Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world's leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world's deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. These values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an anti-racist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, anti-racism and inclusion.

We are actively expanding our central teams to support our Principal Investigators (PIs) and research study teams who are focused on our mission-critical trials programs.

The Lead Clinical Research Coordinator leads all aspects of clinical research trials except those that require medical expertise or license. The role also leads team development activities such as training, quality assurance, and procedures and tools creation.

This position is eligible for hyrbid work.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical direction to others in the department. Oversees the quality control aspects of the work performed by those within the CRC team
• Provides input for performance reviews
• Collaborates with the Clinical Trials Manager on operational and regulatory work
• Provides day-to-day coordination of clinical research studies including screening patients for protocol eligibility, ensuring informed consent has been properly obtained, enrolling subjects, collecting data and communicating with clinic staff
• Lead training, mentoring, workload planning, and assigning workflow to ensure requirements are met
• Collaborates with clinic providers and staff, ancillary services, and research staff regarding protocol implementation and operations
• Collects and enters data in a timely manner in accordance with the protocol
• Collects and maintains regulatory documents
• Develops or creates reports and documents as required
• Coordinates the study drug management process
• Coordinates research protocol monitoring and auditing visits and takes action to correct problems such as deviation from protocol requirements to ensure research quality
• Develops department and/or protocol standard operating procedures and tools
• Leads and/or participates in the start-up of a study including things such as budget development, contracting, and protocol implementation
• Serves as an education and training resource to others in the ongoing development of clinical research knowledge and experience
• Supports overall quality assurance of clinical research for the department

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or 2 years of clinical research experience
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a clinical research setting
• Proficiency with email, spreadsheets, word processing, and databases
• Experience with electronic medical records systems
• Ability to understand and follow multiple complex protocols at multiple sites
• Ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently
• Ability to develop and/or present content to senior leaders and other groups
• Problem solving skills- education and training resource to others in the ongoing development of clinical

Preferred Qualifications:

• Oncology research experience
• Bachelor's degree or 5 years of clinical research experience

This position is patient facing and/or requires access to Fred Hutch clinical facilities. As such, full COVID-19 vaccination is required as a condition of employment, without exception. Booster doses are strongly recommended but not required. If declining a booster, completion of the COVID-19 Vaccination Status Form Questionnaire and COVID-19 Booster Declination Training is required. Because of our immunocompromised patient population, there are no medical or religious accommodations available for any employee who is patient facing and/or requires access to Fred Hutch clinical facilities. Only employees whose positions are fully remote, who are not patient facing and/or require no access to clinical facilities, may apply for medical or religious accommodations. As a condition of employment, newly hired employees must provide proof of vaccination before their first day of employment.

A statement describing your commitment and contributions toward greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in your career or that will be made through your work at Fred Hutch is requested of all finalists.

The annual base salary range for this position is from $74,358 to $111,536 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (12-22 days per year), paid sick leave (12-25 days per year), paid holidays (13 days per year), paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks), and partially paid sabbatical leave (up to 6 months).

Our Commitment to Diversity

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) Employer. We are committed to cultivating a workplace in which diverse perspectives and experiences are welcomed and respected. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, disability (physical or mental), marital or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, political ideology, or membership in any other legally protected class. We are an Affirmative Action employer. We encourage individuals with diverse backgrounds to apply and desire priority referrals of protected veterans. If due to a disability you need assistance/and or a reasonable accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to our Employee Services Center at hrops@fredhutch.org or by calling 206-667-4700.