Clinical Research Coordinator - Hematology Tissue Bank

Clinical Research Coordinator to plan, coordinate and implement Hematology/Leukemia Tissue Bank patient clinical research projects within the Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC).

• Assists in the coordination and oversight of trials in the acute leukemia and other hematologic malignancy patient population

• Identifies and assesses eligibility of patients for clinical research study participation

• Obtains informed consent via both in person and remotely

• Educates patients and their family members on the diagnosis and discusses clinical research studies Monitors study participants and ensures proper follow-up visits are scheduled and conducted

• Oversees and prepares for external quality assurance and control review Collaborates with sponsoring agencies

• Collaborates and serves as liaison with an inter-disciplinary research team

• Designs database components and reporting tools

• Completes data entry and monitors data quality with assurance and quality control

• Develops detailed reports for data related to strategic decision-making, research, publications, or presentations; analyzes, queries, interprets and summarizes data for principal investigators (PI)

• Prepares proposals requesting further clinical research

• Executes and oversees technical processes to collect and extract data

• Makes recommendations to PI based upon data analysis

• Maintains patient inventory in Oncore, assists the PI in writing manuscripts and in preparation of grant submission

• Creates and maintains tools and work flows for research with clinic and faculty Educates the hospital staff and non- Hematology physicians on the study protocols and purpose of the study

• Works with the PI in developing plans to meet the requirements of new clinical research studies issued by different laboratories and to meet research requests from various physicians

• Responsible for review of institutional review board(IRB) submissions

• Participates in ensuring protocol compliance with all federal, local and institutional regulations

• Assists with research sample collection including blood draws

Job Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in biological sciences, health sciences or related field required or equivalent combination of education and experience required. One year experience in a clinical research capacity conducting clinical research studies required; prior clinical research database management desired; computer literacy with basic database tools and methods required.

Research and Scholarship - Clinical Research - Individual Contributor - Specialized - S2