Clinical Research Coord Assoc​/Technician​/Assistant

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

This position will serve as a Clinical Research Coordinator Associate in the Oncology Clinical Trial Support Unit (O-CTSU) - Clinic Research Group located in the Rogel Cancer Center providing administrative study coordination and data entry support to faculty and research teams for the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center - an NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN).

We are among the top-ranked national programs in research and patient care with members holding $120M in annual direct research funding. Our mission is to reduce the cancer burden and improve cancer outcomes through research, innovation, and transdisciplinary collaboration. With the Oncology CTSU, you will join a diverse team of 150 clinical research professionals dedicated in moving this mission forward through cutting-edge early phase trials to practice-changing phase III.

As a team member, we will invest in your education, training, career development and certification. We also offer a variety of specialized roles and growth opportunities to fit your desired career path and goals. People want Michigan Answers™. Help discover them.

This clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) position my provide study coordination for multiple clinical research studies depending on complexity that range from moderate to complex. Coordinator experience and mastery of all job duties from the CRC-Technician position on the Michigan Medicine CRC Career Ladder is required. This position should be able to perform tasks and make decisions independently, consistently, and accurately, and demonstrate that they have achieved a moderate level of expertise in all their skills and abilities resulting in high quality work.

It is presumed that this position is able to apply their skills to a broad range of different types of clinical studies, navigate available resources appropriately, effectively use all tools and job aids at their disposal and operate e-clinical technologies with a reasonable degree of proficiency. This position can perform the majority of tasks independently and perform quality checks of their work.

They also know where and how to identify appropriate resources and support and are able to discern when to elevate issues needing additional intervention. Key behavioral competency descriptors include demonstrate, implement, execute, and use.

Independent knowledge, skills, and abilities within all 8 competency domains is expected:

Due to the complex nature of Oncology Clinical Trials, a team comprised of clinical research coordinators specializing in data management, regulatory, or clinic coordination work together to cover all aspects of the clinical research coordinator role. The clinical research coordinator hired for this posting will specialize in Clinic. Examples of duties a successful candidate in this role will perform:

• Demonstrates understanding of protocol elements/requirements and demonstrates the ability to execute study procedures.
• Demonstrates the ability to anticipate and mitigate the potential for protocol non-compliance.
• Describes protocol structure and explains how to interpret study requirements to ensure study compliance.
• Demonstrates accurate implementation of protocol procedures.
• Explains and performs non-GCP-related study management activities.
• Performs study procedures with minimal supervision.
• Triages simple subject issues appropriately.
• Ensures integrity of specimen management (collection, processing, packing/shipping, storing, labeling, tracking,…