Temporary Clinical Research Coordinator (Part Time)

Department: Surgery - JM | Location: Health Sciences Center | Temporary (Fixed Term) part-time position (15 hours per week).

About the role

A Temporary Clinical Research Coordinator is needed to coordinate clinical research studies conducted at the Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology. Clinical research includes early phase, novel treatment, multi-centered, cooperative and intergroup trials, multi-institutional device, pharmaceutical trials, hepatic arterial studies, and single- or multi-centered investigator-initiated trials.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates compliance with the research protocol and Good Clinical Practice guidelines.
• Uses multiple communication styles and methods to coordinate clinical trials across disciplines and clinics, acting as a liaison between the principal investigator, sponsoring agent, study patients, referring physicians, pharmacist, statisticians, and other members of the research team.
• Takes leadership in ensuring an effective informed-consent process and study subject safety for the duration of the trial.
• Ensures compliance with protocol procedures, assessments, and reporting requirements.
• Assists physicians in ensuring adequate source documentation and data collection that validate the integrity of the clinical trial.
• Assists in enhancing recruitment of study participants, helping with the design and implementation of recruitment strategies for identifying and assessing eligible patients.
• Demonstrates leadership in adhering to ethical principles in the conduct of clinical trials to protect study subjects and data integrity.

Requirements

• Four or more years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in clinical research.
• Experience in device, hepatic arterial, and drug-based clinical research.