Assistant Director Clinical Research Unit, Pediatrics

ABOUT UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ranks among the top academic medical centers in the world.  Its faculty members – who are responsible for a broad array of groundbreaking biomedical research advances – are respected for their dedication to teaching and patient care.  The medical center has four degree-granting institutions: UT Southwestern Medical School, UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UT Southwestern School of Health Professions and the UT Southwestern School of Public Health.  The schools train about 3,700 medical, graduate, and allied health students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows each year.

UT Southwestern was named one of the Top 5 Best Organizations for Leadership Development (BOLD) Award winners by the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL) in 2022. The NCHL conducts a survey of health care organizations across the U.S. every other year to assess all components of organizations’ efforts to prepare and develop leaders.

A great medical center offers outstanding patient care in addition to fine teaching and innovative research.  We emphasize compassionate medical treatment.  UT Southwestern’s physicians are equipped to bring the latest laboratory findings to each patient.  We provide inpatient care to nearly 117,000 people and oversee approximately 3 million outpatient visits annually. UT Southwestern has approximately 21,000 employees and an operating budget of approximately $4.1 billion.

POSITION SUMMARY

This position is responsible for the development and implementation of standardized operating procedures for the initiation, execution, and closure of clinical trials and grants and contracts; ensures compliance with regulations; monitors objectives; and provides comprehensive reports. This position must foster a culture that promotes integrity and ethical behavior in all research compliance matters. Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills are also essential for this position.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

REQUIRED

·        Bachelor’s degree required. 

·        Five (5) years’ experience.

·        Three (3) years in supervisory capacity and clinical research experience. 

PREFERRED

·        Graduate degree preferred.

JOB DUTIES

·        Direct and coordinate activities for the Clinical Research Services unit.

·        Facilitate timely and appropriate communication with Principal Investigators and Research Nurses/Coordinators on all aspects of clinical research administration.

·        Lead continuous process and operational improvement initiatives to reduce cycle-times, improve overall compliance posture, and remove unnecessary administrative burdens. Ensures the office will provide knowledgeable, friendly, professional, and timely support to clinical research community.

·        Oversee the clinical trial coverage analyses process and reviews, contract development, and budget negotiation for industry-funded clinical trials and complex non-industry clinical trials.

·        Oversee the development and maintenance of Velos, the institutional clinical trial management system. Oversee the process to register all clinical trials within institutional clinical trial management system and, as necessary, with federal clinicaltrials.gov registry and within institutional clinical trial registries.

·        Participate and/or facilitate discussions around the integration between Velos and other sponsored award management systems, specifically PeopleSoft and eGrants (Click solution).

·        Oversee the process to register all clinical trial participants within Velos and, as necessary, with affiliated electronic medical record systems.

·        Ensure that clinical research income is billed in a timely manner, received timely, and accounted for accurately in institutional financial systems.

·        Serve as the primary departmental point of contact with affiliate institutions on clinical trial needs, working continually to improve processes and services to ensure limited to no disruption in clinical services.

·        Establish key operational metrics, publish periodic performance reports to research community, and maintain maximum efficiency and meet performance objectives.

·        Implement and oversee an ongoing educational and training program for faculty and staff relating to conducting clinical research in partnership with Research Administration.

·        Establish and maintain policies and procedures related to clinical research billing compliance. Ensures compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.

·        Oversee supervisors and/or subordinate managers to include establishing priorities.

·        **Other Duties: Performs other duties as assigned

WORKING CONDITIONS

·        Work is performed primarily in an office setting

To learn more about the benefits UT Southwestern offers, visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/employees/hr-resources/

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community.  As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.  To learn more, please visit:  https://jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/