Study Coordinator - Cancer Clinical Trials

Ref.: 24-089_SS_VN

About the research group

IDIBELL, in collaboration with ICO-L'Hospitalet Hospital, serves as a leading center for clinical cancer research. In 2022, its Unit for Clinical Trials (UIC) was actively involved in 596 clinical trials, with ongoing recruitment or current activities attracting 681 patients. Many of these trials evaluate the most promising cancer therapies. The investigators are specialized and remain up-to-date with the latest advancements in treatment. At the UIC and its subunits, including UFF1, the most skilled professionals conduct the most demanding clinical trials.

About the role

• Coordination of Oncology Clinical Trials within a Functional Phase I Unit or Clinical Research unit entails:
  • Implementing coordinated procedures among various clinical services involved in patient inclusion, treatment, and follow-up.
  • Providing support to investigators and implementing electronic tools.
  • Managing human tissues between different external referring sites.
• Recording transactions in sponsor's systems (IWR) and recording trial and patient information into clinical and research applications.
• Handling administrative procedures during the study.
• Completing Serious Adverse Events (SAE) reports.
• Providing Case Report Form (CRF) training, completion, and correction, as well as resolving queries.
• Communicating with sponsors and Contract Research Organizations (CROs).
• Preparing for and hosting monitoring visits, audits, inspections, and internal and external information meetings.

Job requirements

Professional experience

• Minimum of 6 months of experience in oncology or hematology cancer clinical trials, either as a coordinator or data entry personnel
• Experience in coordinating or handling data entry in phase I, II, and III cancer trials

Education and training

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences
• Training in Good Clinical Practices
• Training in clinical trials and clinical research 

Technical & soft skills

• Proficient in MS Office applications (Outlook, Excel, Word) and internet usage for patients files management
• Familiarity with internet browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Edge) and patients files management systems
• To effectively organize, prioritize, and execute various activities with an understanding of their impact on the final outcome of a process
• Ability to empathize and comprehend the perspectives of others, offering assistance when needed.
• Capable of working efficiently under pressure.

Languages

• Good command of the English language

We will value, but not require

• Experience as a Clinical Trials Monitor
• Familiarity with SAP Argos Electronic Medical Record system
• Previous experience in data management of oncology studies
• Previous experience in clinical trials (excluding cancer)

What do we offer

•  No. of positions: 1
•  Estimated start date: 19/08/2024
•  Contract duration: Permanent linked to projects
•  Estimated annual gross salary: 30.594,06 €
•  You will be part of a multicultural team. We have a fun loving and friendly international work environment.
•  Flexible working schedule - We know you have a life outside of work and we will work with you to make sure it's kept that way.
•  Possibility to work some days in remote - Teleworking
•  26 working days of holiday per year
•  System of accumulated hours for employees, from 88 to 104 hours depending on the year (11 to 13 working days), to attend to personal matters.
•  Paid leave package
•  Benefits of constant training are offered
•  We offer and promote diverse and inclusive conditions. Applicants are made free from any discrimination. Specifically IDIBELL works to improve gender equality in all areas with the aim of achieving gender balance, but maintaining the most scrupulous respect to any choice at the level of gender identity. Please express yourself freely, safely and non-binarily, if that's the case.

Deadline: Please submit your application by 04/08/2024

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Our institute

IDIBELL is a research center that integrates the biomedical research of the Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), and the University of Barcelona in the Bellvitge Campus (UB), and the Viladecans Hospital (HV). The research focuses of IDIBELL are cancer, neuroscience, translational medicine and regenerative medicine. Research, innovation and society are the pivots on which researchers work every day in order to improve the quality of life of citizens.

Observations

The 'HR Excellence in Research' award represents IDIBELL’s commitment to the implementation of Human Resources policies, which oversee the attracting and development of talent in an open, transparent, and based on personal merit, in alignment with the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment Researchers (Charter and Code).

IDIBELL is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the implementation of open, transparent and merit-based recruitment (OTMR).