Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Research Professional

A global higher education leader in innovative teaching, research and public service, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill consistently ranks as one of the nation's top public universities. Known for its beautiful campus, world-class medical care, commitment to the arts and top athletic programs, Carolina is an ideal place to teach, work and learn.

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The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.

OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation's leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.

OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We will prepare tomorrow's health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.

Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

Flexible work arrangements, including virtual/hybrid work locations, are an integral part of the School of Medicine's Working Forward initiative. As such, this position's work location is designated as hybrid. Please note that the designated work location is subject to change based on the unit's business needs.

This position will serve as a Research Professional within the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Division. The Research Professional is responsible for directing daily operations of clinical research study regulatory management, and providing input in organization of new research, administrative initiatives, and strategies. This position is responsible for a wide range of duties, including but not limited to: performing regulatory support for divisional clinical research projects ( IRB submissions, amendments, renewals, contractual agreements, and participant registration); identifying potential participants and retrieving consent; facilitating patient involvement in clinical research participation registries; coordination of biospecimens; validation of data collection, documentation, and analysis; and ensuring good clinical practice guidelines are followed. The Research Professional is expected to manage day-to-day operations of multiple projects with considerable independence in the areas of project management, planning, design, data collection/analysis, decision making, and problem solving. The position will report to the director of clinical research within the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Division.

The mission of the UNC Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Program is to treat and cure children and adolescents with cancer and blood diseases through participation in both national and locally designed treatment protocols. The program has active inpatient and outpatient services and an accredited fellowship program in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology. In addition to on-site clinical activities, physicians see patients in an outreach setting in Raleigh and Wilmington. In Chapel Hill, multidisciplinary clinics are dedicated to patients with hemophilia, sickle cell disease, brain tumors, late effects of anticancer therapy, vascular malformations, and general hematology/oncology. These clinics are staffed with social workers, psychologists, school teachers, and other pediatric subspecialists, in addition to the major oncology specialties (medical oncologists; radiation oncologists; general-, orthopedic-, and neuro-surgeons; and nurses).

The primary purpose of this position is to provide expertise to the UNC Pediatric Hematology/Oncology ( PHO) Research team and assist the Directors, Primary Investigators, and faculty as necessary, with study activation, administration and regulatory requirement of research studies, and internal auditing. These responsibilities relate to the mission of UNC PHO by maintaining the quality of research and by addressing patient safety and regulatory compliance which impact research quality and safeguard institutional integrity.

Relevant post-Baccalaureate degree required (or foreign degree equivalent); for candidates demonstrating comparable independent research productivity, will accept a relevant Bachelor's degree (or foreign degree equivalent) and 3 or more years of relevant experience in substitution. May require terminal degree and licensure.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.