Clinical Trial Coordinator/Research Assistant

Position: Clinical Trial Coordinator/Research Assistant

Location: Boston, MA (Hybrid)

Duration: 6 Month Contract to Hire

Job Description:

The Cardiac Imaging Core Lab (CICL) is an academic research organization located within our client's hospital. The CICL provides echocardiography core laboratory services for primarily large-scale global clinical trials responsible for site training and interface as well as echo analysis of images received. There are approximately 40 staff supporting 40+ clinical trials ongoing at any given time with a typical volume of 1000 – 1500 echos received each month. Working under the direction of the CICL Technical Director, the Clinical Trial Coordinator (CTC) will function as a technical research assistant responsible for assisting the Technical Director with day-to-day technical workflow, throughput, and other day-to-day coordination activities associated with the CICL’s technical team.

Minimum Qualifications:

BA/BS degree in health sciences, physiology or related field.

Intermediate experience in Microsoft office including Excel.

Ideal candidate will possess basic understanding of cardiac anatomy and physiology andsome general medical knowledge.

Has an interest in clinical research and/or trial project management and have a basicunderstanding of FDA regulations, ICH and GCP guidelines concerning human subjectresearch.

SKILLS/ABILITIES/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

Highly organized and systematic in work processes.

Able to perform a variety of general technical, research administrative and professional duties to support research activities of technical team.

Self-motivated and proactive; able to identify, track, and drive issue resolution with little or nosupervision or prompting

Able to function at a high level in a dynamic and busy environment

Able to take direction from, as well as influence and establish strong working relationships witha wide variety of individuals at all levels throughout CICL

Very dependable and able to demonstrate a respect for the importance of how work practicesaffect data quality.

Able to learn how research and sponsor-related contractual obligations work.

Able to communicate concisely and effectively, without undue delays, both verbally and inwriting

Responsibilities:

Assist with technical workflow monitoring and tracking.

Track analysts’ throughput and maintain required documents in compliance with CICL SOP under the supervision of Technical Director

Work with CICL technical team to monitor the data transfer schedule, and keep theTechnical Director updated.

Assist the Technical Director and Quality Assurance Team with collecting, monitoring, and tracking technical onboarding documentation, and routine training documentation.

Organize and monitor the Technical Director’s schedule, deliverables, and due dates. Send reminders and follow up.

Schedule and coordinate the technical team reproducibility program. Assist the Technical Director with preparing documentation for this.

Coordinate Technical team meetings, prepare agendas, track action items to completion, take and distribute minutes.

Assist the Technical Director with document updates. Maintain final versions of technical documents and distribute to relevant technical team members.

Maintain lists of technical staff assignments.