Research Associate - (Oncology)

UPMC; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is seeking a regular full-time Clinical Research Associate - Oncology to support the Clinical Research Services team in Pittsburgh, PA. This role will float across Oncology Disease Center studies, working weekdays with daylight hours.

The CRS team includes nearly 200 staff coordinating oncology-focused trials, data collection, and protocol management under the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute umbrella.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare or related field or four years of experience in clinical research or three years with certification.

Responsibilities

• Enter subject trial registrations and study status updates into CTMA.
• Coordinate initiation, site evaluations, monitoring visits, and sponsor audits.
• Verify subject eligibility via medical records, labs, radiology, or CT results.
• Create study-specific source documents, CRFs and visit checklists.
• Review and obtain patient records, slides, radiology tests, and lab results prior to entry.
• Conduct consenting and study implementation for various trials.

Skills

Project management

Supervisory experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in healthcare or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

PC database application

Job description

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is currently hiring a regular full-time Clinical Research Associate - Oncology to help support the Clinical Research Services team located within the Hillman Cancer Center in Shadyside/Pittsburgh, PA & Hillman Women's Oncology Program at Magee Women's Hospital in Oakland/Pittsburgh, PA. This role will float and support various Oncology Disease Center program studies working Monday through Friday daylight hours.

The Clinical Research Services (CRS) team is made up of nearly 200 staff members who facilitate development, implementation, coordination, internal data monitoring, and completion of oncology-focused trials at Hillman. These trials include institutional (investigator-initiated), multi-center cooperative group/National Clinical Trial Network (NCTN), consortium, and industry-sponsored trials. Using a disease-specific centers model for conducting clinical trials, CRS provides study development and implementation assistance, submissions to the FDA, IRB processing, patient recruitment, study coordination, study-specific training, data collection, and specimen collection and processing.

Under the direction of the Clinical Research Manager, the research associate will work with physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals to facilitate clinical research trials provided through the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and UPMC Hillman Cancer Centers and to independently execute job functions related to protocol management.

This position is part of a UPMC Research Career ladder. The incumbent will be hired into the appropriate level of research associate position based on their current education and experience level.

Responsibilities

• Assists in entering subject trial registration and study status updates into CTMA.
• Assists in the coordination of initiation, site evaluation, monitoring visits, and audits required by the sponsor.
• Assists in verifying subject eligibility according to protocols by reviewing medical records, laboratory, and radiology or CT scan results.
• Create study-specific source documents, case report forms and study visit checklists.
• Ensures that patient's records, slides, radiology tests, lab work results, etc. are obtained and reviewed prior to patient entry into a study.
• Performs consenting process and study implementation of lab, registry, and non-therapeutic clinical trials.
• Process required documents as need for the research protocols.
• Responsible for prompt and accurate data collection for protocols.
• Shares responsibility of managing the day-to-day activities for the research protocols.
• Will serve as an assistant to support all main functions of the department.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare or related field
  • OR four (4) years of experience in clinical research and/or related setting
  • OR three (3) years of experience in clinical research with certification.
• Additional skills include prior knowledge and use of Microsoft Office software produces and the ability to work with a PC database application.
• Preferred knowledge of research methodology and prior supervisory and or/ project management experience preferred.
• Oncology and/or Research experience preferred.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances

• Act 34 Criminal Clearance