Manager Clinical Research

Job Overview:

Manager of Clinical Research – Oncology, Medical Specialties and Precision Medicine

The Manager of Cancer Clinical Research is responsible for ensuring TriHealth Cancer & Blood Institute, Medical Specialties Institute and Precision Medicine Institute has an appropriate and well-managed infrastructure for offering clinical research programs to its patients and practicing physicians. 

Responsibilities:

  • Manage and provide accountability for day-to-day operations of clinical research
  • Serve as the primary Sponsor contact for operational project-specific issues and study deliverables
  • Maintain in depth knowledge of protocol, therapeutic area, and indication
  • Provide cross-functional oversight of internal project team members and deliverables, which includes ensuring all necessary project-specific training is provided
  • Review and provide input for study protocol, edit check specifications, data analysis plan, and final study report, when applicable
  • Develop operational project plans
  • Manage risk assessment and execution
  • Manage study vendors where applicable
  • Manage site quality and monitoring deliverables
  • Develop close working relationships with Physicians, Research Managers and Research Associates
  • Act as an "expert" for many projects managed within TriHealth Cancer & Blood Institute, Medical Specialties Institute, and Precision Medicine Institute.
  • Work collaboratively with the TriHealth Hatton Research Institute.
  • Provide oversight and management to ensure market research initiatives are designed to meet physician and patient needs.

Qualifications :

  • Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field; Advanced degree in a health-related field preferred
  • Experience with Phases 2-3 trials preferred
  • 5+ years as a project/clinical research management
  • Management of overall project timelines
  • Strong leadership skills
    • Conducting project kick-off meetings with pharma and cooperative group trials.
    • Responsible for generating as well as maintaining project timelines
    • Creating analysis plans and structure of report deliverables
    • Working with cross-functional teams to coordinate projects from start to finish:

Reporting Structure

  • Reports to Vice President, Clinical Service Lines & Medical Director of Research.


Other Job-Related Information:

Working Conditions:

Climbing - Rarely
Concentrating - Frequently
Continous Learning - Frequently
Hearing: Conversation - Consistently
Hearing: Other Sounds - Frequently
Interpersonal Communication - Consistently
Kneeling - Rarely
Lifting <10 Lbs - Frequently
Lifting 50+ Lbs - Rarely
Lifting 11-50 Lbs - Rarely
Pulling - Occasionally
Pushing - Occasionally
Reaching - Occasionally
Reading - Frequently
Sitting - Frequently
Standing - Frequently
Stooping - Occasionally
Talking - Frequently
Thinking/Reasoning - Consistently
Use of Hands - Frequently
Color Vision - Frequently
Visual Acuity: Far - Frequently
Visual Acuity: Near - Frequently
Walking - Frequently

Leadership Performance Standards

TriHealth leaders create a culture of engagement, safety & reliability and high performance by consistently modeling and utilizing the following TriHealth Way leadership competencies, tactics and ALWAYS Behaviors to drive strategic pillar results: 

Achievement of Annual Pillar Goals: 
1) Safety/Quality, 2) Service, 3) Growth, 4) Culture/People, 5) Finance 

Leadership Competencies: 
TriHealth Way of Leading 
TriHealth Way of Serving 
Transformation Change 
Drive for Results 
Build Organizational Talent

Leadership Tactics: 
Conduct department huddles. Generally, clinical departments hold daily huddles, non-clinical hold weekly huddles. 
Regularly Round on Team Members, using questions from the rounding log. 
- 25 or fewer team members = monthly 
- 26-50 team members = every other month 
- 51+ (and optional team members) = quarterly 

Lead monthly team meetings using meeting agenda template; review stoplight report; cascade key leadership messages. 

Model, coach and validate team members’ use of TriHealth Way behaviors (AIDET + Promise, Always Behaviors and Always HEARD). 

Recognize team members for safety wins, positive performance and demonstrating SERVE and ALWAYS behaviors, TriHealth Way of Leading, Serving and Delivering Care.