Clinical Research Assistant I

City of Hope • Duarte, CA

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About The Position

Join the forefront of groundbreaking research at the City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. Our dedicated and compassionate faculty and staff are driven by a common mission: Contribute to innovative approaches in predicting, preventing, and curing diseases, shaping the future of medicine through cutting-edge research. Exciting opportunity for a detail-oriented individual! Join us as a Clinical Research Assistant I in which you will manage an assigned set of multiple research protocols to assure efficiency and regulatory compliance of the protocol.

Requirements

• Associate’s Degree.
• Experience may substitute for minimum education requirements.
• Read, identify and extract pertinent data from medical records.
• Ability to read, write and comprehend medical terminology.
• Medical Record, Health Information Systems, or related health field.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Bilingual/Biliterate English/Spanish for regular written and verbal communications in Spanish with research participants and collaborating investigators.
• Experience with Progeny preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct protocol management for an assigned set of multiple research protocols.
• Maintain current and accurate protocol documentation and notify investigators of pertinent protocol changes.
• Ensure participants are appropriately registered and maintain documentation of participant registration.
• Compile and submit data on appropriate forms according to protocol requirements.
• Ensure protocol compliance through intense monitoring of specific study requirements and schedule protocol-related activities.
• Play an active role in the recruitment of participants for the study.
• Assist in training and mentoring new clinical research staff members.
• Perform protocol-specific clinical duties as required by the research study.
• Perform data management and data analyses as required by the research study.
• Establish and maintain interpersonal relationships with participants, visitors, and other hospital personnel while ensuring the confidentiality of participant information.
• Collect and deliver specimens for analysis using appropriate equipment for collecting and handling specimens, ensure proper labeling, and obtain pertinent clinical and protocol information on request forms.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of various aspects of processing specimens, with particular attention to safety practices.
• Identify and communicate important protocol and data management issues or problem areas to the supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees