Clinical / Translational Research Assistant

Hospital for Special Surgery•New York, NY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This individual will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary research team including physicians, staff scientists and laboratory personnel. The candidate will facilitate completion of milestones necessary for clinical trial completion, including patient recruitment, follow up coordination, clinical sample analysis, processing and transportation, and binder management. The candidate will be involved in all day-to-day research activities, ensuring efficient completion of all goals.

Requirements

Experience working in clinical research and managing clinical trials
Experience working in a lab environment
Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Excel, and Word.
College degree required
Must be organized and able to work with minimal supervision, and as part of a team
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
General knowledge of specified laboratory solutions, materials, and/or media

Nice To Haves

Proficiency with statistical methods and/or software preferred.

Responsibilities

Patient recruitment
Ensuring completion of research-related administrative tasks including study binder management
Ensuring appropriate study participant follow up
Coordination across study cites, co-investigators and research assistants
Ensure appropriate transport, labeling, tracking and processing of clinical trial samples
Assist with bench-based testing of clinical specimens
Contacts service providers as needed to repair equipment
Maintains inventory of shared supplies and instrumentation
Tracks usage of supplies and maintains a database of supplies
Orders supplies as needed
Ensures organization of supply storage areas
Contacts service providers as needed to repair equipment
Maintains emergency contact information for freezers
Assists in management of shared equipment
Assists in arranging biohazardous waste and sharps collection as needed
Assists with contracts
Assists in the negotiation of physician managed care contracts, analytics, and financial modeling.
Coordinates enrollment
Coordinates physician enrollment in managed care plans.
Ensures compliance
Ensures compliance of managed care companies with negotiated contracts.
Resolves payor issues
Follows up and resolving payment issues with Insurance Payors.
Acts as liaison
Acts as a liaison between physician offices and Insurance Payors.
Assists with meetings
Schedules, coordinates, and documents for all PHO related meetings.
Maintains tracking logs
Creates and maintains tracking logs for Insurance Payor issues and accountability for closing out items.
Oversees PHO line
Oversees PHO phone line, answers and responds to inquiries, and assist with urgent physician office issues.
Attendance
Maintains satisfactory attendance record.
Maintains punctuality
Reports for duty punctually.
Adjusts to change
Adjusts to changing situations and work assignments.