Instructor- Physical Therapist / Coordinator

University of Colorado Denver

Instructor

Working Title: Physical Therapist / Coordinator

Department of Neurology

Job Code: 1105

Position Number: 00779646

The University of Colorado Denver l Anschutz Medical Campus seeks individuals with demonstrated commitment to creating an inclusive learning and working environment. We value the ability to engage effectively with students, faculty and staff of diverse backgrounds.

Nature of Work

The Department of Neurology has an opening for a motivated full-time Physical Therapist | Coordinator to coordinate human subject’s clinical research studies, to include drug studies. This position will be responsible for administering protocol specific assessments requiring or preferring a trained and licensed PT. This position will collaborate with study colleagues at all levels of the organization. We are seeking an individual who is collaborative, communicative, caring, detail oriented and organized, proactive, able to think critically, focused on quality, dedicated to personal growth, and highly motivated in all areas of study coordination.

The position is located at the Anschutz Medical Campus. Hours are usually 8:00 to 5:00 weekdays, but occasionally longer hours are required, depending on participant volume and schedules. Some travel may also be required. We are the premier research university in Colorado, serving more than 30,000 undergraduate, graduate and health professions students in Denver, Aurora and online and awarding nearly 4,000 degrees each year. The renowned researchers and award-winning faculty offer more than 100-degree programs through 13 colleges and schools. In 2008, the University was awarded more than $371 million in research grants and contracts. The Anschutz Medical Campus includes over 5 million square feet of research, educational and clinical space on 227 acres.

Examples of Work Performed

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Administering protocol specific assessments requiring or preferring a trained and licensed PT, such as manual muscle strength testing and assessment, assessing assistive devices, Hammersmith, Timed up and go, 6 minute walk test, 25 foot walk timed walk, 9 hole peg test, Northstart Rating scales, and Quantitative Muscle Testing”

• Coordinating clinical research visits and collecting/recording data. This position includes comprehensive direct patient contact (i.e., performing phlebotomy, taking vital signs, administering questionnaires and surveys, cognitive testing and protocol specific assessments and coordinating drug and/or device dispensing and accountability) with a high-level of ethics and integrity


• Participating in study recruitment initiatives that include communicating with patients who have expressed interest in the study, prescreening activities, screening patients, and documenting patient enrollment statuses in collaboration with the recruitment specialist


• Managing research visit scheduling by collaborating and communicating with the clinical research-scheduling specialist. This includes considering principal investigator schedule, masked or unmasked staff schedules, patient schedules, clinic schedules, etc. in order for visit windows and the protocol