Clinical Research Coordinator - Hematology/Oncology (Santa Monica)

The
Clinical Research Coordinator supports the operational management of clinical
research activities throughout the study lifecycle, including design, start-up,
conduct, and closeout. This role is responsible for implementing and managing
research activities for one or more studies, prioritizing tasks to meet
required deadlines. The Coordinator plans and organizes study activities to
ensure compliance with study protocols and applicable regulations, including
institutional policies, FDA Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and ICH Good
Clinical Practice (GCP). The role involves close collaboration with the
Principal Investigator, ancillary departments, central research teams,
sponsors, and external institutions to support compliant study conduct,
financial management, and adequate staffing.

Hourly salary range: $36.37 - $58.52

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent combination of
  education and experience.
• Minimally 2+ years of previous study coordination or clinical
  research coordination experience
• Interpersonal skills to effectively communicate information in a
  timely, professional manner and establish and maintain cooperative and
  effective working relationships with students, staff, faculty, external
  collaborators and administration and to work as a member of a team.
• Ability to effectively communicate to and interact with patients
  in a compassionate and kind manner.
• Ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with
  competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet the programmatic and
  department needs, while complying with applicable University policies and
  federal and state regulations.
• Analytical skills to assess clinical research protocols and
  regulatory requirements, define problems, formulate logical solutions, develop
  alternative solutions, make recommendations, and initiate corrective actions.
• Close attention to detail to ensure accuracy in a fast-paced,
  fluctuating workload environment.
• Organization skills to create and maintain administrative and
  regulatory files effectively as well as independently balance the various tasks
  to ensure deadlines are met.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software,
  especially Excel, to perform daily tasks efficiently and accurately.
• A learning and professional growth mentality so that new software
  tools, systems, and processes can be adopted quickly and efficiently
• Working knowledge of clinical research concepts, policies and
  procedures, and human safety protection regulations and laws.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively
  establish rapport, building collaborative relationships, and communicate
  complex concepts and ideas in an easy-to-understand manner.
• Ability to adapt to changing job demands and priorities, remain
  flexible including working flexible hours to accommodate research deadlines.
• High degree of concentration and focus in a work environment that
  contains distracting stimuli, competing deadlines, and work delegated by more
  than one individual
• Availability to work in more than one environment, travelling to
  various clinic sites, meetings, conferences, etc.
• Knowledge of and experience working
  with a variety of local and external IRBs, scientific review and other research
  committees, national cooperative group sponsors, industry sponsors, federal and
  foundation funding organizations, etc.