St Vincents Internal Medicine Diabetes3

Clinical Research Associate - Relief - 8 hours/week-15004344  

  

Care Site Description   St. Vincent Healthcare is part of SCL Health System, a faith-based, nonprofit health care organization.

Interested in making a difference? Then check us out. Our rich heritage and mission, and our focus on health care delivery that values person-centered care, excellence and accountability are a winning combination as we bring health – and hope – to our patients.
 
Fast Facts

• Billings, Mont. (est. 1898)
• Largest tertiary care hospital and Level II Trauma Center in Montana serving patients in eastern and south-central Mont. and northern Wyo.
• 2,100 associates, 529 medical staff
• 286 beds (201 are staffed)

Services & Expertise

• Cancer Care
• Children’s Healthcare
• Comprehensive Regional Services
• Neuroscience
• Heart Center
• Oncology
• Orthopedic Services
• Women’s Services

St. Vincent Healthcare is an award-winning hospital providing person-centered care. We are People Healing People throughout the communities that we serve, especially the poor and vulnerable.

Visit: www.svh-mt.org 

Description

  

In this position, the Clinical Research Associate assists with data management activities including registering patients on protocol with statistical offices, compiling and submitting data, monitoring study compliance, overseeing data submissions and sending out drugs as needed on protocols to patients and outlying physicians.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Patient Registration and Data Compilation

• Ascertain pre-treatment and eligibility requirements of protocol have been met including informed consent prior to registration.
• Register all protocol patients with the Statistical Offices.
• Maintain logs or indices and statistics of protocol patients.
• Collate data for submission to Statistical Office to meet protocol requirements and develop flow sheets or forms to facilitate this requirement.
• Abstract data from necessary sources to complete pre-study forms, flow sheets, off-study forms and any other special forms on protocol patients.
• Obtain data from outlying physicians when needed for data collation and submission.
• Schedule appointments or tests, after consulting with physician as needed for protocol compliance.
• Dispense investigational medications to physicians for protocol patients.

Quality Control and Assurance

• Evaluate flow sheets and study forms for completeness, accuracy in compliance with protocol requirements and adherence to protocol treatment plans.
• Review records and forms for compliance with quality assurance and quality control guidelines.

Instructions and Training

• Instruct protocol patients as per the requirements of their treatment plans. 
• Review informed consent with the patient following physician/patient consent.
• Instruct outlying physicians of protocol study parameters, assuring data is submitted at appropriate intervals, and monitoring physician and patient participation in the protocols.

The information above is for summary purposes and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of essential functions.
 

Qualifications

   

• Associate degree in a health-related field (LPN, Medical Technologist, Pharmacy Tech, etc.)
• Ability to type 50 wpm
• Ability to understand and extract information from medical records for research
• Ability to communicate effectively and diplomatically within a multi-functional team
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to successfully function in a fast paced, service oriented environment
• Experience in understanding and usage of computers, including research databases, as well as the ability to learn applications relevant to the position

  

Organization

: St. Vincent Healthcare

Primary Location

: MT-Billings/Surrounding Areas-Billings

Department: SVB-Internal Med-Diabet Clinic

Schedule

: Per Diem/PRN

Shift

: Day Shift

Job Posting

: Jul 7, 2015, 12:07:34 PM

FTE: .001

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