Sr Coordinator, Research Data - Radiation Oncology - Research

MD Anderson Cancer Center - Houston, TX

Full-time - Entry Level

Hybrid - Houston, TX

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

The Sr. Research Data Coordinator at MD Anderson Cancer Center plays a crucial role in supporting clinical research activities within the Department of Radiation Oncology. This position involves coordinating, implementing, and monitoring clinical trials, ensuring proper documentation and data management, and serving as a point of contact for research trial status. The coordinator will utilize clinical knowledge to interact with patients for data gathering and will assist in the preparation of reports and manuscripts related to research outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains a system for controlling electronic documentation for protocols and hospital policies.
• Prepares shadow charts or electronic charts for patients enrolled in clinical trials.
• Actively participates in protocol meetings with the Principal Investigator (PI).
• Prepares protocol-specific reports for PI review and analysis.
• Consents patients to intermediate level protocols.
• Assists the PI in generating overall outcomes for future manuscript submission.
• Utilizes MD Anderson Electronic Medical Record (EMR) to dictate study entry notes and consent notes.
• Follows up with patients during visits for adverse event notation and collection of Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO's).
• Develops and manages databases for collection of research-specific data.
• Provides training to newly hired Research Data Coordinators.
• Maintains toxicity log and overall data for submission during yearly continuing review.
• Assists the PI in retrieval of protocol-related data from EMR for abstracts and manuscripts.
• Prepares electronic charts and responses for audit visits.
• Maintains contact with outside institutions participating in trials and coordinates data submission.
• Prepares treatment plan submissions to dosimetry and maintains tracking of data forms.
• Provides training to on-boarding institutions on database usage.
• Prepares quarterly toxicity reports for review by physicians.
• Prepares extensive reports for PI presentation during yearly Data Safety Monitoring Board review.
• Generates patient orders in MD Anderson EMR and follows up with patients for scheduling.
• Assists the Data Manager in outlining variables for new database builds.
• Attends and participates in departmental activities and initiatives.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Four years of related experience required; no experience required with preferred degree.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in clinical research coordination.
• Familiarity with electronic medical records systems.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Dental insurance coverage.
• Life insurance coverage.
• 401k retirement savings plan.
• Paid holidays and vacation time.
• Flexible scheduling options.