Sr. Clinical Research Coordinator - Oncology

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Clinical Research Coordinator Job Description

The Clinical Research Coordinator plays a key role in the successful initiation, activation, and ongoing management of oncology clinical trials. This position combines hands-on coordination of patient recruitment and consent with robust data management responsibilities, ensuring that all studies are conducted in accordance with protocol requirements, regulatory standards, and institutional guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the initiation and activation of new clinical trial protocols, ensuring all study start-up activities are completed accurately and on time.
• Prepare and organize study tools such as study binders, medication diaries, eligibility checklists, calendars, and flow sheets to support efficient study conduct.
• Use Oncore, Excel, and Word to develop and maintain study tools, including eligibility checklists, medication diaries, calendars, and flow sheets as required by each protocol.
• Review patients charts and medical histories in collaboration with the Research Nurse Clinician and/or physician to confirm protocol eligibility and obtain necessary source documents.
• Ensure that Institutional Review Board (IRB)approved informed consent forms are properly obtained, signed, documented in the medical record, and that copies are provided to patients.
• Maintain complete and accurate research records for all enrolled patients, including consent forms, eligibility documentation, case report forms (CRFs), registration confirmations, and corresponding source documents.
• Assist the Research Nurse Clinician and physicians in grading adverse events using the most recent National Cancer Institute (NCI) common toxicity criteria or protocol-specific grading scales.
• Complete Serious/Unexpected Adverse Event (SAE) forms for internal and multicenter serious or unexpected adverse events in accordance with sponsor requirements, federal regulations, and institutional guidelines.
• Provide regular study status reports using Oncore to tumor study group members and Principal Investigators for all assigned studies.
• Serve as a primary liaison with study sponsors, scheduling monitoring visits and conference calls and anticipating sponsor needs throughout the life of the study.
• Respond to sponsor queries with accurate, timely, and well-informed information, ensuring strong communication and collaboration.
• Perform blood processing tasks as required by study protocols, following established procedures and safety standards.
• Recruit, screen, and consent patients for clinical trials, including explaining study procedures and requirements and answering patient questions.
• Collect, enter, and manage clinical trial data across multiple electronic data capture (EDC) systems, ensuring data accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
• Coordinate day-to-day study operations, balancing approximately 60% data management and 40% clinic-based patient recruitment and consent activities.

Essential Skills

• Minimum of 4 years of clinical research experience, including patient recruitment, data collection, and data entry.
• Minimum of 4 years of oncology experience, which may come from clinical research, academic settings, nursing, or related oncology-focused roles.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting, screening, and consenting patients for clinical trials.
• Strong background in data management, with approximately 60% of the role focused on data coordination and management activities.
• Hands-on experience working in multiple electronic data capture (EDC) systems, with Medidata and Inform highly preferred.
• Proficiency using Oncore for study tracking and reporting.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Word for creating and maintaining study tools and documentation.
• Experience with blood processing procedures in a clinical or research environment.
• Solid understanding of clinical trial workflows, documentation requirements, and regulatory expectations.
• Ability to maintain accurate, organized research records, including consent forms, eligibility documentation, CRFs, and source documents.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelors degree minimum in a relevant field such as life sciences, nursing, public health, or a related discipline.
• Experience in gynecologic oncology or oncology-focused groups is highly valued.
• Comfort working across multiple concurrent studies and systems while maintaining attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for effective collaboration with physicians, nurses, sponsors, and patients.
• Ability to interpret and apply protocol requirements, NCI toxicity criteria, and institutional guidelines.
• Organizational skills to manage both clinic-based patient activities and extensive data management responsibilities.
• Problem-solving skills to anticipate sponsor needs and address study-related issues proactively.

Work Environment

This role is primarily on-site in a clinical research setting in the Bronx, with presence required four days per week. The environment includes regular interaction with physicians, research nurses, study sponsors, and patients in oncology clinics and research offices. Work involves extensive use of electronic data capture systems such as Medidata, Inform, and Oncore, as well as standard office software like Excel and Word. The position includes time in clinic areas for patient recruitment, screening, consenting, and blood processing, along with office-based data management and documentation tasks. The setting emphasizes adherence to clinical and research protocols, regulatory standards, and institutional policies, with a professional dress code appropriate for both clinical and office environments.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of bronx, NY.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $35.00 - $42.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of bronx, NY.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 19, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in bronx,NY.

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