Senior Clinical Research Assistant at Oregon Health & Science University – Portland, Oregon

Senior Clinical Research Assistant

US-OR-Portland

Requisition ID: 2026-38665
Position Category: Research
Job Type: Research
Position Type: Regular Full-Time
Posting Department: CEDAR - Knight Cancer Institute
Posting Salary Range: $48,734 - $77,522 annual salary with offer based on experience, education and internal equity
Posting FTE: 1.00
Posting Schedule: Monday through Friday
Posting Hours: 8:30am to 5:00pm plus occasional nights and weekends
HR Mission: School of Medicine
Drug Testable: No

Department Overview

Overview: The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, known as one of the pioneers in personalized cancer medicine, is an international leader in research and cancer treatment. Driven by its mission to end cancer as we know it, the institute is building upon its expertise in targeted treatments to advance the early detection of cancer when the disease is most treatable. Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center (CEDAR) is a highly collaborative institution within the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute. At CEDAR our mission is to detect and stop lethal cancers at the earliest stage because early detection saves lives. This is an ambitious goal, one that requires novelty, creativity, and innovation. We are comprised of biologists, chemists, biomedical engineers, computationalists, and clinicians conducting groundbreaking translational cancer research to help people maintain a high quality of life and reduce cancer mortality, to create a global early detection community, and to have a positive impact on the Oregon economy. Our clinical trials are cutting edge and laser focus on the exciting and rapidly evolving area of cancer early detection.

Every Knight Cancer employee is expected to embody our guiding principles:

• We act BOLDLY—Breakthroughs require pushing the boundaries of science, exploring new frontiers, and thinking differently
• We SUPPORT each other—Respect leads to trust, which leads to excellence
• We work as a CONNECTED team — We must leverage our collective brain power to conquer cancer because no one individual can do it alone

Our Commitment to Diversity: CEDAR is committed to increasing the diversity of the campus community. We are dedicated to promoting inclusion and multiculturalism by having outstanding researchers of diverse backgrounds work together on multiple projects. We encourage high-risk, high-reward research projects because defeating cancer requires out-of-the-box thinking and new perspectives. Our research is milestone driven to ensure that each project is fulfilling its stated goals.

Function/Duties of Position

The CEDAR Senior Clinical Research Coordinator is responsible for the overall management of early detection clinical trials. This includes working with the regulatory management team to complete all regulatory documentation required by the OHSU IRB and sponsor, creation of study calendars and flow charts, assisting in creating and implementing recruitment plans, verifying patient eligibility, development of data collection instruments and consent forms, data entry, assurance of conduct of protocol in accordance with applicable NCI and FDA guidelines, maintenance of study patient records and source documentation, placing procedure orders, ensuring that patient billing is accurate and assisting manager and financial team in verifying appropriate clinical trial billing. The study coordinator has direct patient contact and process biological samples.

Duties Include:

Clinical Trial coordination

• Increase working knowledge of research regulations and best practices. Responsible for coordinating many aspects of clinical trials from startup to closeout and assuring conduct of trials in accordance with NCI and FDA guidelines.
• Ensure compliance with FDA and regulatory reporting agencies. Report any non-compliance to study investigator / departmental staff. Prepare any necessary materials for required internal and external (sponsor, FDA) regulatory and quality control audits and sponsor monitoring visits.
• Work with regulatory management team to adhere to regulations at OHSU for initial and continuing regulatory approval of clinical protocols such as annual re-approval/continuing review, amendment approval; and submission of reportable information.
• Be knowledgeable about clinical research protocols and protocol requirements.
• Distribute clinical research related information to appropriate research team / affiliated institutional personnel as applicable. Notify research team and those individuals directly involved in in pertinent areas of clinical research of protocol amendments, revisions, activations, closures and announcements.
• Keep local Principal Investigator up to date on key information as related to the clinical research. Schedule and maintain records on appropriate trainings/meetings as needed.
• Assist in outreach events to increase awareness of trials, and outreach clinic days to perform research activities within targeted communities. Includes some weekend and evening work.

Participant Coordination

• Assist in the promotion of research studies within the community, in effort to increase diversity of enrolled participants.
• Review patient data to determine appropriate eligibility and deficiencies regarding enrollment into clinical trials.
• Confirm with investigator that subject meets appropriate inclusion criteria for clinical trial. Communicate all pre-treatment requirements to investigator/clinical staff.
• Procure and process human biological specimens (to include blood, urine, etc) in adherence with protocol parameters and appropriate training. Obtain and submit imaging studies, pathology samples as required by sponsor to appropriate reviewers as required by protocol. Obtain and submit Review and report adverse events or Unanticipated Problems to IRB/study sponsor.
• Perform data entry and chart review/abstraction to verify that key data has been reported to the clinical research database or reported to the sponsor in the required format. Review follow up data clarifications or data queries and report within study timeline. Maintain and update subject data for study analysis and survival. Assist investigators with any special requests for data retrieval and/or evaluation and analysis of clinical data for ongoing research studies.
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in relevant field AND 1 year of relevant experience OR Associate’s degree and 3 years of relevant experience OR 4 years of relevant experience OR Equivalent combination of training and experience
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks at one time
• Excellent communication, analytical and organizational skills: both written and verbal
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team while being collaborative in resolving problems
• Excellent customer service, both on the phone and in person
• Energy and drive to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to use tact and diplomacy to maintain effective working relationships
• Keen attention to detail
• Strong trouble shooting skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Some clinical trial knowledge with 1 year of research experience
• Experience with Microsoft Office, Access, and other networking and database systems
• Experience with medical terminology
• Experience in Oncology

Additional Details

Apply online. Please be sure to upload a Cover Letter and Resume/CV.

We offer a variety of benefits on top of joining a thriving organization:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage at no or low cost to employees
  • Covered 100% for full-time employees and 88% for dependents
• Several retirement plans to choose from with contributions from OHSU
• 25 days a year of paid time off
• 8 days of sick time off
• Commuter subsidies
• Tuition reimbursement
• Access to group life insurance, disability insurance and other supplemental benefits
• Annual Merit Increase
• Growth/Development Opportunities
• Employee discounts to local and major businesses

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