Department
NEUROLOGY (IN-NEUR-IUINA)
Department Information
The Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine Department of Neurology has a rich tradition in academic neurology with a national reputation in neurological education and neuroscience research. The department is located in the IU Health Neuroscience Center, a state-of-the-art outpatient center that unites all the specialties that involve nervous system disorders: Neurology, Neurosurgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Neuropsychology and Neuroradiology. It is also home of the main outpatient Neurophysiology laboratory at IU Health. The adjoining IU School of Medicine Neurosciences Research Building enables clinicians, basic scientists and clinician-scientists to collaborate in an environment that is rarely achieved in academic medicine.
Job Summary
- Provides a high level of direction and oversight for clinical research operations; ensures successful administration, operations, and financial management
- Establishes and drives execution of priorities in alignment with stakeholder, senior leadership, and researcher expectations
- Provides systematic direction for all clinical trial operations to ensure the organization meets all compliance measures as set forth in the clinical research studies provided by the sponsor.
- Supervises clinical research staff and conducts a variety of personnel actions to include, but not limited to hiring, training, promotion, performance management, and dismissal
- Provides direction for engagement with staff, other departments involved in research initiatives, internal and external customers, other health care systems, and other academic institutions to address project and program development and quality assurance while conducting clinical research which meets all federal, state, and university guidelines
- Evaluates protocol, study design and feasibility for subject population; determines staff and facility availability and resources and operationalization of proposed clinical trials; assesses study population/availability; develops, executes, and revises recruitment strategies as needed to ensure enrollment targets are met; monitors enrollment goals and modify recruitment strategy as necessary; schedules and coordinates pre-study visits with sponsor/s
- Performs subject interviews and assessments at study visits for data required by protocol; ensures proper collection, processing, shipment, and documentation of data (or specimens); communicates with laboratory, Principal Investigator(s) (PI), and sponsor(s) regarding laboratory findings
- Ensures inventory of study resources; prepares and negotiates budget; prepares payment schedule with sponsor(s); negotiates fees for associated services; manages study account and ensures that expenditures do not exceed contracted amount; monitors for appropriate charges; reconciles study budget accounts with business/financial administrator; ensures adherence to grant sponsors, Institutional Review Board (IRB) and university accounting and grant administration guidelines
- Prepares various reports (such as accrual, patient demographics, and diagnoses), as needed, along with other subjects for principal investigator(s), senior leaders and/or stakeholders who may require the information for inclusion in new or continuing grant applications
- Provides oversight and ensures proper management of all software and database systems used for the tracking and invoicing clinical trials; plans and establishes continued usage of any current or new clinical research systems
- Researches and stays up-to-date with new research developments by attending continuing education meetings, lectures, training sessions and conferences
Qualifications
Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.
EDUCATION / WORK EXPERIENCE
Required
- Masters degree plus 2 years of clinical research experience including supervisory experience; OR
- Bachelors degree plus 5 years of clinical research experience including supervisory experience
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES
Required
- Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in Indiana upon date of hire
- Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA) or Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) clinical research certification upon date of hire
SKILLS
Required
- Proficient communication skills
- Maintains a high degree of professionalism
- Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
- Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
- Excellent organizational skills
- Excellent collaboration and team building skills
- Effectively coaches and delivers constructive feedback
- Instills commitment to organizational goals
- Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills
- Effective conflict management skills
- Builds and manages effective teams
Working Conditions / Demands
This role requires sedentary work as well as extended durations of moving about the workplace. It requires the ability to move objects and equipment weighing up to 25 pounds, and the ability to discern between various objects and devices and to position patients. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
Benefits Overview
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
- Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
- Health savings account with generous IU contributions
- Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Basic group life insurance paid by IU
- Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
- Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
- Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
- Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
- 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
- Generous paid time off plans
- Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.
Job Classification
Career Level: Sr. Operational
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Research
Job Family: Clinical Research
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