Clinical Research Manager - Toronto, Canada - University Health Network

University Health Network

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Toronto, Canada

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Description

Job Posting #918104

CLINICAL RESEARCH MANAGER

Site:
Toronto General Hospital - HIV Research

Reports to:
Principal Investigator

Hours per week:37.5 hours

Salary:
Commensurate with experience and consistent with UHN compensation policy

Status:
Permanent Full-time

Shifts:
Day

Posted Date:
April 19, 2023

Closing Date:
May 19, 2023

The
University Health Network, where "above all else, the needs of patients come first", encompasses Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and the Michener Institute of Education at UHN.

The breadth of research, the complexity of the cases treated, and the magnitude of its educational enterprise have made UHN a national and international resource for patient care, research, and education.

With a long tradition of groundbreaking firsts and a purpose of "Transforming lives and communities through excellence in care, discovery and learning", the University Health Network (UHN), Canada's largest research teaching hospital, brings together over 16,000 employees, more than 1,200 physicians, 8,000+students, and many volunteers.

UHN is a caring, creative place where amazing people are amazing in the world.

Position Summary
The primary role of the Emerging Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Manager is to support research projects within the department. They will supervise and support research nurses, coordinators, analysts and students to help guide them in completing research projects.

The Research Manager will assist and support primary investigators in research proposals and to help to ensure budgets are robust enough to support additional research personnel to lead the project.

The Research Manager will ensure a cost-recovery system for Investigator sponsored studies. They will be responsible for training, supervision and evaluation of the research team members.

Reporting to the Director of Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, the research manager will work alongside an inter-professional team, including staff, physicians, learners, and community partners.

Duties & Responsibilities

Provide overall support and coordination to multiple clinician researchers and their study teams, physicians, and learners
Prepares job postings, and oversees the recruitment/hiring of new staff.
Responsible for training and day to day guidance and coordination of Research Nurses, Coordinators, Analysts and Students, including ongoing updates of various research guidelines and regulations, both internal to UHN and with external partners
Develop and/or authorize research study budgets and payment schedules
Generation of personnel reports
Negotiate terms of financing with outside parties
Contributes to professional publications, presentations, and posters
Provide training for and enforce standard operating procedures
Develop, implement, and maintain high quality clinical trials procedures and processes
Ensure project goals, objectives and deliverables are met within the required timeline, proactively manage changes in study scope, identify potential risks, and devising/implementing contingency plans
Develop and negotiate research agreements and strategic alliances with internal and external parties and stakeholders
Carry out duties of Principal Investigator, or coinvestigator in research studies as authorized by the investigators and sponsors
In conjunction with the Office of Research Administration, review of all confidentiality statements, legal disclosures, and legal documents
Update the Principal Investigator and study team on clinical trials activities including administrative, protocolrelated, data management, quality and regulatory issues
Chair research weekly meetings
Participate in knowledge translation activities, including but not limited to presentations, policy updates, and reports as required
Liaise with investigators, administrative staff, sponsors, and clinical trials staff and develop excellent communication strategies
Support initiation and development of research proposals and protocols
Serve as key client contact for assigned projects, establishing working relationships with client project teams which result in client satisfaction, and operational excellence.
Accountable for project delivery with regards to agreed time, scope, cost and quality
Lead core project team(s) and facilitate team's ability to lead extended project team(s), ensuring effective crossfunctional teamwork among project team members including both internal and external stakeholders.
Serve as escalation point for project issues to internal and external stakeholders, as appropriate
Proactively identify and resolve conflicts as needed
Understand the project delivery strategy, costing assumptions and resulting budget for assigned project(s).
Deliver project(s) to scope, schedule and costs, ensuring all remain on track with the contract