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Full Time 40 hours Grade 053 Geri Onc M&D
Schedule
8 AM-4:30 PM
Responsibilities
GENERAL PURPOSE:
We are looking for a research coordinator who is self-motivated, committed to excellence, humble, hardworking, as well as a team player to join the geriatric hematology and oncology team to help improve lives of older adults with blood cancer through researching behavioral and supportive care interventions. As a research coordinator, you will coordinate activities associated with human subject research and data management.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Represents sites, providers, study team, patients, study participants and the University to develop, monitor and maintain working relationships, positive communications and effective results with regard to the coordination of human subject studies. Supports the contacts and relationships between and among Principal Investigator (PI), research staff, study sites and sponsoring and regulatory agencies.
- Ensures compliance with all applicable regulatory and institutional requirements and standards. Ensures the integrity and security of all study data at all times. Initiates, monitors and ensures that all protocol activities are standardized across study sites.
- Implements immediate and appropriate corrective action when inconsistency of activities is identified.
- Performs regulatory activities which may include but not limited to writing and submitting protocols to the IRB, creating study materials (e.g., consent forms, study forms.)
- Assists in human subject recruitment and screening activities, including reviewing study site patient databases and office records for patients that meet the protocol inclusion criteria. May participate in developing recruitment strategies. Conduct telephone interviews to screen potential study candidates. Reviews medical chart history to verify inclusion criteria are met before enrollment. May travel to Highland Hospital for recruitment.
- Manages ongoing studies. Develops workflows, oversees study procedures, manages study participants, develops and maintains recruitment flowcharts, maintains study files per SOP, protocol, and site instructions.
- Manages REDCap study databases and performs quality checks across all databases.
- Performs qualitative data analyses and analyzes data for novel research findings. Works with statisticians to compile and clean study data.
- Writes and edits scientific manuscripts for journal submission. Creates figures from study data, prepares manuscripts for submission, writes and submits abstracts, presents study findings at conferences, performs systematic and literature reviews. Assists with grant preparation.
- Trains research coordinators and other staff on activities associated with conducting human subject research specific to study protocols and generally in compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCPs) guidelines and sponsor requirements. Trains/onboards human subject research coordinators to perform various physical and cognitive assessments (e.g., SPPB, MOCA). Trains coordinators on the
- following software: MAXQDA, REDCap, SAS, Adobe Acrobat Pro. Mentors human subject research coordinators.
- Acts as liaison with Sponsor’s Monitor: to provide data clarifications, to review study protocols, to ensure thorough understanding and communication, to respond to questions that arise during the study, to communicate and document adverse events as advised by the Principal Investigator, and to ensure regulatory and other documents (such as consent forms and CRFs) are complete, accurate and available for review. Communicates with Sponsor to clarify data queries to determine report format.
Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree required.
- 3 years of experience in human subject research coordination required or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
- Experience as Human Subject Research Coordinator I preferred.
- Knowledge of word processing and data analysis software preferred.
- Professional Research Coordinator certification (SoCRA or ACRP) preferred.
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How To Apply
All applicants must apply online.
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Pay Range
Pay Range: $45,800 - $64,100 Annually
The referenced pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation for this job. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within the job’s compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, market data, education, experience, qualifications, expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.