The Clinical Studies Unit (CSU) within the Department of Dermatology is seeking a highly motivated, organized, and detail-oriented individual to support the fast-paced day-to-day operations of multiple clinical trials, investigator-initiated studies, and translational biobank projects focused on dermatologic diseases.
Requirements
- Screen, recruit, consent, and enroll study participants as specified per protocol and GCP guidelines.
- Schedule, prepare for, and conduct participant visits and any necessary testing/specimen collection.
- Obtain, handle, process, and ship biospecimens including blood, urine, and tissue.
- Prepare and submit IRB documentation for initial submissions, continuing reviews, amendments, and adverse event reporting.
- Enter data in electronic data capture systems.
- Perform data QC and address queries.
- Show vigilance in participant safety, protocol compliance and data quality.
- Adhere to all University of Pennsylvania, FDA and GCP guidelines.
- Effectively and independently managing multiple trials while also assisting other coordinators as needed.
- Demonstrate leadership skills by identifying challenges and problem-solving emergent issues
Benefits
- Health, Life, and Flexible Spending Accounts: Penn offers comprehensive medical, prescription, behavioral health, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits to protect you and your family’s health and welfare.
- Tuition: Take advantage of Penn's exceptional tuition benefits. You, your spouse, and your dependent children can get tuition assistance here at Penn. Your dependent children are also eligible for tuition assistance at other institutions.
- Retirement: Penn offers generous retirement plans to help you save for your future. Penn’s Basic, Matching, and Supplemental retirement plans allow you to save for retirement on a pre-tax or Roth basis. Choose from a wide variety of investment options through TIAA and Vanguard.
- Time Away from Work: Penn provides you with a substantial amount of time away from work during the course of the year. This allows you to relax, take vacations, attend to personal affairs, recover from illness or injury, spend time with family—whatever your personal needs may be.
- Long-Term Care Insurance: In partnership with Genworth Financial, Penn offers faculty and staff (and your eligible family members) long-term care insurance to help you cover some of the costs of long-term care services received at home, in the community or in a nursing facility.
- Wellness and Work-life Resources: Penn is committed to supporting our faculty and staff as they balance the competing demands of work and personal life. That’s why we offer a wide variety of programs and resources to help you care for your health, your family, and your work-life balance.
- Professional and Personal Development: Penn provides an array of resources to help you advance yourself personally and professionally.
- Flexible Work Hours: Flexible work options offer creative approaches for completing work while promoting balance between work and personal commitments. These approaches involve use of non-traditional work hours, locations, and/or job structures.
- Penn Home Ownership Services: Penn offers a forgivable loan for eligible employees interested in buying a home or currently residing in West Philadelphia, which can be used for closing costs or home improvements.
- Adoption Assistance: Penn will reimburse eligible employees on qualified expenses in connection with the legal adoption of an eligible child, such as travel or court fees, for up to two adoptions in your household.
