UPMC Internship – Research Coordinator – (Education) – Oncology

Purpose:

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is currently hiring for a regular Full-Time


Research Coordinator


to support their Oncology Clinical Research Services (CRS) team.

The Clinical Research Services (CRS) team is made up of nearly 200 staff members who facilitate the development, implementation, coordination, internal data monitoring, and completion of oncology-focused trials at Hillman. These trials include institutional (investigator-initiated), multi-center cooperative group/National Clinical Trial Network (NCTN), consortium, and industry-sponsored trials. Using a disease-specific centers model for conducting clinical trials, CRS provides study development and implementation assistance, submissions to the FDA, IRB processing, patient recruitment, study coordination, study-specific training, data collection, and specimen collection and processing.

The Research Coordinator will work a Monday through Friday daylight schedule working as part of the Quality, Education, and Compliance team to support staff in the conduct of oncology trials at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.

This Research Coordinator position will serve to function with a primary focus as an educator. The role will primarily focus on the new hire onboarding and training process and staff continuing education initiatives. This position will assist with the determination of subject eligibility and perform subject registrations. This position will assist with internal monitoring and auditing as needed.

The role of the Research Coordinator is to plan, develop, coordinate and deliver training, continuing education, workflow support, process improvement & quality assurance monitoring to the staff of CRS. The purpose of these collective responsibilities is to enhance the quality, efficiency & productivity of CRS staff performance within clinical research coordination, data management & regulatory duties.

Responsibilities

• Revise, renew and maintain IRE approval, protocols and consent forms for studies.
• Recruit subjects for ongoing and new research studies.
• Assist in hypothesis generation, data collection, data analysis and data presentation and publication.
• Performs duties for approved research projects according to defined protocols and procedures including appropriate collection, recording, and storage of data.
• Assists in data collection and data entry and quality control of data.
• Follows appropriate research policies and procedures including all applicable laws and regulations and maintains scientific integrity including accurate data storage.
• Perform literature reviews and generate material needed for future studies.
• Must complete online IRB certification modules 1 and 2 (Research Practice Fundamentals) in accordance with Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh.
• Designs and implements evaluation of processes, including evaluation of clinical site performance, evaluation of laboratory processes, protocol development, study implementation, etc.
• Manage development and review process for all manuscripts, abstracts, and presentations generated through the activities of the research group.
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of experience and training acceptable – including experience in process evaluation, or coordinating multiple aspects of research projects (study participant recruitment, assessment, and data collection,) required.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Computer Skills (Microsoft Office Products) required.
• Demonstrated ability to accurately collect, and store research data required.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written required.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with patients, staff, and investigators as well as maintain patient confidentiality.
• Strong organizational skills are required.
• Must be able to work independently, and must be able to work a flexible schedule based on study needs.
• Oncology experience preferred
• Regulatory experience preferred
  

Licensure, Certifications, And Clearances

• Act 34
• UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
  

COVID-19 Vaccination Information

Individuals hired into this role must comply with UPMC’s COVID vaccination requirements upon beginning employment with UPMC. Refer to the COVID-19 Vaccination Information section at the top of this page to learn more.

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