Job Description

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Job Title

Research Laboratory Program Manager I - Ross Lab

Location

Port Saint Lucie

Facility

Florida Research and Innovation Center

Department

Research FRIC-Research Innov and Educ

Job Code

001494

Shift

Days

Schedule

8:00am-5:00pm

Join the Cleveland Clinic Florida Research and Innovation Center (FRIC) to gain hands-on research experience with the latest, evidence-based and advanced technologies. Here, you will utilize your interest in transforming the healthcare field by investigating lymphomas, infectious diseases, insect-transmitted viruses and more. Come build a rewarding career at one of the top ranked hospital organizations in the world.

The Ross Lab develops universal vaccines designed to protect against multiple strains, variants, and types of viruses while reducing the need for frequent booster shots. Using its innovative Computationally Optimized Broadly Reactive Antigen (COBRA) technology, the lab creates long-lasting vaccines targeting seasonal influenza, swine and avian flu, COVID-19, and other respiratory viruses. In addition to its primary focus on influenza, the lab also conducts research on vaccines for cancer, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), HIV, and arboviruses, advancing next-generation vaccine strategies to improve protection against existing and emerging infectious diseases .As a Research Lab Program Manager I, you will initiate and manage research protocols, maintain regulatory, patient, and grant documentation, and develop workflows to ensure accurate data collection and entry into compliant databases. In this role, you will partner with the Principal Investigator to design research plans, assist with protocol and grant writing, serve as a liaison between research teams and clinical partners, mentor new team members, support grant budget development, and extract and compile EMR data for research publications.

Read more about the Ross Lab: https://www.lerner.ccf.org/florida/ross/

A caregiver in this role works days from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (flexible start/end times)

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• With guidance, develop, implement, and manage grant funded research study protocols and day-to-day research activities in less complex laboratory and/or clinical settings.

• Analyze research study findings and share and interpret data with Principal Investigator.

• Serve as a liaison between Principal Investigator, patient, clinical team, and other members of the research team.

• Manage multiple priorities and projects with competing deadlines.

• Allocate time to meet completion requirements.

• Serve as a coach and mentor for other members of the research team.

• Review and monitor study protocols to ensure compliance and completion of study related procedures.

• Assist in grant writing including development of budget and human components.

• Extract clinical data and prepare for analysis.

• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s Degree in science, healthcare administration, public health or related field

• Two years of experience in project management, data analysis and systems training in a research laboratory setting (This experience is usually obtained by working directly for a Principal Investigator in a basic or translational research laboratory)

• Knowledge of research policies and procedures

• Ability to develop research plans and/or protocols

• Knowledge and expertise in federal, state, local and institutional research guidelines

• Ability to implement these requirements in the research laboratory

• Ability to multitask with direct patient contact, follow up laboratory values and discuss with PI, manage follow up appointments

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Advanced degree

• Prior research experience in a lab

• Grant Writing experience

• Vaccine & Gene Therapy Experience

Physical Requirements:

• Requirements include good near visual acuity and color acuity.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

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