Supervisor - Mental Health Research (CREER)

About the role

The Supervisor - Mental Health Research (CREER) will work closely with the Research Center Manager, Department Chair and partners to help coordinate and support research grants. The position is responsible for and is critically important to the overall operational management of clinical research activities.

Responsibilities

• Initiates a clinical trial study.
• Oversees and reviews study and helps create systems and forms to ensure research billing, packets for recruitment and calendars are developed.
• Reviews accrual and eligibility for each patient placed on a clinical trial to ensure human subject protection regulations are in compliance and quality recruitment.
• Multi-tasks and prioritizes to smoothly coordinate studies and ensure patient safety.
• Aid staff to identify subjects, develop recruitment and retention strategies, and screen and enroll study subjects.
• Aid staff to schedule subjects for study participation.
• Aid staff to maintain rapport and relationships with subjects to ensure effective communication and retention; respond to their diverse needs and become their intermediary.
• Aid staff to obtain informed consent, review information with subjects.
• Oversee subject reimbursement; work to resolve discrepancies and issues.
• Work with staff to ensure study procedures are completed and required data collected.
• Supervise the timeliness and quality of data collection, submission and completion.
• Train staff, volunteers on new research protocols, changes in procedures, data collection/entry, database procedures, and other procedures.
• Follows internal policies and processes.
• Serve as a liaison between staff and program leaders.
• Report work effort to the department.
• Cultivate communication and teamwork between cross-functional teams working on research.
• Recommend salary actions, promotions, and terminations.
• Recommend personnel-related actions.
• Participate in the recruitment and orientation of new employees.
• Evaluate assigned staff performance and report to management.
• Attend and actively participate in regular team meetings.
• May contribute to or lead scientific presentations and publications based on study data collected.
• May contribute to the development of new grant proposals.

Requirements

Working knowledge of clinical or laboratory research, clinical trial recruitment, eligibility, protocol adherence, quality data submission and adverse event reporting.

Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities, prioritize projects and meet the demands of a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.

Demonstrated skills in employee supervision and HR administration.

Demonstrated experience in training others, particularly in the field of research.

Critical thinking skills to evaluate issues and identify a potential solution.

Clear and concise communicator; good verbal and written communication skills; both.

Good interpersonal skills, including but not limited to: problem-solving, teamwork development, leadership, mentorship.

Works well with others to achieve common goals.

Ability to cultivate relationships with multiple stakeholders at various levels of administration.

Ability to perform all commonly applicable functions in word processing and spreadsheet software.

Effectively uses campus' clinical information and documentation application programs.

Proven ability utilizing clinical trial management systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
• Advanced degree preferred.
• Experience conducting statistical analyses and writing up research findings using SPSS, SAS, R, or a comparable statistical software package preferred.
• Experience conducting qualitative analysis and writing up research findings using Dedoose, NVivo, or a comparable software package preferred.
• Experience with grant application procedures, and personnel documentation, preferably with UC preferred.
• Previous supervisory/managerial experience preferred.
• Experience in risk management regarding study subjects, federal and non-federal sponsors and regulating bodies preferred.