Clinical Research Specialist - California Heart Foundation at Cedars-Sinai

Overview

Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. By joining us in an academic role, you’ll be a part of formulating future ideas for discovery and then translating those discoveries into cures for the benefit and health of the Los Angeles community.

Full-time & Per-Diem
Level: Mid to Senior
Travel: Minimal (if any)
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What makes a successful Clinical Research Specialist - California Heart Foundation at Cedars-Sinai? Check out the traits we’re looking for and see if you have the right mix.

Analytical
Organized
Deadline-oriented
Adaptable
Results-driven
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Culture

Discovery is central to Cedars-Sinai’s mission. Our laboratories and clinics generate ideas, therapies, devices, and systems that contribute to biomedical progress around the world. Cedars-Sinai’s investigators push the frontiers of biomedicine with studies in cardiac care, cancer, digestive health, the neurosciences, women’s health, and more. Cedars-Sinai’s robust academic enterprise shapes the experts who will help redefine medicine for the next generation.

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Responsibilities

Requisition # HRC0803126

The Cedars-Sinai Medical Group offers a full spectrum of Internal Medicine and Multi-Specialty patient care, servicing patients in geographies across the Greater Los Angeles area.

The group is home to many investigators and staff with an interest in clinical research. To provide needed support for the growing portfolio of research, and ensure optimal success, we have implemented a centralized research infrastructure that:

Allows for greater collaboration and shared resourcing
Standardizes processes and streamline costs
Creates transparency and accountability in financial reporting
Ensures appropriate feasibility and impact reviews
Provides consistency to sponsors and research partners
Assures appropriate training for research investigators/staff
Assures financial and regulatory compliance to minimize risk

We are seeking a Clinical Research Specialist who will provide clinical research expertise by participating in the design and implementation of research projects and care of research patients as needed. You will be responsible for specific and assigned aspects of research infrastructure development, coordinates projects, and communicates status and improvement areas to leadership. You may implement and coordinate department-wide initiatives such as research quality management or clinical trial recruitment efforts. Will ensure compliance with all federal and local agencies including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and local Institutional Review Board (IRB).

Educational Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in related field strongly preferred
Master's Degree preferred

Licenses:

Certification in Clinical Research preferred

Experience:

Five (5) years’ experience in area of clinical research.
Five (5) years’ experience in IRB clinical research application procedures or related experience in Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology, or Contract Research Organization is preferred.
Five (5) years’ experience in Phase I, II, III, IV clinical trials and investigator-initiated trials is preferred.

Working Title: Clinical Research Specialist - California Heart Foundation
Department: Research - CSMN
Business Entity: Medical Network Foundation
City: Beverly Hills
Job Category: Academic/Research
Job Specialty: Research Studies/Clinical Trials
Position Type: Full-time
Shift Length: 8 hour shift
Shift Type: Day

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