Project Coordinator II - Infectious Diseases

Washington University in St. Louis • St. Louis, MO

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About The Position

This role is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining HIV testing sites across emergency departments and community-based clinical settings. This role focuses on recruiting new testing sites, establishing standardized testing and data protocols, training clinical and non-clinical staff, ensuring quality assurance, and supporting accurate data reporting and linkage to care. The Coordinator works closely with hospital leadership, clinical teams, laboratories, and internal program staff to ensure consistent, high-quality testing services across all sites.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Relevant Experience (3 Years)

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree
• Analytical Thinking
• Detail-Oriented
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Microsoft Office
• Multitasking
• Oral Communications
• Organizing
• Project Management
• Project Management Tools
• Relationship Building
• Sound Judgment
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Strategic Thinking
• Working Independently
• Written Communication

Responsibilities

• Coordinates project/program management as assigned.
• Establishes milestones, management schedules, tracks progress and coordinates contributions within and beyond unit.
• Evaluates and assesses program/project.
• Develops tracking and initiates reports.
• Summarizes and disseminates results.
• May participate in grant process and/or provide oversight of budgets.
• Manages communications of program/project.
• Ensures all testing data is documented appropriately.
• Trains all staff at newly established testing sites on HIV testing protocols, documentation, linkage-to-care requirements, and quality assurance standards.
• Provides ongoing training for new staff at existing testing sites.
• Orders and distributes HIV test kits and ensures sites follow quality control (QC) procedures.
• Performs annual site inspections to ensure compliance with testing, documentation, and linkage-to-care protocols.
• Monitors adherence to protocol, including the requirement that sites notify program leadership immediately upon identifying a preliminary positive test.
• Collaborates with internal program staff, data teams, and leadership to support continuous quality improvement.
• Communicates regularly with site partners to address challenges, share updates, and reinforce best practices.
• Conducts research, collect/analyze data, oversee data entry.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.
• Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.
• Take advantage of our free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.
• WashU provides eligible employees with a defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.
• Wellness challenges, annual health screenings, mental health resources, mindfulness programs and courses, employee assistance program (EAP), financial resources, access to dietitians, and more!
• We offer 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child. Family care resources are also available for your continued childcare needs. Need adult care? We’ve got you covered.
• WashU covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level