Scheduled Hours

40

Position Summary

Work completely REMOTELY or on a HYBRID office/home schedule! This is your opportunity to get involved in the effort to end/prevent Alzheimerâ™s disease and be a part of a top-notch, collegial team dedicated to leading the field. Our growing team needs your clinical trial management skills, working on a platform study with our partners in Australia, Europe, Asia, South America, and the North America. Please read more about the cutting-edge research you can be a part of at the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, ranked #11 in research funding by U.S. News & World Reportâ™s Best Medical Schools list (2022 ).

About DIAN-TU

Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Disease (DIAD) is a rare form of Alzheimerâ™s disease that causes memory loss and dementia in people typically in their 30s to 50s. The disease affects less than 1% of the total population. In families that carry dominant mutations for Alzheimerâ™s, doctors can predict who will develop the disease and at approximately what age. This allows researchers to look for brain changes â“ long before symptoms appear â“ in people who carry such mutations, compared with their relatives who donâ™t.
At the DIAN-TU, we serve as the trial sponsor and we are evaluating promising drugs to treat DIAD. Through the DIAN-TU in 2012, our researchers initiated the worldâ™s first Alzheimerâ™s disease prevention trial in DIAD families. Visit our website to watch videos about our trials and participant families https://dian.wustl.edu/

Position assists investigators as coordinator of a complex clinical research study; may be responsible for multiple research studies simultaneously, acting as a liaison with the school, sponsoring agency, community and the study participants; responsible for managing and recording all phases of study protocol as required by sponsoring agency to ensure compliance.

The Clinical Research Coordinator II will support and assist in the operational planning, management and execution of multiple phase II/III global/international trials conducted in accordance with ICH/GCP and local and regional requirements from protocol concept through clinical study report for the DIAN-TU. The DIAN-TU will be the regulatory sponsor and coordinating center for the DIAN-TU and for major drug trials for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease. The DIAN-TU, including the DIAN-TU Trials, is funded through a partnership between Washington University, the Alzheimer's Association, pharmaceutical partners, the National Institute on Aging, and various other funding sources.á Washington University (DIAN-TU) will serve as the regulatory sponsor and FDA IND holder for the trial(s).

Job Description

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Major responsibility for the supporting and assisting in the operational planning, management and execution of multiple phase II/III global/international trials conducted in accordance with ICH/GCP and local and regional requirements from protocol concept through clinical study report for the DIAN-TU. Duties include support and assist the Clinical Operations team in the management and operations of the DIAN Trials Unit clinical trials programs including coordination and development of systems and processes to support trial operations and compliance. Working knowledge of Good Clinical Practices (GCPs); International Conference on Harmonization (ICH); European Community Guidelines, and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations; HHS Policies and Guidelines.
• Assist with the development, implementation, and ongoing updates of policies and processes to ensure regulatory compliance during start-up, conduct and closure of clinical research studies including management of the DIAN-TU Trial Master File. Processes include management of onboarding and training tracking for all team members; follow-up with DIAN-TU members on pending or missing training records. Assist with, provide input on, and develop/modify DIAN-TU Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Implement and maintain tracking systems and procedures for these processes, i.e. Trial Master File / Regulatory Master File, and project management systems (ex: SharePoint, Confluence, Jira, etc.).
• Develop, review/enhance and maintain systems and procedures for trial conduct, including electronic databases and operational files.
• Proactively identify needs, issues, or areas of improvement and implement processes or solutions to address the needs. Provides input to problem-solving and implements corrective action plans when necessary.

Preferred Qualifications

• ICH-GCP proficiency, CRA experience and practical experience in SOP and CRF development.
• Working knowledge of techniques and methodologies of Trial Management File management.
• Working knowledge of techniques and methodologies used in developing, coordinating, and managing clinical research projects with working knowledge of database management and spreadsheets.
• Good understanding of the operational execution of clinical protocols.
• Basic business writing skills for protocols amendments, study summaries, and progress reports.
• Experience with various electronic data capture, web-based applications, and storage systems.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral). Ability to be clear, direct, and tactful when communicating with multiple sites (national and international), departments, staff, CROs, vendors (e.g. Home Health Nurses), and investigators.
• Willing to travel as necessary (i.e. investigator meetings, seminars or company meetings, etc).

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree plus a minimum of two years of clinical research experience; a combination of relevant work and education equaling six years may substitute for this requirement.

Grade

C10

Salary Range

$50,600.00 - $75,800.00 / Annually

The salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individual rates within the range will be determined by factors including one's qualifications and performance, equity with others in the department, market rates for positions within the same grade and department budget.

Pre-Employment Screening

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