Hereditary Cancer Research Coordinator I

University Health Network; Toronto; On-site; CAD 73,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive offer packages

HOOPP pension plan

Transit access

Flexible work environment

Development opportunities

Corporate discounts

Job summary

University Health Network's Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, Canada, is seeking a Clinical Research Coordinator I to support hereditary cancer genetics and genomics projects. This role reports to the Medical Geneticist and works with the Early Detection team to coordinate hereditary cancer studies.

The position involves patient recruitment, data coordination, regulatory submissions, and collaboration across a multidisciplinary health care team, with a focus on accuracy and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, in a health or science-related field.
• Minimum of 3 years clinical or professional experience, with 1 year in clinical research preferred.
• Certification as a Clinical Research Professional an asset.
• Knowledge of hereditary cancer genetics and genomic technologies required.
• Experience with database maintenance and electronic patient records.
• Knowledge of clinical research principles, regulations and IATA shipping regulations an asset.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with high attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to learn quickly, problem solve, set priorities and work independently.
• Confident in working with a variety of stakeholders and people from different disciplines.
• Strong proficiency with MS Office software, Word, Excel and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Identify patients meeting hereditary genetic testing criteria and assist in organizing clinical genetic testing for their patients.
• Enrollment of patients into tumour profiling studies.
• Coordinating liquid biopsy studies for patients with hereditary cancer syndromes.
• Recruitment of study participants and coordinating visits, samples and consent.
• Planning and coordinating data collection, source documentation and data entry per UHN policy and ICH/GCP guidelines.
• Collaborating with team members on tasks related to participant recruitment, data generation and updating databases.
• Coordinating with the Project Manager to execute administrative tasks, such as collection of regulatory documents, ethics submissions, and general paperwork.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Communication skills

MS Office

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Independence

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in health/science

Tools

Electronic health records

Databases

CRM systems

Job description

University Health Network's Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, Canada, is seeking a Clinical Research Coordinator I to support hereditary cancer genetics and genomics projects. This role reports to the Medical Geneticist and works with the Early Detection team to coordinate hereditary cancer studies.

The position involves patient recruitment, data coordination, regulatory submissions, and collaboration across a multidisciplinary health care team, with a focus on accuracy and compliance.