"Protocol Review & Monitoring Coordinator - Hybrid"

Protocol Review & Monitoring Coordinator - Hybrid

Req ID: 122485

Location: Orange, California

Division: School of Medicine

Department: Stern Center

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range Minimum: USD $34.73/Hr.

Salary Range Maximum: USD $57.24/Hr.

Who We Are

Founded in 1965, UC Irvine is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is ranked among the nation's top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The campus has produced five Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UC Irvine has more than 36,000 students and offers 224 degree programs. It's located in one of the world's safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County's second-largest employer, contributing $7 billion annually to the local economy and $8 billion statewide.

To learn more about UC Irvine, visit www.uci.edu.

The NCI-designated Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC) is a campus-wide multidisciplinary matrix organization whose goal is to promote and enhance cancer-relevant research and patient care at UC Irvine. The CFCCC provides research resources to its ~175 members engaged in research and offers multidisciplinary cancer care to its patients.

Your Role on the Team

Under the direction of the Protocol Review Manager, the Protocol Review and Monitoring (PRM) coordinator is position is responsible for the coordination of Cancer Center committees including Disease Oriented Teams (DOTs), the Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee (PRMC), and the Data Safety and Monitoring Board (DSMB). The DOTs currently include, Neurological Oncology, Hematologic Malignancies, Gynecological, Genitourinary, Gastrointestinal, Skin, and Breast with additional DOTs being initiated, as needed.

Clinical research committee coordination responsibilities include creating meeting agendas, developing complex correspondence to Principal Investigators (PIs), conducting follow-up activity on action items in a timely manner, outreaching to PIs and clinical research coordinators for research accrual information, and writing complex meeting minutes for scientific and clinical meeting deliberations. The PRM is responsible for appropriately triaging protocols through the clinical research committees and providing overall committee support.

The individual must accurately maintain clinical trial information in the clinical trial management system, OnCore, and adhere to both institutional policies and National Cancer Institute requirements.

Other additional duties include reporting and registering clinical trials to the NCI's Clinical Trial Reporting Program (CTRP) for accrual information and the clinicaltrials.gov registry for study outcome information.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required:

• Demonstrated experience providing high level administrative support to faculty members
• Ability to draft clear, concise correspondence including editing, correct format and grammar, spelling and syntax for complex and scientific meetings
• Demonstrated high-level communication skills to convey information in a clear and concise way, synthesizing information and presenting it to others
• Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions and employ effective problem-solving techniques
• Ability to interact with the public, faculty, and staff.
• Demonstrated problem solving capabilities to resolve concerns that arise unexpectedly
• Demonstrated ability to research, properly evaluate information, and prepare concise, well organized reports, summaries, and correspondence
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize a complex and dynamic workload
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines, despite interruptions
• Ability to independently exercise discretion and sound judgment
• Ability to work collegially and cooperatively in a small office and to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships
• Demonstrated skill in interacting with persons of various social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds
• Ability to prioritize assignments and achieve high productivity/quality with short time frames, under rigid deadlines, and /or in environments with frequent workload changes and competing demands
• Skill in working independently, taking initiative and following through on assignments
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of records and information
• Ability to compile data from various sources, analyze data, and prepare reports.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of team
• Ability to take initiative and demonstrate strong commitment to duties
• Ability to think critically and to compile and analyze data
• Ability to analyze problems, implement solutions and multitask
• Ability to work within a deadline-driven structure
• Demonstrated experience in maintaining flexibility and adaptability while implementing institutional change
• High level of integrity and honesty in maintaining confidentiality
• Foster and promote a positive attitude and professional appearance
• Strong attention to detail
• Working knowledge of computer software including Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• HS graduation and sufficient experience and demonstrated skills to successfully perform the assigned duties and responsibilities.
• Experience coordinating operational logistics for high-level scientific and clinical meetings utilizing teleconference and web conference technology.

Preferred:

• NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center committee administration experience
• Extensive experience with various types of human subject clinical trials i.e., National Group, Industrial, and Investigator-authored.
• Experience with clinical trial management systems, preferably OnCore.

Special Conditions:

Requires coordinating some committee meetings outside of normal business hours along with travel back and forth to the Irvine and Orange campuses.