Description
UCLA HEALTH
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Description
The Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology is
seeking a detailed and dynamic Clinical Research Coordinator. In this role, you
will coordinate research studies, identify participants, and assist the
Principal Investigator (PI) with patient eligibility. Responsibilities also
include facilitating the informed consent process, educating participants about
protocol requirements, and emphasizing the significance of protocol compliance.
The role requires maintaining all necessary documentation in accordance with
FDA regulations, Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines, and the funding
source. This includes managing patient registration, data, and treatment
assignment. This role will involve quality control and assurance activities
related to study workflows and documentation. In addition, the Clinical
Research Coordinator is responsible for procuring and distributing study
supplies, including coordinating specimen collection and shipping. Ensuring the
safe and accurate completion of protocol-required procedures according to
regulatory guidelines, FDA CFR, GCP, and institutional best practices is
essential.
Hourly Salary Range: $33.63-$54.11
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelors Degree or 2+ years
of previous study coordination or clinical research coordination experience - Interpersonal skills to
effectively communicate information in a timely, professional manner and
establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with
students, staff, faculty, external collaborators and administration and to work
as a member of a team. - Ability to effectively
communicate to and interact with patients in a compassionate and kind manner. - Ability to set priorities and
complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions,
to meet the programmatic and department needs, while complying with applicable
University policies and federal and state regulations. - Analytical skills to assess
clinical research protocols and regulatory requirements, define problems,
formulate logical solutions, develop alternative solutions, make
recommendations, and initiate corrective actions. - Close attention to detail to
ensure accuracy in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment. - Organization skills to create
and maintain administrative and regulatory files effectively as well as
independently balance the various tasks to ensure deadlines are met. - Demonstrated proficiency with
Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel, to perform daily tasks
efficiently and accurately. - A learning and professional
growth mentality so that new software tools, systems, and processes can be
adopted quickly and efficiently - Working knowledge of clinical
research concepts, policies and procedures, and human safety protection
regulations and laws. - Strong verbal and written
communication skills to effectively establish rapport, building collaborative
relationships, and communicate complex concepts and ideas in an
easy-to-understand manner. - Ability to adapt to changing
job demands and priorities, remain flexible including working flexible hours to
accommodate research deadlines. - High degree of concentration
and focus in a work environment that contains distracting stimuli, competing
deadlines, and work delegated by more than one individual - Knowledge of and experience
working with a variety of local and external IRBs, scientific review and other
research committees, national cooperative group sponsors, industry sponsors,
federal and foundation funding organizations, etc.