Clinical Data Manager

Also called: Clinical Applications Director, Clinical Biostatistics Director, Clinical Data Abstractor, Clinical Data Analyst, Clinical Data Coordinator

Clinical Data Manager

Varies

estimated salary

Clinical data managers apply knowledge of health care and database management to analyze clinical data and to identify and report trends.

  • Design and validate clinical databases, including designing or testing logic checks.
  • 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.
  • Develop project-specific data management plans that address areas such as coding, reporting, or transfer of data, database locks, and work flow processes.
  • Monitor work productivity or quality to ensure compliance with standard operating procedures.
  • Prepare appropriate formatting to data sets as requested.
  • Design forms for receiving, processing, or tracking data.
  • Prepare data analysis listings and activity, performance, or progress reports.
  • Confer with end users to define or implement clinical system requirements such as data release formats, delivery schedules, and testing protocols.
  • Perform quality control audits to ensure accuracy, completeness, or proper usage of clinical systems and data.
  • Analyze clinical data using appropriate statistical tools.
  • Evaluate processes and technologies, and suggest revisions to increase productivity and efficiency.
  • Develop technical specifications for data management programming and communicate needs to information technology staff.
  • Write work instruction manuals, data capture guidelines, or standard operating procedures.
  • Track the flow of work forms, including in-house data flow or electronic forms transfer.
  • Supervise the work of data management project staff.
  • Contribute to the compilation, organization, and production of protocols, clinical study reports, regulatory submissions, or other controlled documentation.
  • Read technical literature and participate in continuing education or professional associations to maintain awareness of current database technology and best practices.
  • Train staff on technical procedures or software program usage.
  • Develop or select specific software programs for various research scenarios.
  • Provide support and information to functional areas such as marketing, clinical monitoring, and medical affairs.
Work Context
  • Electronic Mail — 100% responded "Every day".
  • Spend Time Sitting — 85% responded "Continually or almost continually".
  • Telephone — 50% responded "Once a week or more but not every day".
  • Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 60% responded "Extremely important".
  • Work With Work Group or Team — 55% responded "Extremely important".
  • Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 80% responded "Every day".
  • Contact With Others — 50% responded "Constant contact with others".
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Work Activities
  • Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
  • Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
  • Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
  • Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
  • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
  • Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
  • Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
  • Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
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Detailed Work Activities
  • Update knowledge about emerging industry or technology trends.
  • Communicate project information to others.
  • Prepare data for analysis.
  • Evaluate utility of software or hardware technologies.
  • Recommend changes to improve computer or information systems.
  • Develop procedures for data management.
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Knowledge

English Language
  • Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Computers and Electronics
  • Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Customer and Personal Service
  • Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
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Skills

Critical Thinking
  • Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Reading Comprehension
  • Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Speaking
  • Talking to others to convey information effectively.
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.
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Abilities

Information Ordering
  • The ability to 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).
Deductive Reasoning
  • The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Oral Comprehension
  • The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression
  • The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
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Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
They do well at jobs that need:
  • Achievement/Effort
  • Persistence
  • Initiative
  • Leadership
  • Cooperation
  • Concern for Others
  • Social Orientation
  • Self Control
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Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Medical software
  • Epic Systems Hot Technology
  • MEDITECH software Hot Technology
  • Allscripts
Enterprise application integration software
  • Extensible markup language XML Hot Technology
Data base reporting software
  • SAP Crystal Reports Hot Technology
  • SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
  • Oracle SQL Loader
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