Research Assistant - NC Heart and Vascular Research

Description

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Summary :

Screens and enrolls patients in clinical trials, conducts all patient follow-up requirements, maintains clinical trial regulatory documents. Current trials include cardiac stents and devices, carotid stenting (high and low surgical risk patients), lipid-lowering medications, and anticoagulant medications.

Responsibilities :

1. Screen patients daily of all current investigators for clinical trial eligibility. Consent and enroll eligible patients.

2. Collect any necessary specimens and prepare shipment to appropriate core laboratory. Collect patient data and / or information from catheterization laboratory, copy patient chart.

3. Complete appropriate case report forms for all patients enrolled.

4. Ship angiography films, ECG's and / or ultrasounds to appropriate core laboratories. Perform drug and / or device accountability.

5. Provide in-service for hospital and cardiac catheterization laboratory staff on currently enrolling protocols. Provide information to Pharmacy regarding all investigational drug protocols. Provide device accountability to cardiac catheterization laboratory procurement and information services department.

6. Attend Investigator and Clinical Research Coordinator meetings for various upcoming protocols. Attend regularly scheduled phone and / or web teleconferences for currently enrolling studies.

7. Maintain regulatory documents for currently enrolling studies. Print and file all sponsor correspondence. Maintain internal databases as needed (carotid artery and left main stenting).

8. Perform office and / or phone follow-up visits.

9. Report serious adverse events and protocol deviations to the appropriate sponsor as required. Prepare data for sponsor and monitor review on a regular basis.

10. Prepare and submit new protocols, protocol amendments, serious adverse events, protocol deviations, sponsor safety reports, and other necessary documents. Accommodate sponsor and / or FDA audits as necessary.

Other Information

Other information :

Education Requirements :

• Associate degree required. Bachelor's degree is preferred.

Licensure / Certification Requirements :

Professional Experience Requirements :

Knowledge / Skills / and Abilities Requirements :

Job Details

Legal Employer : NCHEALTH

Entity : UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit : Rex NC HandV Research

Work Type : Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week : 40.00

Salary Range : $17.94 - $25.25 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type : Onsite

Work Schedule : Day Job

Location of Job : US : NC : Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime : Exempt : No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d / b / a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and / or to apply for a career opportunity.