Clinical Trial Educator

Duration - 24 Months
Location - Deerfield, IL,60015

This CTE will follow the conduct of a clinical study from site selection and initiation, through repetitive education and training of health care professionals, solving complex research questions until the end of patient enrollment. You will have the chance to work on a study featuring complex or non-traditional patient pathways; compressed timelines for diagnosis and enrollment; and protocols requiring intense initial education and ongoing reinforcement. You will be able to accelerate patient enrollment, improve site performance and help streamline study related processes.

This section contains a list of primary responsibilities of this role that account for 5% or more of the work. The incumbent will perform other duties assigned.
1. CTE analysis of data for optimal site selection
2. Expedited contracts and documentation completion
3. Responsible to facilitate trainings, vendor readiness, system access, study supplies, IP, patient waitlist review and prescreen database
4. Review patient scheduling and availability
5. Manage and assist with Site Opening Acceleration
6. Develop key relationships and begin pre-screening activity
7. Continuously increase and sharpen therapy and technical knowledge as well as presentation skills.
8. Responsible for being able to conduct scientific / technical presentations and discussions on renal therapy.
9. Support study and therapy awareness at site and beyond
10. Keep study “Top of Mind” on site interactions
11. Weekly communication and study updates
12. Chart Review/Pre-Screening Logs/EMR Alerts ICD-10
13. Identify patient pathways
14. Track patient logs and outcome
15. Proactively address barriers to recruitment
16. Oversee and manage communication and reduce handoffs and redundancies
17. Liaison between the site, study team, and the sponsor, to prevent fall through
18. Facilitate the sharing of best practice globally
19. Assumes other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Solid knowledge of FDA regulations for medical communications.
• Excellent presentation and teaching skills.
• Solid knowledge of good clinical practice guidelines and ability to implement
• Must be able to provide guidance and training to the team supervising regarding applicable regulatory and legal requirements and guidelines
• Solid knowledge of FDA regulations for medical communications.
• Excellent medical writing and oral communication skills.
• Solid know ledge of Acute Therapies and competitor products and therapies
• High flexibility and ability to travel
• Team-oriented.
• Self motivated with exceptional follow through.

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years of clinical experience is required; advanced degree in a scientific discipline is preferred.
• Clinically skilled, licensed health care professional in Nursing, Pharmacy, or other allied health profession.
• Degree of ICU or Dialysis nurse is preferred
• Recent or ongoing work in a clinical position is desirable, as is experience in teaching/in-servicing other health care professionals.
• Minimum of 5 years clinical experience.
• Experience as therapy specialist is desirable