Clinical Research Coordinator - Cancer Center - Clinical Trials Office
Hiring Department : Clinical Trials Office
Location : Chicago, IL USA
Requisition ID : 1025209
Posting Close Date : June 3, 2024
About the University of Illinois Chicago
UIC is among the nation's preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent "Best Colleges" rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has nearly 260,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.
Description:
Position Summary
This position manages and directs the coordination and timely handling of all components of clinical research protocols, including pre- and post-research activities, in and outside of the clinical setting. Responsible for the implementation and conduct of multiple research projects of all clinical phases (I-IV). Develops and implements effective patient recruitment strategies. Coordinates comprehensive patient protocol treatment schedules to maintain compliance to protocol requirements. Oversees and participates in subject recruitment, screening, scheduling, testing, and data management for multi-faceted investigation.
Duties & Responsibilities

Assist in the establishment and coordinate the implementation of clinical research protocol priorities and organizational structure.

Notify and inform physicians, clinical staff, affiliates and grant sponsors of adverse events and protocol modifications, including their impact on the clinical research and patients enrolled at UIC.

Coordinate the activation and maintenance of clinical protocols, including review and completion of submissions, amendments, and adverse event reports as required by the UIC Institutional Review Board (IRB), the National Cancer Institute's Central IRB, the Cancer Center's Protocol Review Committee and grant sponsors.

Review laboratory and clinic procedures sand evaluations regularly that they meet protocol compliance.

Act as a liaison between physicians, clinical staff and the UIC IRB office, grant sponsors, and regulatory agencies to ensure priorities are clearly communicated and resources are allocated appropriately across multiple ongoing projects.

Assist physicians and clinical staff in the identification, recruitment and enrollment strategies of patients to increase enrollment and to meet clinical research protocol requirements.

Execute informed consent process and monitor patient status; enroll patients into research studies, explaining the studies to the patients and their families/loved ones, and obtain/document proper informed consent.

Ensure that the patient enrollment and research activities comply with the established protocols, regulatory and monitoring agency standards, and grant sponsor guidelines.

Participate in conducting surveys and quality of life interviews of patients in research protocols.

Assist investigators in organizing study data for grant progress reports, analyses for meeting presentations and publications.

Perform other related duties and participates in special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in nursing, science, or a health-related field required.
Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC) or Certified Clinical Research Professional certification
preferred and required within 2 years of hire.
At least one year experience in a research discipline required. Experience in a clinical research setting and
experience working with Federal Regulations and IRB's required; experience with oncology research protocols
highly preferred.
Familiarity with medical terminology and procedures including electronic medical records and billing preferred.
Ability to manage multiple tasks. Strong interpersonal and customer service skills. Requires excellent written and
oral communications, presentation and computer/pc skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other related
software.
Knowledge of Medicare Coverage Analyses and conventional care cost billing, highly desirable. Experience with
Electronic Medical Records, a plus.
Knowledge of research protocols, principles and procedures; knowledge of aspects of clinical trials such as
screening, interviewing, case report forms; knowledge of experimental design, mathematics, statistics,
computerized information retrieval systems, and computer data management; ability to identify, produce,
organized, evaluate and interpret data; knowledge of ethics and regulatory procedures (e.g., informed consent
process, data safety and monitoring plans, principles of data collection and documentation) involved with clinical
trials and other clinical research; ability to work as a member of a project team; knowledge of clinical tasks
required for research (e.g., phlebotomy, centrifugation, alloquotting blood, interviewing).
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