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Moores Cancer Center Careers

The Moores Cancer Center is one of just 57 NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the United States and the only one in San Diego County. As a consortium cancer center, it is a collaborative partnership between the UCSD: encompassing 14 departments (12 clinical, 2 basic sciences), 3 professional schools (School of Medicine, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Public Health), UCSD Health oncology hospitals and clinics; the basic and public health research and outreach of San Diego State University, and the basic and translational research of the La Jolla Institute of Immunology. These various programs and units are all dedicated to fulfilling the Moores Cancer Center's mission of reducing cancer's burden. As such, it ranks among the top centers in the nation conducting the continuum of cancer research, providing advanced patient care, and serving the community through outreach and education programs.

As a top-ranking, future-oriented organization, we offer challenging career opportunities in a fast-paced and innovative environment. Moores Cancer Center Business Office follows a progressive philosophy of career-path development for its employees including opportunities for cross-training, professional development, and progressive responsibility.

The Clinical Trials Office (CTO) at UCSD's Moores Cancer Center administers many clinical trials on behalf of its member investigators, including trials sponsored by National Cancer Institute cooperative groups, pharmaceutical companies, and physician investigators.

Associate Director, Research Admin & Strategy - 135315

The UC San Diego Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center (MCC) Associate Director of Research Administration and Strategic Partnerships (ADA) is the senior administrative executive who oversees all research operations relevant to the CCSG grant, research activities across the MCC Consortium, oversees strategic affiliations with drug development and industry partners, and partners with the MCC Cancer Center Director to envision, map out, and executive the strategic plan for the MCC. This position also partners with the MCC Director and the other members of the MCC senior leadership team, as well as UC San Diego Health System (HS) and School of Medicine (SOM) leaders to advance the MCC to a position of academic and clinical eminence by fostering exceptional cancer research, patient care, education, and training, community outreach, and education. The ideal candidate is a creative and dynamic leader with the ability to inspire, collaborate, and work effectively in a complex academic health system. The ADA is responsible for strategic planning and evaluation, research administration, personnel management, budgeting, and financial operations, space and shared resources management, training and education, community outreach, and engagement.

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Manager, Regulatory Affairs – Hybrid – 134458

Reporting directly to the Executive Administrative Director (EAD) of the Moores Cancer Center Clinical Trials Office (CTO), the Manager, Regulatory Affairs leads a team of Regulatory Coordinators while taking on more programmatic responsibilities. With a focus on program enhancement, the Regulatory Manager collaborates closely with training and education specialists to strengthen key regulatory practices for Regulatory Coordinators, Clinical Research Coordinators and Data Coordinators. This involves creating and maintaining standard operating procedures, written instructions, and templates to streamline and optimize regulatory processes. Acting as a crucial link between the MCC CTO and various stakeholders, the Regulatory Manager serves as a liaison with both the Institutional Review Board (local and commercial) and ancillary committees.

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Research Assistant - 135732

Under supervision, assist with performing routine research techniques and research and development studies to optimize the isolation, expansion and modification of patient-derived T cells and to develop methodologies under current good manufacturing conditions (cGMP) to re-administer the cells to the donor patients. Assist personnel with establishing scalable procedures to expand and transfect T-cells to form CAR-T cells and support the preclinical and clinical development of these drug candidates. Assist in performing biochemical, cell biological and molecular biology experiments on normal and malignant cells in vitro and in vivo, including cell transduction and transfection techniques that employ viral and nucleic acid vectors. Assist personnel with production and optimization of production of high titer lentiviral vectors. Other duties assigned as needed.

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Clinical Research Coordinator II – 135689

The Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) II will coordinate and oversee start-up procedures, implementation, recruitment, screening, enrollment, and maintenance of subjects. Create informational and recruitment materials and act as a liaison with other UCSD departments and agencies for the purpose of implementation of studies. The Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) II will plan, develop and implement start-up procedures for multiple phase I-III research studies in assigned disease team as well as lead, direct, and coordinator operational efforts. Assure compliance with state and federal regulatory guidelines. Oversee the quality of the medical and clinical research data. Provide direction and guidance to investigators. Provide education and information to the general public concerning the ongoing clinical trials. Assist PIs with proposals, progress reports and manuscripts. Independently create original documents and policies for assigned disease teams. Work closely with federal and state regulatory officials.

