Description
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Description
The Clinical Research Supervisor provides immediate
supervision to routine research study coordination. They supervise unit operations to ensure
compliance with departmental and organizational policies, procedures, and
defined internal controls. In addition, they supervise operational management
of clinical research/trial/study activities from design, set up, conduct,
through closeout. They oversee planning and organizing necessary tasks to
ensure adherence to the study protocol and applicable regulations, such as
institutional policy and procedures, FDA Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and
ICH Good Clinical Practice (GCP). Serves as liaison with the Principal
Investigator (PI), ancillary departments, central research infrastructure
teams, sponsors, institutions, and other entities as needed to support the
administration of all aspects of studies, including, but not limited to,
compliant conduct, financial management, and adequate personnel support. The
responsibilities outlined in the job description provide a general overview of
duties and tasks performed in the role. Performance of duties and tasks will
vary based on the department operations, the type of study and scope of service
Salary Range: $88,900.00 – $190,300.00 Annually
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Minimum of 5+ 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 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. Ability to adapt to changing job
demands and priorities, remain flexible including working flexible hours to
accommodate research deadlines. - 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. - 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 handle confidential information with judgement
and discretion. - Availability to work in more than one environment,
travelling to various clinic sites, meetings, conferences, etc. - Advanced 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. - Demonstrated ability to interpret IRB, FDA, federal and
UCLA requirements and utilize that information to guide investigators and other
team members. - Expert level working knowledge of clinical research
concepts, policies and procedures, and human safety protection regulations and
laws. - Demonstrated experience and knowledge of clinical trials
budgeting processes to manage the preparation of clinical trials budgets. - Demonstrated experience with FDA processes and procedures.
- Ability to lead the development and implementation of
quality improvement activities, SOPs, processes, etc. - Team leadership experience (i.e. projects, committees,
etc.). - Ability to develop and give presentations to leadership,
positively representing the department. - Ability to predict potential problems and proactively
implement solutions. - Ability to clearly communicate complex departmental and
institution-wide policies and ensure understanding. - Ability to manage complex and sometimes conflicting
departmental priorities and external timelines.
Preferred:
- Master’s degree
- Clinical Research Certification (CCRP, ACRP, etc.)