Clinical Research Coordinator

Missouri Baptist Medical Center, an acute care hospital in St. Louis County, offers a full continuum of medical and surgical services, including heart care, cancer, women and infants, breast health, gastrointestinal, orthopedic, stroke, therapy, wound, and pain management services. The hospital is the first and only in St. Louis County to be named a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a prestigious designation achieved by less than nine percent of hospitals nationwide. Additionally, U.S. News & World Report ranked the hospital #2 in the St. Louis metro area. Through Heartland Cancer Research, our NCI-designated Community Clinical Oncology Program, physicians and patients have access to more than 75 federally-sponsored clinical trials.

About the Role

This is a patient-facing role working with patients participating in cancer clinical trials. Responsibilities include medical record review and completing reports. The position is Monday-Friday and on-site.

Responsibilities

• Implements and manages all phases of study/protocol; ensures compliance with protocol guidelines and requirements of regulatory agencies.
• Identifies problems and/or inconsistencies and monitors participant’s progress, including documentation and reporting of adverse events.
• Resolves IRB/protocol management issues and recommends corrective action as appropriate; serves as liaison with funding or sponsoring agency.
• Recruits and enrolls study participants; confers with participants to explain the purpose of the study and obtain informed consent.
• Explains diagnostic procedures and treatment plans to address participant/family concerns.
• Administers/scores tests and/or evaluates all lab and clinical assessments to ensure they are completed in a timely manner.
• Evaluates and interprets collected clinical data in conjunction with the Principal Investigator (PI) as appropriate.
• Prepares oral or written presentations or reports and analyses, setting forth progress trends and providing recommendations or conclusions.
• Collects clinical data under clinical research protocols.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field of study.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Empathy, organization, and attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

Position assists investigators as coordinator of a basic to semi-complex clinical research study; may be responsible for 1 to 3 research studies simultaneously, acting as a liaison with the hospital, sponsoring agency, community, and study participants. Responsible for managing and recording all phases of study protocol as required by the sponsoring agency to ensure compliance.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available the first day of the month after hire date.
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC.
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution.
• 401(k) plan with BJC match.
• Tuition Assistance available on the first day.
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development.
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Paid Time Off benefit combining vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time.
• Adoption assistance.

Not all benefits apply to all jobs.