Job Description

• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: $64,350 - $65,000

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Position Summary

The Section of Oncology at Columbia University Medical Center is recruiting for the position of a Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC). The employee will work within the Division of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation. The section of Oncology has a cadre of Phase 1 and 2 trials, investigator-initiated studies, and industry sponsored studies. The CRC will be assigned to studies based on need and review of clinical trial roster. The CRC will work with investigators, study staff, Scientific Review Committee (SRC) and institutional review boards (IRB), clinical trial sponsors and federal regulatory agencies to assure compliance with study protocols, data documentation, reporting requirements, ensure that regulatory requirements for clinical trials are met. The CRC will work under the supervision of the Section Head, Divisional Administrator and CTO Program Manager.

At CUIMC, we are leaders in teaching, research, and patient care and are proud of the service and support we provide to our community. We apply the same rigor in our commitment to fostering an inclusive, thriving community and caring for our employees and their loved ones. Columbia University offers a range of benefits to help you and your dependents stay healthy, build long-term financial security, meet educational and professional goals, and more. Explore your options for Health and Welfare ,  Employee Assistance ,  Tuition Programs , and  Retirement Benefits .

?Subject to business needs, we may support flexible and hybrid work arrangements. Options will be discussed during the interview process?

Responsibilities

• Schedule all protocol required evaluations (physical exams, radiology, labs, etc.).
• Coordinate patient appointments with physicians, nurses and all test areas.
• Attend Investigator meetings which establish required procedures.
• Coordinate, obtain, process (e.g. spin/separate/freeze samples), and ship (e.g. utilization of specific packaging and ensuring proper handling and shipping of samples) protocol required samples.
• Obtain vital signs and EKGs as indicated.
• Maintain accurate patient research files and records of sample procurement.
• Develop protocol specific flow charts, intake sheets and other tools as needed to ensure protocol compliance and proper data acquisition.
• Maintain study supplies and utilizes study specific supplies as required.
• Assists the PI in development of materials and tools necessary to appropriately train individuals involved in the conduct of the study around issues related to (but not limited to) protocol requirements, schedule of visits, execution of research plan. Maintains documentation of training.
• Assists Principal Investigator to assure that all key personnel or persons ?engaged? in the research project have met training requirements in accordance with federal regulations and university and sponsoring agency policies and procedures.
• Cooperates with university compliance and monitoring efforts related to sponsored program administration and reports instances of noncompliance to the appropriate compliance office. Coordinates and facilitates monitoring and auditing visits. Notifies appropriate institutional officials of external audits by FDA and sponsors.
• Collaborates with PI and institution to respond to any audit findings and implement approved recommendations.
• Cooperates with university and sponsoring agency compliance and monitoring efforts related to human research participant protection and reports instances of noncompliance to the appropriate compliance office.
• Establish and maintain regular communication with study team, study sponsor, and applicable regulatory agencies to ensure all required information is communicated.
• Serve as facilitator for study team and sponsor with regard to study status information, safety issues, upcoming protocol amendments and consent changes and applicable protocol training.
• Prepares and submits all protocol applications, amendments, continuing reviews, and informed consent documents for SRC and IRB review and approval.
• Prepares and submits regulatory documentation that may include; IND/IDE applications, FDA annual reports, Serious Adverse Event reports, to the appropriate regulatory agencies including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) etc.
• Coordinates assigned study monitoring and auditing visits with study coordinator, investigator, industry sponsors, and internal/external auditors.
• Performs related duties & responsibilities as assigned/requested.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor?s degree or equivalent and experience required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two years of related experience.
• Protocol oversight; monitoring and reporting of study events; data collection; adherence to study protocols; in-service education of physicians, nurses, and support staff to protocol requirements; coordinate research activities.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.

About Columbia University

Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the university to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world.

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