Clinical Research Coordinator - Immigrant Health & Cancer Disparities (Spanish Fluency Required)

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Job Description

For more than 20 years, Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities (IHCD) has worked to identify and eliminate disparities in health and cancer treatment among immigrants and minorities. Housed at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center since 2011, the IHCD Service offers a wide range of programs for patients, healthcare professionals, and patient advocates. Our team uses a multidisciplinary approach to address gaps in healthcare at the local, national, and global levels. Our community-based programs provide a gateway to health education and services for immigrants and other medically underserved minorities in New York City and beyond.

Our team is currently conducting several multi-institutional studies to examine the relationship between treatment for cancer and employment outcomes. We are currently assessing the use of mobile applications to promote job retention among cancer patients during and after treatment through providing communication strategies, information about work accommodations, and helpful resources.

The position requires fluency in Spanish-written and spoken.

Hours: Initial training M-F 9 am 5 pm.

As an integral member of the research team, and in compliance with all regulatory, institutional, and departmental requirements, the Clinical Research Coordinator assists with the maintenance of participant management and data management on research/clinical studies. In this role, you will work closely with MSK and each participating institution on data collection, entry and analysis and ensuring data quality and integrity throughout the life of the study.

You Have:

• Language requirement -Spanish Fluency
• A Bachelors degree - OR - high school diploma with 2 years medical or research experience
• A genuine interest in working in health disparities research
• Excellent communication, attention to detail, information and time management, administrative and computer skills

You Are:

• A good decision-maker, with proven success at making timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward
• Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
• Able to hold yourself and others accountable in order to achieve goals and live up to commitments
• An effective communicator, capable of determining how best to reach different audiences and executing communications based on that understanding
• Resilient in recovering from setbacks and skilled at finding detours around obstacles
• Flexible in your approach and demeanor in order to align with the shifting demands of evolving circumstances
• Interested in medical terminology and science
• You are comfortable with or interested in working with and organizing large amounts of data

You Will:

• Be responsible for data collection including utilizing appropriate methodologies to collect human subject information for a research project, database and/or protocol (clinical trial) by reviewing patient charts, existing databases, and other sources within a specified timeframe
• Interact with team members and individuals across MSK regarding data input
• Generate data reports and deliver to all necessary parties on the progress of research project, database or protocol
• Ensure that all appropriate Institutional, State, and Federal regulations are followed throughout the research project, database or protocol, and that research protocols are approved by Institutional Review Board and all regulatory documentation is completed
• Provide clerical and administrative support, such as filing and scheduling meetings and appointments as needed