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Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we’re changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

position Summary

To be part of Research Operations at City of Hope, every employee should understand and share in the COH Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values which include integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion-must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

The Multicenter Research Operations (MCRO) office is part of the Strategic Partnerships & Start-Up division within City of Hope’s System Clinical Research. The office supports the launch, coordination, and accrual of City of Hope led treatment interventional clinical trials, including Investigator Initiated Trials (IITs) and externally Sponsored trials, that are extended to outside institutions for participation (sub-sites). For multicenter clinical trials, the office ensures smooth study start-up, regulatory compliance, and streamlined operations across participating sites.

Key responsibilities include:

Eligibility Determination for COH and Sub-sites:

• Review eligibility registration packets and confirm patient eligibility for enrollment.
• Manage registration tables, monitor toxicity assessments, track study accrual, and assign patients to different treatment cohorts and dose levels.

Study Start-Up and Activation for Sub-sites:

• Facilitate execution of confidentiality agreements and sub-site contracts.

• Conduct site feasibility assessments, study start-up, and aid in budget development.
• Conduct site initiation visits and assist with database account activation.
• Management of essential regulatory documents to issue site activation.

Study Maintenance for Sub-sites:

• *Liaise with various clinical trial departments and stakeholders, including pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers.
• Distribute updated study materials.
• Facilitate monthly conference calls.
• Manage investigational product/device supply requests.
• Assist in development of study documents.
• Assist in data reporting requirements and electronic system maintenance.
• Review and process invoices.

Regulatory Responsibilities for Sub-sites:

• Assists with submissions to the IRB of record.

• Review and submit reportable events (e.g., PD, SAE, UP) to applicable regulatory committees.

• Trial Master File/Investigator Site File management and study close out.

Your qualifications should include:

• Bachelor’s degree in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, nursing, or other related fields.
• Two or more years of experience in Clinical Research

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

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