Description
Responsible for the clinical research department. Develops and implements research policy and program development. Responsible for ensuring that clinical research projects are in compliance with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Good Clinical Practice (GCP) research standards, JCAHO and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines. Typically requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in nursing or other health-care field directly related to research with appropriate license; a minimum seven years experience in clinical research, and may require completion of Clinical Research Professional exam given by ACRP or SOCRA. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.