What are the responsibilities and job description for the Investigator Research Assistant - St. Vincent Medical Center position at Mercy Health?
Summary
Responsible for assisting in all aspects of Investigator Initiated Studies coordinated through the central coordinating center.
Essential Functions
Act as a safety medical monitor when needed by reviewing and documenting the completion of the reviews of all clinical events and all serious clinical events recorded by the sites and provide a monthly report to the Central Coordinating Center (CCC) research team
Assist in facilitating communication with central statistical center, Data Safety Management Team, the study sites that are reporting to the CCC at St. Vincent, third party vendor providing the electronic data to the CCC and to all sites, any needed third party subcontract to maintain services needed across all sites and with the third party vendor, core imaging center and assuring timely completion of the tasks
Reconcile and assist the manager in obtaining and completing the subcontracts from all the national research sites
Assist in site initiation visits with slides to illustrate the study and requirements, Remote and occasional on site monitoring that requires travel to the sites
Assist in Drafting and proof editing study abstract, meeting presentations, Submission of abstract to meeting website, Help and drafting of the paper/manuscript preparation, Double checking and performing statistical analysis as needed, submission of full paper to the journals
Responsible for assisting with the clinical administrative operations activities involving clinical contract and budget support including but not limited to filing, scanning, mailing, populating spreadsheets and other administrative tasks as assigned. Duties and functions include:
Filing the documentation obtained from all sites and maintaining it in accordance with regulatory and compliance rules as per FDA, and study regulations.
Perform Quality Control (QC) on the scanned contracts to ensure: All pages of the documents are included; all required signatures are verified and present; all budget pages are legible; and all documents have been saved in the Shared Folder for CCC team.
Assist with maintaining administration with the help of CCC team invoices from other sites. Work with financial analyst and manager to ensure the QC of the budgets and accounts.
Required Minimum Education:
4 year/ Bachelors Degree
Specialty/Major:
Healthcare, research or related field
Preferred Education:
4 year/ Bachelors Degree
Specialty/Major:
Healthcare, research or related field
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Years and Type of Experience:
1 year
Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
Minimum one year of experience in clinical research, writing, drafting clinical paper, abstract submission to scientific meetings, submission of full clinical research paper to journal, base stat knowledge and analysis performance
Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:
Relevant experience typically includes document management and systems experience in other CMS tools including Excel and TMF
Combination of post-secondary education and experience in lieu of a degree
This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.
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Paid time off
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