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Clinical Research Coordinator II – 135690

The Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) II will coordinate and oversee start-up procedures, implementation, recruitment, screening, enrollment, and maintenance of subjects. Create informational and recruitment materials and act as a liaison with other UCSD departments and agencies for the purpose of implementation of studies. The Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) II will plan, develop and implement start-up procedures for multiple phase I-III research studies in assigned disease team as well as lead, direct, and coordinate operational efforts. Assure compliance with state and federal regulatory guidelines. Oversee the quality of the medical and clinical research data. Provide direction and guidance to investigators. Provide education and information to the general public concerning the ongoing clinical trials. Assist PIs with proposals, progress reports and manuscripts. Independently create original documents and policies for assigned disease teams. Work closely with federal and state regulatory officials.

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Clinical Research Coordinator II – 1357565

The Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) II will coordinate and oversee start-up procedures, implementation, recruitment, screening, enrollment, and maintenance of subjects. Create informational and recruitment materials and act as a liaison with other UCSD departments and agencies for the purpose of implementation of studies. The Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) II will plan, develop and implement start-up procedures for multiple phase I-III research studies in assigned disease team as well as lead, direct, and coordinate operational efforts. Assure compliance with state and federal regulatory guidelines. Oversee the quality of the medical and clinical research data. Provide direction and guidance to investigators. Provide education and information to the general public concerning the ongoing clinical trials. Assist PIs with proposals, progress reports and manuscripts. Independently create original documents and policies for assigned disease teams. Work closely with federal and state regulatory officials.

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Clinical Research Coordinator II – 135755

The Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) II will coordinate and oversee start-up procedures, implementation, recruitment, screening, enrollment, and maintenance of subjects. Create informational and recruitment materials and act as a liaison with other UCSD departments and agencies for the purpose of implementation of studies. The Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) II will plan, develop and implement start-up procedures for multiple phase I-III research studies in assigned disease team as well as lead, direct, and coordinate operational efforts. Assure compliance with state and federal regulatory guidelines. Oversee the quality of the medical and clinical research data. Provide direction and guidance to investigators. Provide education and information to the general public concerning the ongoing clinical trials. Assist PIs with proposals, progress reports and manuscripts. Independently create original documents and policies for assigned disease teams. Work closely with federal and state regulatory officials.

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(NP) Per Diem Nurse Practitioner – Infusion – MOP135633

Under the direction of the Medical Director of the Moores Cancer Center Infusion Center, the Nurse Practitioner (NP) will function as a provider of patient care for patients receiving treatment in the Infusion Center. The NP will provide patient care oversight, including management of toxicities and/or reactions to IV treatments. Direct supervision will occur by assigned medical oncologists. Requires a strong emphasis on the management of patients undergoing cancer and non-cancer related treatments, including clinical trials, BMT, chemotherapy, biologic and immunotherapies.

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(RN) Nurse Manager – Moores Cancer Center Infusion – 135747

The Nurse Manager will provide frontline oversight of daily operations. Responsible for ensuring that the clinics effectively utilize resources, provide excellent customer service, comply with regulatory and internal UCSD requirements, provide support for the physicians in their practices, provide hands-on clinical support for the nurses and staff when needed, and optimize the overall efficiency and function of the unit. Responsibility for quality improvement, staff engagement, and strategic planning. Works closely with cancer services leadership to help develop and integrate annual operational, capital and personnel budget. Performs other related tasks as required.

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(RN) Registered Nurse – Oncology Clinics – 135665

The Oncology Nursing Float Pool Clinic RNs will work within all domains of outpatient cancer services (clinics, BMT, Radiation Oncology) to provide competent, confident patient care excellence in coverage of FMLAs or leaves greater than 2 weeks. These positions require dynamic, experienced oncology RNs with previous oncology and/or infusion experience, exceptional verbal and written communication skills with team members, patients, and families in the application of top of license care, including but not limited to: assessment, care coordination planning, intervention, evaluation and patient/family education.

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Outpatient Clinical Infusion Pharmacist – 135610

UC San Diego Health's Infusion pharmacy seeks a highly motivated and compassionate pharmacist to join our team. This position will focus on providing comprehensive pharmaceutical care to patients receiving chemotherapy infusions within the ambulatory oncology settings of Moores Cancer Center and Koman Outpatient Pavilion.

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Infusion Pharmacy Technician III – 135593

Under general supervision, will perform a full range of duties in the Moores Cancer Center and the Outpatient Pavillion pharmacy setting. Assists the pharmacist in the preparation of medications (including antineoplastics/chemotherapy) for patient use for IV sterile compounding preparation & administration in accordance to established procedures under USP<797/HSP800, assist in the distributions of medications via Pyxis Med Station A Stations; maintains skills applicable to all information systems within the pharmacy, maintain inventory levels; and perform other duties as assigned. Will perform assigned operational duties in a scheduled area and will assist pharmacists in completing medication orders and related distribution duties in the assigned area.

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