Position Focus:

Yale Cancer Center is Connecticut's only cancer center designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Yale Cancer Center delivers the highest quality patient-centered care, achieves breakthrough discoveries, and trains the future leaders in cancer science and medicine. There are over 300 clinical trials providing the most advanced cancer therapies at Smilow Cancer Hospital and in the 15 Care Centers, and trials are available within 20+ disease units. Yale has been at the forefront of understanding the fundamental mechanisms of cancer biology and in developing effective therapies for the treatment of cancer, and harnesses the resources of the Yale School of Medicine and Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven to advance cancer research, prevention, and patient care, as well as community outreach and education.

Working under the direction of the Assistant Director for Clinical Research, manages Disease Aligned Research Team (DART) staff and ensures appropriate infrastructure to conduct clinical trials in accordance with the study protocol and applicable policies and regulation while ensuring participant safety. Collaborates with DART Leader and Principal Investigator (PI) on assessment and implementation of highly complex trials for the research team. Manages oversight of protocol conduct and ensures that research site personnel and investigators, are conducting the study per the protocols and Good Clinical Practice guidelines. Monitors federal and state regulations for new guidance, updates, or policies.

Essential Duties

1. Manages and monitors policies, practices and procedures of licensed and unlicensed staff in their assigned translational working group (includes C&T and M&P staff). 
2. Ensure infrastructure to conduct clinical trials by evaluating the clinical, physical, technological, and staff resources required to ensure each clinical trial can be conducted in accordance with the study protocol, applicable policies and regulation while ensuring participant safety. Includes assigning nursing and research support staff to the disease team specific clinical trials.
3. Hires, trains, supervises and evaluates staff providing direction, training, support on a variety of research topics, including but not limited to: Informed Consent, enrolling study subjects, data management and monitoring/auditing of studies.
4. Collaborate with Therapeutic Working Group Leader (TWG) and Principal Investigator (PI) on assessment and implementation of highly complex trials for the research team. Includes identifying accrual targets, study activation timelines and metrics and resolving potential discrepancies and/or barriers to enrollment by prior to study activation. 
5. Implements and manages internal practices of assigned translational working group that ensure compliance with University and federal requirements. 
6. Manage oversight of protocol conduct and ensure that research site personnel and investigators, are conducting the study according to the protocols and Good Clinical Practice guidelines. Monitors federal and state regulations for new guidance, updates, or policies. Maintains a high degree of knowledge on these requirements to determine actions and follow directives that may be required to ensure University compliance with congruency review and reporting requirements. 
7. Coordinates, oversees and participates in meetings including but not limited to Pre-study Visits, Site Initiation Visits, Monitoring visits, Multi-disciplinary Team meetings, staff meetings.
8. Liaison between the Grants and Contracts offices, investigators, and business managers to resolve congruency issues in a timely manner for projects within their assigned translational working group
9. Liaison between clinical and non-clinical related departments to resolve congruency issues in a timely manner for protocols/projects within their assigned translational working group.

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant academic/scientific field and a minimum of 4 years of experience in clinical trials research or the equivalent combination of education or experience.

Required Skill/Ability 1:

Proven ability to manage and monitor the policies, practices and procedures of licensed and unlicensed staff. Proven ability to develop specific short- and long-term objectives for staff.

Required Skill/Ability 2:

Demonstrated ability to ensure appropriate infrastructure by evaluating the clinical, physical, technological, and staff resources required to ensure each clinical trial can be conducted in accordance with the study protocol, applicable policies, and regulation while ensuring participant safety.

Required Skill/Ability 3:

Strong knowledge of Good Clinical Practice guidelines. Proven ability to interpret federal, state, university and sponsor policies and regulations. Proven ability to interpret complex oncology clinical trial protocols and federal, state, local guidelines.

Required Skill/Ability 4:

Proven ability to manage several projects concurrently, while balancing competing priorities and deadlines. Extreme flexibility in work focus; ability to switch among several different projects without any adverse effects.

Required Skill/Ability 5:

Demonstrated ability to report on the status of project deliverables and draft and submit project updates to Yale team and study sponsor.

Preferred Education, Experience and Skills:

Proven experience supervising staff.

Preferred Licenses or Certifications:

Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) preferred.

Weekend Hours Required?

Occasional

Evening Hours Required?

Occasional

Drug Screen

No

Health Screening

No

Background Check Requirements

All candidates for employment will be subject to pre-employment background screening for this position, which may include motor vehicle, DOT certification, drug testing and credit checks based on the position description and job requirements. All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of the background check. Please visit www.yale.edu/hronline/careers/screening/faqs.html for additional information on the background check requirements and process.

Posting Disclaimer

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the essential functions that will be required of the position and should not be construed as a declaration of specific duties and responsibilities of the particular position. Employees will be assigned specific job-related duties through their hiring departments.

Affirmative Action Statement:

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