Americans will be recruited to participate in the study, including 200 Native Americans from the Phoenix, Arizona urban area including from the town of Guadalupe. This position will be based at the Clinical Research Branch of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases located in Phoenix, Arizona. The position will oversee patient recruitment, participation, and retention at that site.

In general, the ideal candidate for the Community-Based Research Specialist position will have experience coordinating clinical research with Native American communities. This includes completing IRB submissions (local and external), patient recruitment and retention, and data and specimen collection and maintenance. This candidate will also have a firm understanding of good clinical practices in conducting research, strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a variety of University and community stakeholders. The stakeholders might include health care providers, funding agencies, university and federal researchers, and patients.

The ideal candidate will exhibit the following characteristics:

•  Ability to effectively adapt to changing priorities.
• Ability to effectively recruit and enroll participants in to the clinical trial.
• Ability to effectively multitask.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Specific duties will include:

• Recruitment, enrollment, and scheduling of research subjects. Maintaining record keeping systems and procedures. Performing study visits with patients.
• Collecting, logging and entering research data in accordance to protocol and procedural.
• Coordinates and facilitates development and submission of local IRB applications for the conduct of biomedical and/or other federally regulated life sciences research studies, in accordance with all relevant Federal and State regulations and guidelines.
• Collecting, logging, processing, and shipping blood and urine samples.

AI-CRIC - SPECIFIC:

• Coordinates implementation and execution of study protocol, and oversees all aspects of the provision of patient care to participants, in compliance with protocol requirements.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of protocols, procedures and techniques.
• Recruit, evaluate and instruct clinical research subjects and volunteers. 
• Develop logistics and design flow sheet.
• Will interact regularly with faculty and clinical staff regarding the individual project(s) and provide reporting as required.
• Complete start up initiatives as required by the individual project(s).
• Make sure grants are executed within confines of the FDA and sponsor requirements.
• Assist with IRB submissions.

AI-CRIC Phoenix SITE SPECIFIC:

• Population engagement: Engagement with the community is important to the success of the AI-CRIC study in Phoenix. In addition to the study elements aimed, engaging with community leadership prior to the launch of the study at the Phoenix site is essential. Working with the NIH Tribal Health Research Office and community leadership including the mayor of Guadalupe, Arizona, representatives of the Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona and leadership of the Pascua Yaqui tribe.
• Obtain information by intervening or interacting with living individuals for research purposes
• Obtaining identifiable private information about living individuals
• Obtaining the voluntary informed consent of individuals to be subjects
• Makes decisions about subject eligibility
• Studying, interpreting, or analyzing identifiable (including coded/linked with access to the code key) data/specimens for research purposes

The Department of Internal Medicine is a large, progressivedepartment with a diverse staff working in dedicated teams to provide qualitywork in an organized, effective and efficient manner through innovation,training, and education. Through our collaborative work effort, we support thefaculty and enhance the missions of the department, school, Health Sciences Centerand University.