Screening and Eligibility Manager - Cancer Center
About The Position
The Screening and Eligibility Manager coordinates referrals, prescreening, and eligibility review for clinical trials across disease working groups within The University of Kansas Cancer Center. The position supports the center’s clinical trial portfolio by identifying potential participants and facilitating timely handoffs to appropriate research teams. The manager attends study-specific training, presents protocol and eligibility information, coordinates with study teams on slot and cohort availability, reports on prescreening outcomes, and supports development of procedures for trial referrals and eligibility review. The role also documents patient communications, contributes to feasibility discussions, and provides support across clinical trial programs as operational needs require. The position may be eligible for a hybrid work schedule after six months, subject to management approval and a set departmental schedule. The employee works remotely and on campus and must reside in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area.
Requirements
- Six years of relevant work experience; education may substitute for experience on a year-for-year basis.
- Experience interpreting clinical trial protocols and eligibility criteria.
- Experience with electronic medical record charting.
- Experience adhering to guidelines for transparent and honest reporting of confidential and sensitive patient information.
- Knowledge of clinical research databases and software.
- Experience with MS/Office.
- Proficiency in medical terminology.
- Oral and written communication skills.
- Attention to detail, organization, computer skills, project management, time management, multitasking, independent and collaborative work, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
Nice To Haves
- Previous oncology clinical research experience.
Responsibilities
- Attend study-specific training, including site initiation visits, kickoff meetings, and investigator meetings as appropriate.
- Present protocol summaries and eligibility requirements at disease-specific workgroup meetings as assigned.
- Recruit and screen study patients, identify inclusion and exclusion criteria, obtain medical records for potential trial patients, and prescreen patients across the clinical trial portfolio.
- Coordinate with study teams to monitor clinical trial slot and cohort availability in support of patient prescreening and referrals.
- Provide leadership with regular reports on prescreening activities, eligibility outcomes, and patient additions to waitlists.
- Facilitate timely communication and handoff of potentially eligible patients to appropriate clinical research teams for consenting and screening.
- Use Epic/Beacon and other required systems for scheduling, screening, and treating new clinical trial patients.
- Assist leadership in developing Standard Operating Procedures and Working Practice Guidelines related to clinical trial referrals, prescreening, and eligibility review.
- Document patient communications in accordance with University and Health System policies.
- Participate in team meetings and collaborate with study team members to review referral, prescreening, and eligibility updates.
- Participate in protocol feasibility discussions and internal committees as requested, providing input on prescreening and eligibility requirements for new trials.
- Provide prescreening and eligibility support across clinical trial programs as operational needs require.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance coverage beginning on day one.
- Health expense accounts with generous employer contributions for employees participating in a qualifying health plan.
- Employer-paid life insurance and long-term disability insurance.
- Additional voluntary insurance plans.
- Paid vacation and sick time accruing upon hire.
- Ten paid holidays.
- One paid discretionary day after six months of employment.
- Paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave after 12 months of employment.
- Retirement program with an employer contribution and additional voluntary 457 or 403b retirement programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
