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Req #: 230276

Department: DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE: HEMATOLOGY & ONCOLOGY

Appointing Department Web Address: https://hemonc.uw.edu/

Job Location Detail: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center-South Lake Union

Posting Date: 03/20/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $4350 - $4950 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230701_a11y.pdf )

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.

The Department of Medicine's Division of Hematology & Oncology has an outstanding opportunity open for a Temporary Research Coordinator. Duties and Responsibilities This position must be able to work independently on multiple research projects with minimal written policies or procedures. This position requires daily interaction with pharmaceutical sponsors, physicians, other health care personnel (e.g. nurses, patient care coordinators, insurance companies), and patients. Up to 10 projects will be in progress simultaneously, with the expectation of additional projects in the future.

Protocol Implementation – 40 %

• With minimal guidance coordinate and implement research project procedures that meet research objectives and ensure compliance with all aspects of Institution, Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) regulations pertaining to clinical research in human subjects (e.g. investigator financial disclosure requirements of the FDA). • Develop, document, and maintain procedures for patient registration and protocol implementation to ensure that research execution meets Good Clinical Practice guidelines. • Work with Lead Coordinator and Research Manager to design, create and revise research instruments (e.g. case report forms, and checklists etc.,) as necessary to ensure quality data that satisfies research objectives. • Take action to correct problems such as deviation from protocol requirements to ensure research quality. • Ensure that projects are executed successfully and completed within needed time frames to meet research objectives. • Process labs for clinical trials, including collecting, centrifuging and alliquoting specimens, and ship specimens in accordance with federal and institutional biologics shipping regulations. • Work collaboratively with research team to ensure that projects are executed successfully and completed within required time frames to meet research objectives. Prepare clinical research kits for study subjects.

Data/Reporting – 40 %

• Manage data entry across all clinical trials. Perform direct data entry per protocol and resolve all data queries in compliance with strict data entry deadlines. • Prepare interim reports for principal investigators, industry sponsors and Institutional Review Board to ensure that each project is moving toward timely completion. • This position will work with clinical research involving human subjects within UW Medicine and therefore clinical Research Study Coordinator (RSC) training is required. The training requirement for this position include UW Medicine-specific as well as general training.

Patient Management - 20%

• Advise clinical staff which tests and procedures are needed during each research visit to facilitate protocol adherence, billing compliance, and to ensure accurate and reliable data collection. Work closely with clinical providers to ensure that study therapy is administered in accordance with the clinical protocol (e.g. dose modifications are implemented when required by the protocol). • Communicate with outside physicians who are interested in referring patients to UWMC for oncology clinical trials. • Understand clinical trial budget and billing plan for patients enrolled on clinical trials. Work with internal partners to ensure clinical trials are performed in accordance with institutional requirements for billing compliance. Assist in financial audits as necessary. • Communicate with investigators and research staff when financial milestones have been met.

Required • Bachelor's Degree in science-related field. • Minimum 1 year in human subjects research. • Excellent written and oral communication skills. • Experience with Microsoft Office. • Applicants selected for this position who have not already completed the training for clinical research involving human subjects will be required to complete it within 90 days of hire.

Desired • Experience in research implementation or data analysis and entry. • Experience working with oncology patients. • Experience conducting research in a hospital or academic setting.

Working Environmental Conditions This position requires a flexible work schedule. Stringent deadlines from pharmaceutical companies for protocol implementation and data collection may require overtime. Integrating required elements of research into complex patient schedules (e.g., collecting and processing multiple blood specimens for pharmacokinetic sampling) may also require occasional overtime. Occasional evening and weekend travel to study meetings is required.

Application Process:

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University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.