Job Description
Description:
Job Summary:
In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is also responsible for aiding patient care management during clinical studies; preparing medications as outlined in study protocols; documenting care provided to patients; monitoring and reporting changes in patient condition; leveraging working knowledge to support medical operations and patient safety; and providing educational materials to patients.
Essential Responsibilities: - Pursues effective relationships with others by sharing resources, information, and knowledge with coworkers and members. Listens to, addresses, and seeks performance feedback. Pursues self-development; acknowledges strengths and weaknesses based on career goals and takes appropriate development action to leverage / improve them. Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work. Assesses and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.
- Completes work assignments by applying up-to-date knowledge in subject area to meet deadlines; follows procedures and policies, and applies data and resources to support projects or initiatives with limited guidance and/or sponsorship. Collaborates with others to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information. Supports the completion of priorities, deadlines, and expectations. Identifies and speaks up for ways to address improvement opportunities.
- Assists in budgeting and financing by: developing a working understanding of how to provide input on implementing budget components for internally funded standard projects.
- Conducts clinical research by: collecting data in clinical trials (e.g., recruiting human subjects, administering surveys and/experiments) following general directions; leveraging a working knowledge of source data and the tools leveraged for analyzing, and interpreting clinical data; developing a working knowledge of clinical trials, studies, and interventions at the site-level; contributing to the development of standard clinical research protocols and other processes of clinical trials with limited guidance; supporting the preparation of study documentation sent to regulatory bodies (e.g., IRB) for review and approval prior to implementation, under guidance; may also be responsible for supporting or executing standard clinical trial activities (e.g., informed consent process, lab support and processing, pharmaceutical documentation data, sample processing, adverse event assessment process); and may be involved in supporting standard research lab operations(e.g., biological specimen collection, including patient preparation, labeling, handling, preservation or fixation, processing or preparation, and transportation and storage of specimens), with guidance.
- Supports research compliance by: learning to draft and submit clinical trial applications, under guidance, in compliance and consistency with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations and KP policies and procedures; assisting with the identification of compliance and/or quality issues, escalating as necessary; implementing updates to compliance-monitoring/audit systems and documentation with guidance; learning to and performing data entry tasks with minimal supervision to assist with risk-management; implementing research protocols, procedures, and guidance to ensure confidentiality, privacy, and security of clinical research data with minimal supervision; and leveraging basic research expertise to provide guidance to investigators and other key stakeholders to ensure compliance with IRB approved protocols and local and federal guidelines.
- Learns to maintain internal and external effective working relationships by: leveraging a working knowledge of how to support important research stakeholders and projects within their unit; communicating, under minimal guidance, with key contractors and subcontractors, study sponsors, collaborating internal and/or external clinical sites, and data coordinating centers as applicable; and developing materials for supporting the education of staff and/or participants on standard protocols, documentation procedures, clinical best practices, or timeliness of submissions under guidance.
- Ensures documentation of clinical research files by: completing documentation of all research activities (e.g., consent forms, reports, tracking forms) with general directions and limited guidance; assisting with the development of standard quality control and/or assurance measures and documenting feedback for the research staff and management; assessing volunteers and/or patients for eligibility to participate in Clinical Trials using standard procedures and criteria; and leveraging a working knowledge of how to monitor and audit Clinical Trials as well as documenting findings.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Science, Public Health, Health Care Administration, or a directly related field OR Minimum three (3) years of experience in clinical research or a directly related field.
- Vocational Nurse License (California) required at hire
Additional Requirements:
- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Employee/Labor Relations; Research Databases; Nursing Principles; Ethical Conduct; Data Quality; Business Relationship Management; Managing Diverse Relationships; Stakeholder Management; Computer Literacy; Accountability; Adaptability; Autonomy; Organizational Skills; Compliance; Laboratory Procedures; Laboratory Equipment; Innovative Mindset
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) from Society of Clinical Research Associates (SoCRA); OR ACRP Certified Professional, Certified Clinical Research Associate, Certified Clinical Research Coordinator, Certified Principal Investigator, ACRP Medical Device Professional, or ACRP Project Manager from Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP); OR Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) from Healthcare Compliance Association (HCCA).
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification from the American Heart Association.
Primary Location: California,San Diego,Viewridge 1 Medical Offices
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 20
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:30 AM
Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
Job Schedule: Part-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Flexible
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-SCAL-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: Department of Research and Evaluation
Pay Range: $27.25 - $35.22 / hour Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Flexible: Work location is on-site at a KP location, with the flexibility to work from home. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.
For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
- Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation, and licensure requirements (where applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.
- Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.
- Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.
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