Regulatory Coordinator

Tufts Medicine•Boston, MA

5d•$22 - $27•Onsite

About The Position

This role focuses on managing operational aspects of ongoing projects from initiation through completion and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management. In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Administration Project Management duties: Serves as a liaison between the general project management office and the team members engaging in planning, reviews the status of projects and budgets, manages schedules, prepares status reports, and assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction. A professional individual contributor role that may direct the work of other lower level professionals or manage processes and programs. The majority of time is spent overseeing the design, implementation or delivery of processes, programs and policies using specialized knowledge and skills typically acquired through advanced education. An entry level role that applies broad theoretical job knowledge typically obtained through advanced education. May require the following proficiency: work is closely supervised, problems faced are not typically difficult or complex, and explains facts, policies and practices related to job area. This position works under the direction of the Principal Investigator(s), Research Director, and Clinical Research Regulatory Project Manager to complete the regulatory requirements of the clinical research project. Assists with coordinating aspects of protocol submissions, prepares and submits regulatory documents, and maintains records on assigned studies to ensure regulatory compliance with Tufts Medical Center policies as well as federal regulation and ICH/GCP guidelines. Works collaboratively with a variety of personnel at all levels, including faculty and study team members of the Neely Center for Cancer Clinical Research (NCCCR) and external institutions, cooperative groups, clinical trials experts, representatives from the pharmaceutical industry, federal agencies, and other research organizations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree.
High degree of organizational talents data collection and analysis skills.
Meticulous attention to detail.
Excellent computer skills including word processing.
Ability to prioritize quickly and appropriately.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Maintains working knowledge of current regulations, regulatory guidance and or local policies.

Nice To Haves

One (1) year of research related experience.

Responsibilities

Assists with tracking and managing new protocols in start-up; initiates, facilitates, and monitors study start-up progress to ensure established benchmarks are met.
Responsible for Institutional Review Board (IRB) requirements for each study including meeting institutional educational requirements and submitting documents for review.
Creates and maintains tracking for all subsequent SRC/IRB submissions, protocol and consent amendments, safety reporting, deviation, violation or other event reporting.
Maintains patient confidentiality per HIPAA regulations and keeps study information in a safe and secure location.
Reviews existing protocols, taking time to prepare approval submissions, filing regulatory documents, implement improvements as needed, and follow regulations regarding research, assessment, and data gathering accurately.
Collaborates with research coordinators, regulatory project manager, principal investigators, and other departments with the submission of protocol amendments and other regulatory submissions.
Establishes and maintains regular communication with study team, study sponsor, applicable regulatory agencies/offices to ensure all required information is relayed and responsible for the systematic documentation/tracking when applicable.
Ensures various regulatory reporting requirements are met.
Adheres to FDA Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines.