Clinical Research Associate I - Health Services Research

Cedars-Sinai is an international leader in biomedical research, we translate discoveries into successful treatments with global impact.

We invite you to consider this phenomenal opportunity!

About the Team

The Cedars-Sinai Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CS-CORE) is a group of academicians that supports high quality research efforts using a health services research model. Members of the center have published extensively in the fields of healthcare quality measurements, patient-reported outcome (PRO) development, healthcare decision making, health economics and digital health sciences.

About the Role

As a Clinical Research Associate I, you will work directly with a Clinical Research Coordinator, Research Program Administrator, Research Nurse, or Principal Investigator to coordinate and/or implement the study. This role supports objectives of research studies through noncomplex tasks such as data collection, prescreening of potential and scheduling of current research participants, assisting in IRB submission activities, budget and billing, and ensuring overall compliance with all federal and local guidelines.

Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collects, evaluates and/or abstracts clinical research data.
• May assist in crafting forms for data collection/abstraction.
• Enters and processes clinical research data into Electronic Data Systems (EDCs) that are provided by the sponsors.
• Completes Case Report Forms (CRFs).
• Schedules research participants for research visits and research procedures.
• Provides supervised patient contact or independent patient contact for long term follow-up patients only.
• Assists supervising staff with regulatory submissions to the Institutional Review Board (IRB) including submission of Adverse Events, Serious Adverse Events, and Safety Letters in accordance with local and federal guidelines.
• Assists with clinical trial budgets and patient research billing.
• Responsible for sample preparation and shipping and maintenance of study supplies and kits.
• Maintains research practices using Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines. Maintains strict patient confidentiality according to HIPAA regulations and applicable law.
• May serve as one point of contact for external sponsors for select trials.
• May respond to sponsor inquiries and attend meetings regarding study activity under the direction of supervising staff.

Education:

• High School Diploma/GED is required.
• Bachelor's degree in Science, Sociology, or related degree is preferred.

Experience:

• One year of clinical research related experience is preferred.