Summary

This position provides with day-to-day activities of clinical trials. Many of these duties will include monitoring of research participants, enrollment, and screening. Responsibilities require flexibility and detail-oriented individual to work closely with senior research staff. Performs patient screening, blood draws, plans and schedules study visits, does reporting for IRBS, FDA, and Data Safety Review Committee.

This position is the primary point of contact for clinical trial participants.  Thus, this individual must be able to discern (in collaboration with departmental physicians) which symptoms are likely related to the investigational product, the disease under study, other medications, or a combination of the above.  This individual must be able to obtain the appropriate information from the patient, decide whether or not to escalate it, and then determine its impact on study conduct.

Job Duties

• Coordinate clinical research activities with clinical care.  This involves liaising with physicians from multiple specialties, clinic staff, as well as hospital staff, in order to ensure protocol adherence and conduct the study in accordance with Good Clinical Practices. 
• Comprehensive assessment of adverse events in collaboration with the participant's physician, as well as other care team members, the research coordinator must assess, document, and grade adverse events in accordance with the standardized NCI guidelines. 
• Intimate knowledge of multiple study protocols is required to be able to screen, confirm eligibility, and coordinate the necessary battery of tests/procedures without affecting timeline to starting treatment.
• Must be able to navigate conflicts in scheduling resulting from departmental conflicts, clinics canceled as a result of COVID or weather, which can then produce a domino effect on treatment timelines, response assessments, etc., and ultimately create difficulties in protocol adherence and timely data collection.
• Performs other job duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field. Four years of related experience may substitute for degree requirement.
• Two years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related field. 
• Experience with therapeutics or interventional studies is strongly preferred.
• Oncology experience is preferred. 
• Must be able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Must have experience with computer spreadsheets and database use. 
• Must have the ability to understand and implement patient studies and protocols. 
• Requires interpersonal skills necessary to coordinate research studies and interact with staff and physicians.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.