Project Coordinator

A Boston-based research group is building a team to enroll patients in a tissue banking initiative and to process and ship specimens for proteogenomic analysis. The Research Coordinator position offers a wide variety of challenging and exciting opportunities to coordinate the development and management of this cancer research program.

This position is not remote. It requires that the Research Coordinator is able to travel between the West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain Campuses of the VA to enroll patients.

• Identify and recruit potential study patients for participation in clinical trials
• Determine eligibility of potential study patients through review of patient’s medical history, current chart, and laboratory data
• Describe and discuss protocol with potential study patients
• Providing teaching to patients regarding study procedures
• Obtain informed consent from study patients
• Create study-specific flow sheets and data forms to be used as source documents by study staff to collect data
• Coordinate the collection and processing of required samples (blood draws, tissue, etc.)
• Act as a primary contact and resource for study patients regarding study related issues
• Review and abstract patient’s medical data for completion of case report forms
• Maintain integrity and confidentiality of data, private health information and personal identifying information
• Performing data entry into electronic case reports forms or complete paper case report forms
• Review and resolve data queries
• Maintain study-related documentation
• Interact with Principal Investigator (PI) and other research and clinical personnel to ensure accuracy and completeness of data collection and to meet all project timelines
• Keep the PI informed of progress and potential problems
• Work closely with study monitors to ensure protocol compliance and accuracy of data
• Prepare and clean-up study files, documents, and data for internal and external audits
• Perform all aspects of regulatory-related work including timely reporting of adverse events to the Institutional Review Board (IRB), preparation and submission of initial study submissions, continuing reviews, protocol amendments, consent form changes, and notification of study closings for IRB review
• Assists with preparation of budgets, statements of work, deliverables and timelines
• Collaborates with study team and BVARI staff, establishes and follows processes for trial administrative management
• Follows center standard operating procedures
• Guarantee flawless communications between operational teams

• Experienced: You hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree preferably with coursework in biology, chemistry, epidemiology and/or statistics. May have previous experience with human research trials.
• Tech Savvy: You have no problem learning new software. Prior knowledge of specialized computer software (i.e., Medidata Rave, MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) and email systems is helpful.
• Composed: You are an excellent communicator (verbal & written). You have critical problem solving and analytics skills. You can juggle the coordination of multiple projects and can learn to master research infrastructure.
• Customer Service: You must meet the needs of customers (veterans, patients, research participants, their representatives, visitors, and all VA staff) while supporting VA research missions. You must consistently communicate and treat customers in a courteous, tactful and respectful manner. You must provide customers with consistent information according to established policies and procedures.
• Confidential & Compliant: You are able to operate 100% confidentially and able to to ensure compliance with study protocols, Good Clinical Practice standards, and Health Research Protection Program (HRPP) rules, policies…