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Regulatory Coordinator

Posted: August 07, 2024
Salary:US$28.00 - US$37 per hour
Location:Chicago
Job type: Contract
Discipline:Life Sciences
Reference:232238_1723051563
Work Location:On-site

Job description

Job Summary:

Coordinates and guides the review and approval process of all research activities associated with clinical research studies involving human subjects ensuring the protection of their safety, rights, and welfare. Interprets and applies rules and regulations (NU, local, state, federal, industry, sponsor, etc.) and recommends and guides principal investigators (PIs) and research staff in the creation, submission, documenting, reporting, etc. of study activities ensuring appropriate compliance.

**This role involves cancer-relevant clinical and research studies involving human subjects.

Specific Responsibilities:

  • Determines and interprets applicable rules and regulations associated with clinical research studies and trials involving human subjects ensuring the protection of their safety, rights, and welfare. Guides and coordinates all associated submission, documentation, and reporting processes (new study applications, renewals, revisions, modifications, amendments, adverse events, safety reports, close-out, etc.) recommending alternatives to ensure compliance and approval.
  • Acts as liaison between research staff (PI, faculty, nurses, technicians, etc.), and internal/external regulatory and oversight groups (NU's IRB, sponsors (NIH, industry), government agencies (FDA), etc.) to resolve issues and problems, negotiate compromises, and offer alternatives and recommendations to facilitate and expedite research while ensuring compliance.
  • Determines compliance required documentation and drafts necessary items such as protocols, informed consent, etc. Ensures accuracy of IRB approval letters with respect to sponsor information and NIH grant identifiers.
  • Provides guidance and training to research staff to ensure compliance with complex, highly specialized rules and regulations associated with clinical research studies and trials involving human subjects.
  • Creates reports, summaries and analysis in regard to compliance requirements recommending changes in practice or procedure to increase effectiveness and efficiency of compliance.
  • Researches new and updated rules and regulations associated with clinical research studies and trials involving human subjects. Alerts appropriate staff to changes and ensures appropriate interpretation and application to new and existing studies and trials.

Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in a major such as computer science, information technology, or related; OR appropriate combination of education and experience.
  • Knowledge of oncology terminology and staging; General knowledge of protocol design.

Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.)

  • ATTDET Attention to Detail Consistently displays accuracy and attention to detail.
  • ORG Organization Plans, organizes and schedules in an efficient, productive manner; anticipates contingencies and pays attention to detail; targets projects or initiatives that require special attention and focuses on key tasks when faced with limited time and or resources.
  • RER - Strong regulatory knowledge including familiarity with Code of Federal Regulations and Good Clinical Practice Guidelines.
  • COMP - Computer literacy in word processing database use, and file management.
  • TEAMPLA - Ability to work as part of a team.

Preferred Qualifications: (Education and experience)

  • CITI certification.
  • One year experience in research, clinical trials research, or regulatory knowledge.

Preferred Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities)

  • COW Communication-Oral and Written Communicates effectively one-to-one, in small groups and in public speaking contexts; writes precise, well-organized emails, letters and proposals while using appropriate vocabulary and grammar.
  • RER Research Regulations Demonstrates knowledge of federal and state regulations governing the participation of human and animal research subjects
  • TEAM PLA Team Player Seeks to build collaboration by encouraging trust, mutual respect and shared purpose among various participants in an engagement.