Field Research Supervisor

UCSF•San Francisco, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Field Research Supervisor leads the clinical research activities of protocols under the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine investigating Long COVID and the clinical course of acute COVID-19. The incumbent supervises daily field operations for observational and interventional studies, including field activities conducted in household settings throughout the San Francisco Bay Area involving recently COVID-positive index cases and their close contacts. The Supervisor trains and oversees study staff, coordinates day-to-day operations, and accounts for the overall administration of assigned protocols, exercising a high degree of autonomy and independent judgment. The position reports to, and may be supported by, Program Managers overseeing broader related study portfolios. The Supervisor directs Clinical Research Coordinators, data analysts, and study clinicians to meet project deliverables and ensures compliance with human-subjects protocols, standard operating procedures, Good Clinical Practice, and applicable regulations. Working with the project team, the Supervisor resolves operational issues, monitors team progress, sets priorities, and holds regular staff meetings to provide training and quality assurance. The Supervisor maintains study-related forms and procedures and updates them as operations evolve. Partnering with Program Managers across the Division, the Supervisor ensures projects are accurately represented and appropriately prioritized, and coordinates with the finance team on budget management, monthly invoice review, and participant-reimbursement oversight. The incumbent may have central responsibility for ensuring IRB approval and compliance, contract generation, negotiation and approval, subject recruitment, appropriate study testing, and adequate enrollment of multicenter clinical trials, longitudinal cohort studies, local investigator-initiated studies, and biorepository efforts. This is a position of leadership whose main purpose is to ensure that clinical research commitments are met and that the programs maintain a reputation for excellence in all activities.

Requirements

High degree of autonomy and independent judgment.
Leadership skills.

Responsibilities

Supervises daily field operations for observational and interventional studies.
Conducts field activities in household settings throughout the San Francisco Bay Area involving recently COVID-positive index cases and their close contacts.
Trains and oversees study staff.
Coordinates day-to-day operations.
Accounts for the overall administration of assigned protocols.
Directs Clinical Research Coordinators, data analysts, and study clinicians to meet project deliverables.
Ensures compliance with human-subjects protocols, standard operating procedures, Good Clinical Practice, and applicable regulations.
Resolves operational issues.
Monitors team progress.
Sets priorities.
Holds regular staff meetings to provide training and quality assurance.
Maintains study-related forms and procedures and updates them as operations evolve.
Ensures projects are accurately represented and appropriately prioritized.
Coordinates with the finance team on budget management, monthly invoice review, and participant-reimbursement oversight.
May have central responsibility for ensuring IRB approval and compliance, contract generation, negotiation and approval, subject recruitment, appropriate study testing, and adequate enrollment of multicenter clinical trials, longitudinal cohort studies, local investigator-initiated studies, and biorepository efforts.