Description
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Description
The Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator assists the Clinical Research Coordinator and/or Senior Clinical Research Coordinator in contributing to the overall operational management of clinical research/trial/study activities. In this role, you will perform necessary tasks to assist in managing projects and prioritizing work to meet necessary deadlines. You will provide support in planning and organizing necessary tasks to ensure adherence to the study protocol and applicable regulations.
Hourly salary range: $29.28 – $47.10
Qualifications
Required:
- Minimum of 1+ years of experience in a clinical research
setting - 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. - 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. - 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. - Ability to handle confidential information with judgement
and discretion. - High degree of concentration and focus in a work
environment that contains distracting stimuli, competing deadlines, and work
delegated by more than one individual. - Availability to work in more than one environment,
travelling to various clinic sites, meetings, conferences, etc.
Preferred:
- Bachelor’s Degree in related area and/or equivalent
combination of education and experience