(Hybrid) Clinical Research Coordinator – WVU Cancer Institute Clinical Research Unit

• Bachelor's degree from an allied health discipline, or related medical field (such as nursing, medical technology, pharmacy, etc.)
• A minimum of two (2) years of experience in the following:
  • Working in a clinical setting and/or experience in clinical research
• Any equivalent combination of related education and/or experience will be considered.
• All qualifications must be met by the time of employment.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of clinical trials research. 
• Must possess and apply knowledge of many different and unrelated processes and methods related to such areas as:
  • Patient care – information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. 
  • Treatment design, administration and modification.
  • Counseling and education – principles and methods for training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
  • Data collection, validation, entry, analysis, and reporting.
  • Human subjects protection and related issues – knowledge of professional principles (GCP and IRB guidelines), legal and/or reporting requirements affecting grants and contracts, and adheres to industry and government standards.
• Skilled at being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do. 
• Skilled at communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. 
• Skilled at using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approached to problems. 
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. Position requires excellent customer service skills and the ability to communicate effectively with patients and families; pharmaceutical company personnel; regulatory and monitoring agency personnel; and, internal staff members. Communicates with physicians, patients, students and employees of WVU, WVU Hospitals, MBRCC and UHA. 
• Ability to develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintain them over time.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations. 
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. 
• Ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Ability to analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solution, solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. 
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
• Ability to develop specific goals and plans, to prioritize, organize and accomplish tasks independently and through others.

Requirements

• If applicable, valid RN license from the State of West Virginia.