What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Research Associate I position at CHEManager International?
Join the transformative team at City of Hope , where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope's growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
As a Clinical Research Associate I, you'll support multiple research protocols with a focus on patient consenting, clinic support, and regulatory compliance-helping ensure studies run efficiently and ethically. With mentorship from experienced staff, you'll play a hands-on role in recruiting participants, educating patients on their rights, tracking consent activity, and supporting biospecimen kit preparation and delivery across clinical locations.
As a Successful Candidate, You Will
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.
To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE
As a Clinical Research Associate I, you'll support multiple research protocols with a focus on patient consenting, clinic support, and regulatory compliance-helping ensure studies run efficiently and ethically. With mentorship from experienced staff, you'll play a hands-on role in recruiting participants, educating patients on their rights, tracking consent activity, and supporting biospecimen kit preparation and delivery across clinical locations.
As a Successful Candidate, You Will
- Consent patients in person, by phone/virtual visit, and via electronic consenting platforms for multiple research protocols.
- Approach and educate patients with confidence, compassion, and a friendly, professional demeanor-answering questions and ensuring informed decision-making.
- Support recruitment efforts and protocol-specific clinic needs, partnering with clinic teams to meet study requirements.
- Maintain confidentiality and build strong relationships with patients, visitors, and hospital personnel.
- Attend clinics as needed across locations (including Duarte and the Lennar Foundation Cancer Center in Irvine) to support consenting activities.
- Track, record, and report consenting activity and protocol metrics with accuracy and consistency.
- Prepare and deliver protocol-specific biospecimen collection kits to designated clinical locations.
- Collect, label, process, and transport specimens safely including coordinating shipments outside of City of Hope and completing required request forms.
- Associate's Degree.
- Experience may substitute for minimum education requirements.
- One-year experience working in a health care setting, preferably in research.
- Bachelor's Degree.
- Medical Record, Health Information Systems, clinical trials exposure or related health field.
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.
To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE