Ideal Candidate:
- Must possess excellent written and oral communication skills, organization and ability to problem solve.
- Must be able to demonstrate ownership of previous responsibilities, as well as deliver effective presentations to diverse audiences.
- Must possess a thorough knowledge of word processing and data base entry.
- Must be able to work in teams and independently; plan, organize, and coordinate multiple work assignments; establish and maintain effective working relationships with others and communicate clearly verbally and in writing.
- Must be self-directed with excellent time management skills and ability to navigate a fast-paced environment, prioritizing work volume and meeting all deadlines.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of assigned protocol(s).
- Deliver research intervention(s).
- Participate in ongoing training as needed to assure quality and compliance.
- Execute educational activities that are consistent with national initiatives relating to the provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate education.
- Incorporate strategies and education to improve patient screening and enrollment onto Moffitt clinical trials.
- Educate diverse audiences about clinical trials and identifying barriers and facilitators to participation in research.
- Work with clinical and research faculty to develop and refine tools and educational materials related to diversity in clinical trial enrollment for use by physicians in a variety of settings.
- Helps to coordinate the provision of cancer clinical trial awareness and preventive health education services in the community and act as a resource person in a capacity building role.
- Networking and building relationships and trust with internal and external stakeholders (lay and professional).
- Develop, conduct, lead and/or implement targeted health education, outreach or navigation activities aimed at topics such as cancer prevention, health promotion, referral and recruitment of diverse research participants.
- Support new patients interested in clinical trials by conducting rapid assessment of barriers to trial enrollment.
- Support patients interested in clinical trials via email and phone line, connecting them with appropriate Moffitt and community resources.
- Assist with patient medical record retrieval.
Credentials and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree in scientific, health related, or business administration program preferred.
- Minimum two years' experience required to include one (1) year of research experience (can include epidemiologic, observational, diagnostic, supportive care, clinical intervention) and one (1) year community or patient teaching/education experience in chronic disease required.
- Experience in public speaking, public relations, marketing, program planning, program development, evaluation and working with diverse groups required.
- Preferred community or patient teaching/education experience in oncology.
- Preferred Bilingual (Spanish), oral and written communication.
- Preferred previous patient contact in a health care setting, preferably in a consenting role.
- Preferred training and knowledge of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) programs and experience in communications, comprehensive cancer control, training, program planning, and evaluation.