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Purpose:

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is currently hiring for a regular Full-Time QA/QC & Training Coordinator to support their Oncology Clinical Research Services (CRS) team. The QA/QC Training Coordinator will work a Monday through Friday daylight schedule working as part of the Quality, Education, and Compliance team to support staff in the conduct of oncology trials at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.

This QA/QC Training Coordinator position will serve to function with a primary focus as an educator. The role will primarily focus on the new hire onboarding and training process and staff continuing education initiatives. This position will assist with the determination of subject eligibility and perform subject registrations. This position will assist with internal monitoring and auditing as needed.'

The role of the QA/QC & Training Coordinator is to plan, develop, coordinate and deliver training, continuing education, workflow support, process improvement & quality assurance monitoring to the staff of CRS. The purpose of these collective responsibilities is to enhance the quality, efficiency & productivity of CRS staff performance within clinical research coordination, data management & regulatory duties.

The trainer will provide supplemental training to physicians, nurses, and other allied health professionals on efficient coordination of clinical research studies through the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and UPMC Cancer Centers (UPMC CC) as needed.

The QA/QC Training Coordinator will serve as a role model of Service Excellence by providing quality training and development services that are responsive to staff needs, proactive in scope and demonstrate working effectiveness.

Responsibilities:

+ Provide closely supervised direct hands-on training supported through evidenced based theory, approved processes, departmental SOP's, skill labs, current resources and competency assessments.

+ Provide timely staff performance feedback to the Disease Center & Education/Compliance Clinical Research Manager

+ Provide departmental QA support through source data verification

+ Perform 2nd checks of source documents related to protocols

+ Obtain and review data and query delinquency reports for disease center data entry

+ Perform internal monitoring and pre-audit of subject charts

+ Perform 2nd and 3rd Eligibility checks and Registration of patients

+ Serve as an assistant to support all main functions of the QA team as needed

+ Assist in development of protocol specific source documents as well as support Disease center coordination and workload needs as staffing requirements deem necessary.

+ Develop, implement &/or recommend continuing education opportunities that support departmental needs, staff requests &/ or monitoring report indications.

+ Perform duties as assigned by management in disease centers when the need arises.

+ Assist with the scheduling and organization of pre-audit and internal monitoring activities as needed

+ Assist with multicenter trial data monitoring

+ Bachelor's degree and 4 years of research experience, or Master's degree and 2 years of research experience, or equivalent.

+ Clinical Research Certification preferred. Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

+ Act 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran