Become a part of a team working hard to discover treatments that will change the lives of people living with ALSAbout ALS TDI:The ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) is the world’s foremost drug discovery lab focused solely on ALS.
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The mission of The ALS TDI is to develop effective therapeutics that slow or stop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease), as soon as possible.
Focused on meeting this urgent unmet medical need, ALS TDI executes a robust discovery program, while running the world’s largest efforts to pre-clinically validate potential therapeutics, including small molecules, protein biologics, gene therapies and cell-based constructs.
The world’s first nonprofit biotech, ALS TDI has developed an industrial-scale platform that allows for the development and testing of dozens of potential therapeutics each year.
Built by and for patients, the Institute is the world’s only nonprofit biotechnology company with more than 20 professional scientists.
In addition, the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based research Institute collaborates with leaders in both academia and industry to accelerate ALS therapeutic development.
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ALS TDI is an equal opportunity employer.Primary Purpose of Position:The Clinical Administrative Assistant will be responsible for the distribution and maintenance of Actigraph devices for participants of the Precision Medicine Program Study.
This person must demonstrate emotional maturity and kindness when communicating with a vulnerable patient population, either in person, over the phone, or via email.Essential Functions:Identify compliant participants and recommend invitations to Precision Medicine Program.Communicate with participants of the PMP program to schedule delivery of their actigraphs devices and blood collection kits.Responsible for initializing & assigning Actigraph device preparation.Prepare FedEx packages for mailing devices and kits to patients.Schedule delivery of Actigraphs and blood collection kits using shipment calendar and communicating with participants.Track packages as necessary.Comfortable refreshing data under Clinical Operations Manager direction to specific databases.Email participants to return devices if delayed.Download data from devices returned by participants.Monitor supply of devices and kit supplies and communicate with Clinical Operations Manager on inventory.Flexible with troubleshooting data issues in collaboration with Clinical Operations Manager.Complies with proper paperwork procedures, prompt follow-up communications, and departmental policies.Adheres to strict patient confidentiality guidelines.Other duties and responsibilities that may be assigned.Non-Essential Functions:Attends periodic staff meetings and training sessions.Complies with proper paperwork procedures, prompt follow-up communications and departmental policies.Requirements and Qualifications:Associates or Bachelors degree or comparable work experience.1
– 2 years’ experience in an office environmentAttention to detailSolid organizational skillsProficiency using EmailFluent in all MS Office applicationsAbility to communicate clearly and effectively in English both written and verballyAbility to multi-task and be time sensitiveInternal and External Contacts:Interfaces regularly with general employee population in person.Interfaces occasionally with outside guests and patients in person and on the phone.Physical Requirements:This is a sedentary job by nature.
Requires being able to sit at a desk and use a computer and phone for most of the dayReporting Structure:This position reports to the Clinical Operations ManagerJob Type: Part-time (4 hours a day / 4 days a week with shifts ending no later than 5:30 PM)Work Location: Watertown, MA