Job Description

Your Opportunity:

Alberta Health Services (AHS) continues to garner recognition as one of the best places to work in Canada and has made the list for Alberta's Top 75 Employers and Canada's Best Diversity Employers. Our employee benefits, culture and work-life balance are some of the many reasons we are an employer of choice. AHS is also proud to operate world renown facilities; The University of Alberta Hospital (UAH) is one of Canada's leading academic health sciences centres with a reputation for clinical research, innovation, education, and patient-centred care; The Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre (WMH) is one of Canada's foremost teaching facilities; The Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute (MAZ) is a world leader in complex cardiac care and surgery. Be part of exciting leading-edge patient treatment by building and managing a new Clinical Trial Unit (CTU) from its inception! The Clinical Trials Manager position is a vital and challenging opportunity to advance the future of clinical care. In this leadership role, you will oversee a team of qualified Research Coordinators, Assistants, Associates, and RN's in the conduct of clinical trials. You will assist Principal Investigators (PI) in the staffing of clinical trials sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry and by academic-led Investigator Initiated clinical trials across several clinical specialty areas. The CTU requires strong leadership for strategic planning, business planning and setting operating standards to better serve Albertans. Strong collaboration is key to ensure successful relationships with AHS physicians, managers, leaders, staff, patients, and all stakeholders involved in conducting clinical trials. While the position manages staff located within the WMH and MAZ, the Unit will support PI in the conduct of studies across the Edmonton Zone.

Description:

Leadership: Some key Leadership and human resource management responsibilities in the CTU Manager position include recruiting clinical trial staff, managing staff workload balance between clinical specialty areas, provide mentorship, guidance and ensure positive engagement to the CTU. Developing a clinical trials training program current new and existing staff. Human resources: Employee management accountabilities include reviewing and approving time entry, performance evaluations and conflict management. In this Manager position, you will require financial oversight to monitor salary costs to ensure they are fully recovered from research projects, and adjust staffing model as revenues increase or decrease. Compliance and regulatory: Developing and coordinating internal process improvement initiatives as they relate to the conduct of regulated, high quality research studies across specialty groups is an important element in the Clinical Trials Manager role. Successful process improvement will require collaboration with AHS stakeholders to understand challenges of operating studies in AHS facilities and design processes to streamline the conduct of studies in their areas as well as collaboration with Regulatory Quality Assurance staff to meet requirements of Health Canada and sponsors.

• Classification: Manager
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Clinical Trial Unit
• Primary Location: U of A Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Negotiable Location: Within Edmonton Zone
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 02-NOV-2022
• Date Available: 14-NOV-2022
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $40.32
• Maximum Salary: $69.09
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

University Degree in Health-Related field. 5 years prior direct management experience. At least 3 years progressive experience within a clinical trial/research environment.
Additional Required Qualifications:

As Required.
Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in leading highly qualified professionals. AHS applications experience: ConnectCare, ePeople, MyLearningLink & Identity Access Management. Knowledge of AHS Bylaws and Corporate Policies. Certification in Clinical Research (SOCRA or ACRP), Good Clinical Practice & Tri-council Policy Statement 2 (willingness to be certified). Experience with a Clinical Trial Management System like Advarra OnCore (willingness to learn). A combination of education, skills and experience may be considered.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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