About the Opportunity
Participates in the development, coordination, and implementation of research and administrative strategies essential to the successful management of Phase II/III/IV clinical trials research conducted by faculty at West Virginia University Health Sciences Center. Performs a variety of independent and collaborative duties involved in clinical trial coordination and implementation, organization, oversight, documentation, tracking, data abstraction and collection and compilation of clinical…
research data.
This position provides program, as well as direct internal and external client support services. Responds to inquiries and resolves matters of moderate to high complexity. Responsibilities require theoretical and practical knowledge, judgement, resourcefulness and originality. Diverse guides and precedents are usually available to apply or adapt to the circumstances. Work effort has considerable impact on client services, program and project image with potential legal liabilities.
What You'll Do
- Protocol Compliance: Facilitates compliance with the requirements of the research protocol and good clinical research practice while remaining cognizant of the needs of diverse patient populations.
- Clinical Trials-Related Communication: Utilizes multiple communication methods to facilitate the effective conduct of clinical trials.
- Informed Consent Process: Demonstrates leadership in ensuring patient comprehension and safety during initial and ongoing clinical trial informed consent discussions.
- Management of Clinical Trial Patients: Involves a variety of resources and strategies to manage the care of patients participating in clinical trials, ensuring compliance with protocol procedures, assessments, and reporting requirements as well as management of symptoms.
- Documentation: Provides leadership to the research team in ensuring collection of source data and completion of documentation that validate the integrity of the conduct of the clinical trial.
- Patient Recruitment: Utilizes a variety of strategies to enhance recruitment while being mindful of the needs of diverse patient populations.
- Ethical Issues: Demonstrates leadership in ensuring adherence to ethical practices during the conduct of clinical trials in order to protect the rights and well-being of patients and the collection of quality data.
- Financial Implications: Identifies the financial variables that affect research and supports good financial stewardship in clinical trials.
- Professional Development: Takes responsibility for identifying his or her ongoing professional development needs and seeks resources and opportunities to meet those needs, such as through membership in nursing, disease specialized (i.e. oncology nursing society), or research organizations.
