IACUC Protocol Analyst, Academic Research Oversight

Job Summary

Captures administrative activities of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), including protocol acceptance, administrative pre-review, assignment, distribution, meeting logistics, institutional and sponsor correspondence, and facilitates the conduct and recordkeeping for semi-annual inspections.

Essential Functions

• Daily interaction with faculty and research staff regarding IACUC activities.
• Maintain new protocols, amendments to existing protocols, continuing review, protocol termination requests, and expedited reviews.
• Pre-review protocols for the appropriate administrative elements required to meet federal guidelines.
• Maintain complex records of protocols and actions taken through the course of their existence so that they are complete and available for audit by Federal regulatory agencies and accrediting bodies.
• Provide support for regular IACUC meetings. Prepare detailed meeting minutes and associated memoranda to faculty documenting recommendations and actions of the IACUC.
• Prepare memoranda in response to receipt of correspondence.
• Provide administrative support to Director as needed and any other duties necessary to support the IACUC.

Education/Experience

Bachelor's degree or two years of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.

Skills/Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail.
• Experience with computerized databases and word processing.
• Ability to handle multiple projects.

Work Environment

Clean, comfortable, well-lit, office environment.

Physical Requirements

• Requires ability to be mobile within facilities.
• Requires frequent walking, standing, climbing, crawling, squatting, and kneeling.
• Requires lifting less than 50 lbs. occasionally.
• Requires the ability to sense vibrations and smells.
• Requires sensitivity to heat and cold.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation's largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.