Job Description

Department:

SOM KC Internal Medicine - Medical Oncology

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Medicine Clinical Oncology

Position Title:

Clinical Research Assistant - Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology)

Job Family Group:

Professional Staff

Job Description Summary:

The Clinical Research Assistant in the Department of Internal Medicine Division of Medical Oncology will work with the research team led by Dr. Priyanka Sharma in breast cancer research. This position will assist in entry level clinical research activities including collecting information from patients/study participants and ensuring study activities are performed as scheduled for all participants. The clinical research assistant will provide physicians administrative staff sponsors and contractors with requested information and support.

Job Description:

Job Duties:

• Collect and enter research data while documenting trial-related activities and ensuring all study data are accurately reported.

• Provide administrative support for licensure and credentialing general paperwork scheduling procurement and correspondence.

• Assist the Principal Investigator with day-to-day administrative tasks and research coordination.

• Edit and format grant proposals and manuscripts.

• Maintain regulatory paperwork for research studies.

• Recruit evaluate and educate patients regarding clinical trials following established procedures and protocols.

• Conduct informed consent interviews with participants.

• Coordinate study participant visit activities including scheduling procedures communicating with subjects and completing necessary basic study procedures.

• Assist with transport or shipping of research biological specimens between clinical trial sites.

• Provide written and verbal reports to the Principal Investigator and Program Director.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities tasks duties and assignments. Furthermore job duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required Qualifications

Work Experience: Four (4) years of relevant experience in biology genetics or related field. Education may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.

Preferred Qualifications

Work Experience:

• Experience in biomedical research (including any internship educational or volunteer experience)

• Cancer-related experience.

• Experience with regulations governing clinical research (e.g. GCP HIPAA).

• Experience with electronic medical records.

Skills

• Attention to detail

• Interpersonal skills

• Computer skills

• Communication

Required Documents

• Resume/CV

• Cover Letter

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

Coverage begins on day one for health dental and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance long-term disability insurance and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off including vacation and sick begins accruing upon hire plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment and paid time off for bereavement jury duty military service and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available.

Job Tags

Full time, For contractors, Work experience placement, Internship,

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