Specimen Coordinator

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Located conveniently in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is a 571-bed, not-for-profit hospital that provides a wide range of health, social and support services.  Founded in 1895 by the Sisters of Mercy, St. Joseph's was the first hospital in the Phoenix area. More than 125 years later, St. Joseph's remains dedicated to its mission of caring for the poor and underserved.

We are extremely proud to be a nationally recognized center for quality quaternary care, medical education and research. St. Joseph's includes the internationally renowned Barrow Neurological Institute, Norton Thoracic Institute, Cancer Center at St. Joseph's, Ivy Brain Tumor Center, and St. Joseph's Level I Trauma Center (which is verified by the American College of Surgeons). The hospital is also a respected center for high-risk obstetrics, neuro-rehabilitation, orthopedics, and other medical services. St. Joseph’s is considered a sought-after destination hospital for treating the most complex cases from throughout the world. Every day, approximately 20 percent of the hospital’s patients have traveled from outside of Arizona and the United States to seek treatment at St. Joseph’s.

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Our Research Department is seeking a Specimen Coordinator to join our team! Coordinate all human specimen procurement program activities conducted at St. Josephs Hospital and Medical Center ensuring protocol and regulatory compliance and appropriate transport preparation.

Responsibilities Include:

• Coordinates all department activities for the human specimens procurement program such as ensuring all necessary
  supplies and resources to acquire and transport specimens are available in the environment.
• Provides internal and external customer education including in services regarding program. Also functions as liaison with
  physicians, staff, academic environment, sponsors and cooperative centers.
• Acquires all appropriate data, consents, and other required information by ensuring transfers to secure database and
  maintaining appropriate CRF files for source review.
• Participates on protocol review committee while ensuring compliance with all protocol and regulatory requirements as
  well as ensures compliance with internal policies governing the conduct of human tissue acquisition and research.
• Coordinates all facets of human specimen procurement activities by coordinating patient consents, specimen acquisitions
  and transport preparations conducted.

Two years experience in clinical research environment.

Education
Bachelor's degree In biological or health care related field.
Masters preferred.

Licensure
CCRC preferred.