Clinical Research Supervisor I – Neurology

The Clinical Research Supervisor provides immediate supervision to
routine research study coordination.  You will supervise unit
operations to ensure compliance with departmental and organizational policies,
procedures, and defined internal controls.  You will supervise operational
management of clinical research/trial/study activities from design, set up,
conduct, through closeout. The Clinical Research Supervisor oversees planning
and organizing necessary tasks to ensure adherence to the study protocol and
applicable regulations such as institutional policy and procedures, FDA Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), and ICH Good Clinical Practice (GCP). You will serve
as a liaison with the Principal Investigator (PI), ancillary departments,
central research infrastructure teams, sponsors, institutions, and other
entities as needed to support the administration of all aspects of studies,
including, but not limited to, compliant conduct, financial management, and
adequate personnel support. The responsibilities outlined in the job
description provide a general overview of duties and tasks performed
the role. Performance of duties and tasks will vary based on the department
operations, the type of study, and scope of service.

Salary Range: $83800 – $1794000/Annually

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in a
  clinical research setting.
• Interpersonal skills to effectively
  communicate information in a timely, professional manner and establish and
  maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with students, staff,
  faculty, external collaborators and administration and to work as a member of a
  team. 
• Ability to effectively communicate to
  and interact with patients in a compassionate and kind manner.
• Ability to set priorities and complete
  ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, with frequent interruptions, to meet
  the programmatic and department needs, while complying with applicable
  University policies and federal and state regulations.
• Analytical skills to assess clinical
  research protocols and regulatory requirements, define problems, formulate
  logical solutions, develop alternative solutions, make recommendations, and
  initiate corrective actions.
• Close attention to detail to ensure
  accuracy in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment. Ability to adapt to
  changing job demands and priorities, remain flexible including working flexible
  hours to accommodate research deadlines.
• Organization skills to create and
  maintain administrative and regulatory files effectively as well as
  independently balance the various tasks to ensure deadlines are met.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe
  and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel, to perform daily tasks
  efficiently and accurately. 
• Knowledge of and experience working
  with a variety of local and external IRBs, scientific review and other research
  committees, national cooperative group sponsors, industry sponsors, federal and
  foundation funding organizations, etc.
• Strong verbal and written
  communication skills to effectively establish rapport, building collaborative
  relationships, and communicate complex concepts and ideas in an
  easy-to-understand manner.
• Ability to handle confidential
  information with judgement and discretion.
• Availability to work in more than one
  environment, travelling to various clinic sites, meetings, conferences, etc.
• Advanced knowledge of and experience
  working with a variety of local and external IRBs, scientific review and other
  research committees, national cooperative group sponsors, industry sponsors,
  federal and foundation funding organizations, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret IRB,
  FDA, federal and UCLA requirements and utilize that information to guide
  investigators and other team members.
• Expert level working knowledge of
  clinical research concepts, policies and procedures, and human safety
  protection regulations and laws.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge
  of clinical trials budgeting processes to manage the preparation of clinical
  trials budgets.
• Demonstrated experience with FDA
  processes and procedures.
• Ability to lead the development and
  implementation of quality improvement activities, SOPs, processes, etc.
• Team leadership experience (i.e.
  projects, committees, etc.).
• Ability to develop and give
  presentations to leadership, positively representing the department.
• Ability to predict potential problems
  and proactively implement solutions.
• Ability to clearly communicate complex
  departmental and institution-wide policies and ensure understanding.
• Ability to manage complex and
  sometimes conflicting departmental priorities and external timelines.

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