The Senior Research Coordinator is responsible for assisting Principal Investigators with the execution of a centre-wide cancer research study. The position involves coordinating and implementing study protocol, and managing daily operational tasks. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, including clinicians, nurses, allied health professionals, and other stakeholders, to ensure satisfying consent rate and a positive patient recruitment experience.
Your Key Responsibilities will include:
Project Coordination:
- Coordinate the implementation of a centre-wide cancer research study aiming to recruit all cancer patients, ensuring adherence to study protocols, and regulatory requirements.
- Facilitate communication between the project team, supporting healthcare team, hospital administrators and other internal/external stakeholders.
Participant Management:
- Assist with screening, recruitment, and obtaining informed consent from study participants.
- Ensure proper collection, processing, and retrieval of biological specimens.
- Maintain accurate site files and oversee participant follow-up to ensure continuity and compliance.
Ethics and Compliance:
- Prepare and submit ethics applications and ensure compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines and other regulatory standards.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements and adapt study procedures accordingly.
Administrative and Operational Support:
- Manage day-to-day operational tasks related to multi-institutional population health studies.
- Collaborate with clinicians, nurses, and allied health professionals to identify and solve system and process issues.
- Support the project team with general administrative duties as needed.
Requirements:
- Bachelor or Master degree in a relevant field (e.g., public health, biology, life sciences, healthcare administration).
- Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience in clinical research or project coordination is required for this role, as well as experience in staff supervision.
- Well versed Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines and regulations applicable to Health Biomedical Research.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
- Proficient in English and a second language for ease of communication during patient recruitment.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills; and comfortable interacting with patient, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
- Meticulous, a good team player, independent and self-motivated with good time management abilities.
