Clinical Data Managers
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics > Science and MathematicsProjected Growth: Much faster than average
Projected Job Openings
Considerable Preparation Needed
Job Description
Your job is to Apply knowledge of health care and database management to analyze clinical data, and to identify and report trends.
Common job titles of Clinical Data Managers include:
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Experience and Education
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for this occupation. For example, a person in this occupation must complete four years of college and work for several years in industry to be considered qualified.
85% said they needed a Bachelor's Degree.
5% said they needed a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate.
Tasks
Monitor work productivity or quality to ensure compliance with standard operating procedures.
Process clinical data, including receipt, entry, verification, or filing of information.
Generate data queries, based on validation checks or errors and omissions identified during data entry, to resolve identified problems.
Supervise the work of data management project staff.
Track the flow of work forms, including in-house data flow or electronic forms transfer.
Analyze clinical data using appropriate statistical tools.
Prepare data analysis listings and activity, performance, or progress reports.
Develop technical specifications for data management programming and communicate needs to information technology staff.
Provide support and information to functional areas such as marketing, clinical monitoring, and medical affairs.
Design forms for receiving, processing, or tracking data.
Develop project-specific data management plans that address areas such as coding, reporting, or transfer of data, database locks, and work flow processes.
Confer with end users to define or implement clinical system requirements such as data release formats, delivery schedules, and testing protocols.
Design and validate clinical databases, including designing or testing logic checks.
Perform quality control audits to ensure accuracy, completeness, or proper usage of clinical systems and data.
Train staff on technical procedures or software program usage.
Write work instruction manuals, data capture guidelines, or standard operating procedures.
Contribute to the compilation, organization, and production of protocols, clinical study reports, regulatory submissions, or other controlled documentation.
Evaluate processes and technologies, and suggest revisions to increase productivity and efficiency.
Prepare appropriate formatting to data sets as requested.
Read technical literature and participate in continuing education or professional associations to maintain awareness of current database technology and best practices.
Develop or select specific software programs for various research scenarios.
Tools
Smartphones
Laptop computers
Handheld computers
Technologies
C#
Citrix
IBM SPSS Statistics
MEDITECH software
5AM Glassbox Translational Research
Allscripts
Autocoders
All TechnologiesClearTrial
Clinical trial management software
Drug coding software
DZS Software Solutions ClinPlus
Electronic data capture EDC software
ePharmaSolutions eMVR
Fortress Medical Clindex
InforSense InforSense
Invivo Data EPX ePRO Management System
KIKA Veracity
Merge Healthcare eTrials
OpenClinica
Oracle Clinical
Oracle Remote Data Capture
Oracle SQL Loader
Patient tracking software
PercipEnz Technologies OnCore-Clinical Research Management OnCore-CRM
Phase Forward Clintrial
PPD eLoader
Project management software
Relational database software
SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
SAS JMP
Sierra Scientific Software CRIS
StudyManager Sponsor Edition
SyMetric Sciences SyMetric
TOPAZ Enterprise Software Suite
Skills
Critical Thinking
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Active Listening
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Reading Comprehension
Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Speaking
Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Writing
Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Active Learning
Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Monitoring
Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Mathematics
Using mathematics to solve problems.
Complex Problem Solving
Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Coordination
Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Time Management
Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Programming
Writing computer programs for various purposes.
Judgment and Decision Making
Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Systems Analysis
Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Social Perceptiveness
Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Systems Evaluation
Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Instructing
Teaching others how to do something.
Management of Personnel Resources
Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Abilities
Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Cognitive Abilities › Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities › Deductive Reasoning
Arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Cognitive Abilities › Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities › Information Ordering
Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Cognitive Abilities › Verbal Abilities › Oral Comprehension
Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Cognitive Abilities › Verbal Abilities › Written Comprehension
Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Cognitive Abilities › Verbal Abilities › Oral Expression
Communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Cognitive Abilities › Verbal Abilities › Written Expression