RESEARCH COORDINATOR

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The University of Washington's Division of Hematology and Oncology includes 130+ faculty members located at the UW Medical Center (UWMC), the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (FHCC), and the VA Puget Sound Health Care System. Over the past 40 years, members of the Division have developed the world's leading bone marrow transplant program. In addition, members of the Division have made substantial contributions to many other areas of cancer treatment, including the use of tumor vaccines, cellular therapy for cancer, antibody-based treatments, and novel forms of chemotherapy and hormonal therapy. Our Division is deeply committed to maintaining its position as one of the leading centers for research and treatment of cancer in the world.

The Division of Hematology and Oncology has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time Clinical Research Coordinator. The purpose of this position is to promote the research objectives of UW Lymphoma & Myeloma Research Program in the Division of Hematology and Oncology. This position works with faculty, staff, and departments across multiple institutions to implement and coordinate multiple investigator-initiated and pharmaceutical-sponsored clinical trials.

Position Complexities
This position is required to use independent judgment, leadership and expert knowledge of the academic clinical trial healthcare operations to effectively facilitate the work flow and promote a collaborative work environment.  The position will maintain dynamic communication with the study investigators, research staff, numerous UW, and FHCC departments, federal agencies and industry partners.

This position is supervised by and reports to the Clinical Research Program Manager of the UW Lymphoma & Myeloma Research team.

This position is constantly required to integrate information from multiple sources to ensure that all research proposals meet the requirements of the University, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health and the study sponsor.  This position develops and implements procedures that ensure that all research meets or exceeds these requirements while expeditiously furthering the research objectives of the UW Lymphoma & Myeloma Research team. There are multiple resources available within the University system (e.g. Grant and Contract Services, Institutional Review Board, Office of Industry Relations) to help in this process, but ultimately, the work must be done independently and in a resourceful manner to expedite the Division's research objectives.  This position also supports the conduct of pharmaceutical sponsor-initiated, FDA-initiated, and institution-initiated audits of study data.  Finally, this position interacts with representatives from pharmaceutical companies, health care providers and terminally ill patients in a manner that well-represents the University of Washington and its associated institutions (FHCC).

Position Dimensions and Impact to the University
The mission statement of the University of Washington Medical Center states that the Medical Center serves as a research resource, providing an environment in which clinical research may be conducted.  This position is essential to that mission.  This position provides significant contributions to research development, implementation and compliance for clinical trials and research studies for the UW Lymphoma & Myeloma Research Program in the Division of Hematology and Oncology.  This individual will be responsible for overseeing the management of up to 10 clinical trials of varying complexities, the majority of which provide significant financial support for the Division of Hematology and Oncology.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
This position must be able to work independently under administrative direction on multiple clinical trials without benefit of written policies or procedures. This position requires daily interaction with pharmaceutical sponsors, providers, other health care personnel (e.g. nurses, patient care coordinators, insurance companies), and patients. This position will manage multiple clinical trials, including out-patient and in-patient elements, with the expectation of additional projects in the future.

Protocol, Patient, and Data Management - 85%