Associate Clinical Research Coordinator

$54,142 - $83,907/Yr

City of Hope - Duarte, CA

Full-time - Entry Level

Duarte, CA

Hospitals

About the position

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope's growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. As an Associate Clinical Research Coordinator (ACRC), you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the integrity of research studies. Reporting to the Supervisor of Clinical Research Division at City of Hope Duarte Medical Center, you will be responsible for a variety of tasks that are essential to the success of clinical trials. Your responsibilities will include data abstraction and completion of case report forms, facilitating sponsor visits, and maintaining audit-ready data. You will oversee the readiness of laboratory kits and patient-specific equipment for visits, ensuring strict compliance with research protocols. In addition, your duties will extend to coordinating biospecimen collection, transportation, and shipment while collaborating with Biospecimen Coordinators to maintain meticulous records. You will focus on maintaining updated patient data in the clinical research management system, which is integral to the success of diverse research endeavors at City of Hope. As a successful candidate, you will work under the supervision of the Manager, Study Investigators, and Senior Manager, with a focus on protocol-specific duties required by research protocols. You will ensure adherence to protocol for specimen collection and sponsor-specific equipment procedures, guaranteeing accurate documentation. Identifying and promptly communicating important protocol and data management issues to the supervisor will also be part of your role. Upholding Good Clinical Practices, FDA Rules, NIH guidelines, HIPAA regulations, ICH guidelines, and institutional policies for clinical trials will be essential in your daily activities.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the integrity of research studies through meticulous coordination.
• Oversee the readiness of laboratory kits and patient-specific equipment for visits.
• Coordinate biospecimen collection, transportation, and shipment.
• Maintain updated patient data in the clinical research management system (CRMS).
• Facilitate sponsor visits and maintain audit-ready data.
• Collaborate within the clinical research team and maintain effective communication.
• Identify and communicate important protocol and data management issues to the supervisor.
• Ensure adherence to protocol for specimen collection and sponsor-specific equipment procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or an Associate Degree plus a minimum of 2 years of experience.
• At least one year of experience related to the management and conduct of oncology clinical trials in an academic setting, or six months experience as a Project Coordinator or Biospecimen Coordinator in the CTO.
• Working knowledge of clinical trials, Federal, State, and Local Regulations, IRB requirements, consent form and protocol development.
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) training.