Job Summary
This role is responsible to run and manage investigator-initiated clinical research projects, monitor research budget, progress, goals and milestones, execute the day-to-day project activity through interaction with clinicians and study team while gathering, analysing, and interpreting scientific data, preparing research proposals, reports, manuscripts, and presentations.
Key Accountabilities
Clinical Function
Acts as the primary administrative point of contact for clinicians and staff involving in investigator-initiated research.
Recruits, instructs, and coordinates research subjects and/or volunteers, if applicable; managing research-related forms including informed consent forms, as appropriate to specific study objectives and work scope.
Administrative Function
Perform literature review, formulate research proposal, prepare study documentations for institutional and ethics approvals, manage research fund applications.
Monitor project goals, timeline, budget and reports.
Coordinate research agreements and research payments by working closely with the legal and finance departments, respectively.
Curate, analyze, and interpret research data; perform data validation as necessary.
Generate research manuscripts, short communications, review articles, and presentations.
Ethic and Professional Conduct
Assist in the conduct of clinical research/trial in accordance with the ethical principles that have their origin in the declaration of Helsinki, and that are consistent with Good Clinical Practice and the applicable regulatory requirement(s).
Ensure the rights, safety and wellbeing of the trial subjects are protected.
Ensure trial/research is conducted in compliance with the protocol that has received institutional ethics committee’s approval.
Ensure informed consent is obtained from every subject/participant prior to clinical trial/research participation.
Ensure the confidentiality of subjects and data is protected.
Quality Improvement and Risk Management
Involve in and contribute to all quality improvement activities of the department.
Familiar with and work in accordance with Regulatory requirements, Good Clinical Practices and ICH guidelines and hospital’s Standard Operating Procedures.
Review operational policies and procedures on investigator-initiated research.
People Management & Developing Others
Provide supervision and guidance towards contract research assistants or interns to ensure high standard of research.
Oversee the work of others, supervise all staff involved in the assigned projects; collaborate with other researchers and clinicians, both internally and externally.
Job Requirements
Required Skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Project management experience with strong presentation, organization and networking skills.
Strategic thinking and problem solving.
Result-driven and goal-oriented attitude.
Highly motivated and adaptable in a fast-paced and agile environment.
Sunway Healthcare is part of the Sunway Group, one of Malaysia's largest conglomerates with core interest in property, construction, education and healthcare. The group currently runs Sunway Medical Centre, which is one of the largest private tertiary hospitals in the region with 636 beds and is accredited with the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS). The group is also building 5 more hospitals in different cities in Malaysia which will complete in stages over the next four years.
