Clinical Research Associate (Full-time)

About the role

UPMC Department of Dermatology is seeking a full‑time Clinical Research Associate to support its Clinical Research team at 3601 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor, Falk Medical Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. This position plays a key role in coordinating and supporting clinical research studies.

Responsibilities

• Create individualized study calendars and review them with the patient.
• Meet with the principal investigator and Clinical Research Coordinator/Supervisor to review patient status as needed.
• Collect protocol data promptly and accurately.
• Assist the coordinator in preparing, sending, and tracking documents for re‑consenting patients.
• Participate in multidisciplinary meetings, seminars, conferences, and sponsored educational events.
• Contact patients/family members to obtain follow‑up or survival data after study completion and review survival record databases.
• Document follow‑up information on study CRFs and enter it into CTMA.
• Provide consent forms to coordinators and investigators to implement the informed consent process.
• Meet monthly with the disease‑center research program leader and research team to present subject trial status.
• Facilitate patient entry onto clinical trials by completing research requisitions to prevent billing of research procedures to third‑party payers.
• Perform consenting process and implement lab, registry, and non‑therapeutic clinical trials.
• Process, store, and ship trial specimens; administer study‑related questionnaires (e.g., quality of life).
• Enter subject trial registration and study status updates into CTMA.
• Ensure patient records, slides, radiology tests, and lab results are obtained and reviewed before study entry.
• Verify subject eligibility by reviewing medical records, laboratory, and imaging results.
• Complete financial review forms to determine insurance coverage for standard‑of‑care procedures and complete requisition forms.
• Create study‑specific source documents, case report forms, and visit checklists.
• Facilitate enrollment of subjects at community network sites and follow up on outstanding data collections.
• Develop maintenance‑therapy data collection sheets for protocol patients requiring follow‑up.
• Assist in coordinating initiation, site evaluation, monitoring visits, and sponsor audits.
• Monitor subject compliance with oral study medications.
• Obtain tumor measurements from radiologists or investigators to determine response per protocol.

Qualifications

• B.A. degree in Business, Healthcare, or a related field or an LPN license.
• Minimum of two years of clinical research experience.
• Current certification as a Clinical Research Associate from the Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA) or the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP).
• Licensure, certifications, and clearances: Act 34.

Skills

• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications and PC‑based database systems (e.g., CTMA).
• Excellent organizational abilities; capable of managing multiple projects/tasks simultaneously.
• Highly motivated with the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Adaptable to multiple organizational structures and able to meet deadlines.
• Flexible in response to sudden workload changes.

Schedule

Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.