Clinical Research Calendar Analyst

Cures Start Here. At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, home to three Nobel laureates, interdisciplinary teams of world-renowned scientists seek new and innovative ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases. Fred Hutch’s pioneering work in bone marrow transplantation led to the development of immunotherapy, which harnesses the power of the immune system to treat cancer. An independent, nonprofit research institute based in Seattle, Fred Hutch houses the nation’s first cancer prevention research program, as well as the clinical coordinating center of the Women’s Health Initiative and the international headquarters of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network. Careers Start Here.

At Fred Hutch, we believe that the innovation, collaboration, and rigor that result from diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission of eliminating cancer and related diseases. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an antiracist organization.  We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, antiracism, and inclusion.   

The CTMS Program Office is a tri-institutional office housed within the Fred Hutch Research Administration department providing implementation and operational support services for the OnCore Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) that is jointly managed by the Fred Hutch, the University of Washington (UW) and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA.)

The CTMS Clinical Reseach Calendar Analyst position is a high-value, high-impact role within the CTMS team that is currently in the process of implementing the OnCore CTMS to more than 100 study teams across UW, Fred Hutch and SCCA.

At the outset this role will support the CTMS Implementation Project and then transition into CTMS Operations.

Responsibilities

As a key member of the CTMS team, this position works extensively with coverage analysis specialists, budget specialists, clinical research coordinators, principal investigators, various stakeholders of UW, Fred Hutch and SCCA, to assist with building of calendars in accordance with the protocol document and budgets in the OnCore Clinical Trials Management System (CTMS).

Responsibilities:

• Build and configure electronic study calendars for clinical trial data capture in accordance with the terms of the protocol
• Stay up to date on all new and evolving institutional changes as they relate to policy, pricing, budgeting, etc. for clinical trial data captured in OnCore
• Develop prioritization schema to aid in workload management for calendar and budget build tasks
• Perform system testing as directed and quality control of application functionality during application upgrades
• Assist the help desk to support current customers who encounter problems or have questions
• Collaborate with direct supervisor, coverage analysis team, budget team, clinical research team, project managers, health system representatives, consultants and vendors to ensure overall completion of goals, schedules, and deadline
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; preferably in Clinical Research, Science, Health Sciences, Math or Computer Information Systems 
• Attention to detail and analytical mindset
• Quick and engaged learning skills; curiosity
• Comfortable with ambiguity and ability to ask good questions to clarify understanding
• Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and orally
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees at all levels throughout the institution
• Outstanding customer service skills  

Preferred Qualifications:

• 4-6 months experience in clinical research
• Experience in building calendars with OnCore at a research center
• Experience with CTMS or financial data systems in support of clinical research
• Experience reading and interpreting clinical research protocol
• Demonstrated knowledge of study design criteria, randomization processes, clinical and bio-specimen terms used in research studies, and scientific and medical concepts and terminology.
• Knowledge of Federal and Institutional confidentiality policies applicable to electronic databases containing protected health information and data collected specifically for research.
• Knowledge of medical billing terms and research billing operations for industry, institutional and national group -sponsored research

A statement describing your commitment and contributions toward greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in your career or that will be made through work at Fred Hutch is requested of all finalists.

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