Under the supervision of the Clinical Research Director, Clinical Research Coordinators (CRC) support the clinical trial management of investigator-sponsored, pharmaceutical-sponsored, and/or other types of consortium trials programs as assigned/needed. Responsibilities include communicating with the Director to ensure aspects of study initiation of protocols are developed after regulatory and budgetary approval, and report study progress to the appropriate PI. The CRC will support 2-3 active studies and 1-2 follow-up studies, depending on the complexity of the patients and procedures. Independently, the CRC maintains protocol files, data collection and subject source records, develops project management documents and electronic data forms for each assigned study. The CRC supports the investigator in research study project management to assure compliance with the Code of Federal Regulations and the ICH Guidance on Good Clinical (Research) Practice as well as UCSF Institutional policies. The CRC also supports the research team with additional duties as assigned.
The Department of Urology in the School of Medicine educates medical students, residents, and clinical and postdoctoral fellows in urology; conducts basic science, clinical, and epidemiological research, including clinical trials; and provides professional patient care services. The Department conducts its teaching, research, and patient care activities at five major sites: the Parnassus campus, Mission Bay, San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center (SFVAMC), and the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland.
The Clinical Research Coordinator will perform independently or with general direction at the fully operational journey level of the series to execute, manage, and coordinate research protocols, as directed by the Clinical Research Director and/or Principal Investigator (PI); may coordinate the data collection and operations of several concurrent clinical research studies under the guidelines of research protocols, UCSF and regulating agency policies.
The duties may include, but will not be limited to supporting the management and coordinating the tasks of single or multiple clinical research studies, depending on their size and complexity; act as intermediary between services and departments while overseeing data and specimen management; manage and report on study results; create, clean, update, and manage databases and comprehensive datasets and reports; coordinate staff work schedules, assist with training of Assistant CRCs, and assist Clinical Research Director and/or PI with oversight of other research staff; manage Investigator’s protocols in the Committee on Human Research online system; oversee study data integrity; implement and maintain periodic quality control procedures; interface with departments to obtain UCSF approval prior to study initiation; maintain all regulatory documents; report study progress to investigators; participate in any internal and external audits or reviews of study protocols; and perform other duties as assigned.
The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.
Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.
The salary range for this position is $34.32 - $55.19 (Hourly Rate).
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