Clinical Research Assistant

Clinical Research Assistant 2

US-OR-Portland

Position Category:
Research
Job Type: Research
Position Type:
Regular Full-Time
Posting Department:
Knight Cancer Institute
Posting FTE: 1.00
HR Mission:
School of Medicine

The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute is a pioneer in personalized cancer treatment and research, led by Dr. Brian Druker, whose development of Gleevec transformed Chronic Myeloid Leukemia from a fatal disease to a manageable one and proved that targeted therapies can work. The institute focuses on precision oncology, the early detection, prevention, and treatment of cancer, and creating a welcoming and supportive environment for its caregivers, researchers, and support personnel.

Knight affiliates subscribe to three guiding principles: we are bold, we are supportive, and we work as a connected team in our fight to end cancer as we know it. We'd love for you to join us!

Every Knight Cancer employee is expected to embody our guiding principles:

• We act BOLDLY—Breakthroughs require pushing the boundaries of science, exploring new frontiers, and thinking differently
• We SUPPORT each other—Respect leads to trust, which leads to excellence
• We work as a CONNECTED team — We must leverage our collective brain power to conquer cancer because no one individual can do it alone

The CEDAR Clinical Research Coordinator works with a team to manage and conduct early detection clinical trials in a diverse population. This includes working closely with a team of research coordinators to identify and enroll qualified healthy individuals for cancer screening trials, conduct research visits to collect biological specimens, and return cancer detection results to participants; while ensuring protocol is conducted in accordance with applicable NCI and FDA guidelines.

The study coordinator will also assist in developing recruitment plans and assist in outreach events in the community to reach a diverse population for recruitment, and support subsites in Oregon to expand our reach of clinical trials.

Duties Include:

• Work with regulatory management team and colleagues to adhere to regulations at OHSU for good clinical practices of clinical trials.
• Be knowledgeable about clinical research protocols and protocol requirements.
• Distribute clinical research related information to appropriate research team / affiliated institutional personnel as applicable. Notify research team and those individuals directly involved in pertinent areas of clinical research of protocol amendments, revisions, activations, closures and announcements.
• Participate in recruitment activities to include community outreach and flyer distribution, includes some weekend and evening events.
• Contact and enroll subjects by reviewing patient data to determine appropriate eligibility and scheduling eligible participants.
• Conduct study visits in adherence with protocol parameters and appropriate training, to include consenting, taking a medical history, and the procurement and processing human biological specimens. Obtain and submit imaging studies, pathology samples as required by sponsor to appropriate reviewers as required by protocol. Review and report adverse events or unanticipated Problems to IRB/study sponsor.
• Perform other procedures as required by protocol, to include annual follow up, chart review/abstractions, return test results, and assistance with scheduling diagnostic procedures. All procedures and process require data entry into appropriate systems. Maintain and update subject data for study analysis. Assist investigators with any special requests for data retrieval and/or evaluation and analysis of clinical data for ongoing research studies.

CEDAR is committed to increasing the diversity of the campus community. We are dedicated to promoting inclusion and multiculturalism to build a successful organization by having outstanding researchers of diverse backgrounds work together.

• Bachelor's in relevant field OR Associate's AND 2 years of relevant experience OR 3 years of relevant experience OR Equivalent combination of training and experience
• Demonstrated excellent customer service…