Summary
Job Description:
Baptist Health is looking for a Research Project Coordinator to join our team in Lexington, KY
The Project Coordinator will serve as a key resource within the Baptist Health Research (BHR) program, providing assistance to internal Baptist providers, research leadership, and staff, as well as to external research sponsors, collaborators, and vendors, for the setup and ongoing oversight of study procurement and onboarding across a diverse clinical research portfolio. Housed within the BHR administrative team, this position supports a wide range of clinical divisions and therapeutic areas, with studies funded by NIH, industry, foundations, and other sources. The Project Coordinator acts as a liaison to ensure the efficient, compliant, and timely initiation of clinical research studies by facilitating feasibility reviews, including completion of sponsor questionnaires and data-driven site assessments, coordinating pre-study and site initiation activities, and overseeing study onboarding processes. This role initiates, develops, and maintains relationships with key central research contacts to promote smooth startup operations and ongoing study support. In collaboration with investigators, staff, and research leadership, the Project Coordinator supports the development and implementation of strategies, tools, and plans for managing the clinical trial portfolio. The position also plays a role in tracking protocol progress through regulatory and operational milestones and works collaboratively with functional group representatives across multiple therapeutic areas to promote operational excellence and continuous process improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum of 2 years job related experience
- Experience in clinical research, research, or project management
- Certification through the Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA) or Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) required, and/or obtained during the first 2-years of employment.
Work Experience
Education
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum of 2 years job related experience
- Experience in clinical research, research, or project management
- Certification through SOCRA or ACRP required during first 2-years of employment
What We Do
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
