Staff001423 Staff Research Associate I

2 weeks ago


San Francisco, United States Northern California Institute for Research and Education Full time

Northern California Institute for Research and Education (NCIRE) is the leading nonprofit research institute in the United States devoted to advancing Veterans health research. NCIRE is part of one of the world’s most dedicated and successful Veterans care communities, pioneering new treatments and understandings of military medicine and care.

Along with our partners at the San Francisco VA Health Care System and the University of California, San Francisco, we are working to discover and develop effective, safe, and practical treatments for military injuries and diseases affecting Veterans. Through new technologies, novel scientific insights, and international clinical collaborations, we strive to set a new standard of health care research for Veterans and military personnel.

**Position Definition**:
The Staff Research Associate I is responsible for participating in the day-to-day operations of routine, mínimally complex clinical research programs and/or studies conducted by Principal Investigators (PIs) at the San Francisco VA. Performs a variety of administrative and operational duties involved in the collection, compilation, documentation, and review of clinical research data. Supports the achievement of research program and/or study objectives. Works under close supervision, receiving instruction, guidance and direction from Senior staff research associates, Clinical Research Supervisor and/or leadership team.

We are looking for a professional, team-motivated, detail-oriented individual to provide support for both new and ongoing research projects on the Hematology Oncology Research Team here at the SFVA These projects encompass industry and/or PI-initiated studies focusing on precision oncology.

**Essential Functions**:

- An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform. _
- Conduct study specific procedures including but not limited to:

- Consenting patients for non-interventional research studies
- Interviewing patients
- Generating patient correspondence
- Regulatory - Submits assigned studies for review and approval and provides status updates throughout the startup process. Assists regulatory team with Institutional Review Board (IRB) preparation and submission.
- Study Participation - Screens, schedules, consents participants in assigned clinical research programs and/or studies. With guidance, explains the difference between clinical activities and research activities, risk and benefits of study participation to participants. Engages with senior study team to maintain participant recruitment and retention rates and assists with participants with individual needs, collects information to determine feasibility. Collects information to determine feasibility, recruitment, and retention strategies. Collects, prepares, processes, ships, and maintains inventory of research specimens.
- Human Subject Research Protection - Maintains compliance with institutional requirements and policies. Develops and maintains a familiarity with the ethical conduct of research and safeguards needed when conducting clinical research. Trains in the design of safeguards to ensure ethical conduct and to protect vulnerable populations and participates in sponsor required training. Trains on professional guidelines and code of ethics.
- Team Coordination - Proactively includes others in decision making and escalates issues to leadership as necessary. Learns various stakeholders (statistical, operational, etc.) to ensure adequate design, implementation, and testing of clinical research program and/or study aims.
- Quality Assurance - Investigates incomplete, inaccurate, or missing data/documents to ensure accuracy and completeness of data. Recognizes and reports vulnerabilities related to security of physical and electronic data. Assists with recognizing trends related to data quality and escalates as appropriate. Adheres to and participates in the development and assessment of quality assurance. Assists with identifying issues related to operational efficiency and shares results with team members.

**Job Requirements**:

- B.A. / B.S.
- Prior experience with research in the hard sciences, clinical sciences, or social sciences, including prior academic research experience, e.g. college-level research
- Strong oral/written communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
- Experience with word processing and database software, such as Microsoft Access and Excel
- Proficiency in conducting literature searches
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities to achieve desired goals
- Excellent organizational skills
- Strong attention to detail

Northern California Institute for Research and Education (NCIRE) is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Per San Francisco's Fair Chance Ordinance, Northern C



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