ALISHA MCCART

Serves as a key liaison between patients, healthcare providers, and clinical trial investigators. Guides patients through the clinical trial process, ensuring they understand the study requirements, and facilitating their participation in trials that may be beneficial for their condition.

• Streamlined communication between bridge team members, fostering a collaborative working environment for successful navigation.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for patients interested in participating in clinical trials.
• Educate patients about clinical trial options, including the purpose, procedures, potential risks, and benefits.
• Assist patients with the enrollment process, including obtaining necessary documentation and informed consent.
• Coordinate communication between patients, healthcare providers, and research teams to streamline trial participation.
• Monitor patient progress throughout the trial and address any concerns or questions they may have.
• Maintain accurate records of patient interactions and trial-related documentation.
• Collaborate with clinical research coordinators to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and protocols.
• Participate in outreach initiatives to raise awareness about available clinical trials within the community.
• Provide support in data collection and reporting related to patient outcomes and trial metrics.

• Assists in the development and completion of source documents and case report forms
• Administers various research surveys in accordance with research study requirements
• Schedules study-specific visits in conjunction with ancillary departments
• Completes data management activities
• Participates in sponsor correspondence, monitoring, and study meetings
• Monitors compliance throughout all study activities and engages compliance oversight as needed
• Obtains informed consent by following policy, procedure, and regulatory requirements
• Performs participant screening, enrollment, study activities, and communication
• Maintains equipment and supply resources for research studies
• Completes documentation as needed within the medical record
• Provides research study education to participants as part of a study protocol
• Maintains all licensure, certification, and system education requirements for role
• Maintains all regulatory documents
• Facilitates grants, contracts, and financial tasks for research and clinical trials

• Maintains a working knowledge of compliance with ICH-GCP guidelines, HIPAA, local and university requirements, SOPs, and study-specific procedures
• Performed all tasks relevant to the study participant selections, including written and oral consent, screening and educating potential subjects and caregivers, and referral sources on protocol-specific details and expectations
• Expertly conducts a full range of patient and protocol assessments, including efficacy and safety, vital signs and venipunctures, ultrasound, and cognitive testing
• Coordinates and assists physicians while performing lumbar punctures
• Ensured study documents were tracked, filed, maintained, and archived in audit-ready condition
• Coordinates participant visits, tests, and procedures
• Assist PI in preparations of any modifications to the scientific protocol in accordance with federal regulations and University and sponsoring agency policies and procedures
• Works with PI to manage the day-to-day activities of the study, including problem-solving, communication, and protocol management
• Assists PI with scientific and compliance reporting requirements
• Performed all lab duties, including collecting, receiving, processing (blood, cerebral spinal fluid, and saliva), packaging, and shipping of laboratory samples
• Coordinates direction of labeling, storage, and transport of all human specimens
• Assists with community outreach events, education, health promotion, and equity

• Coordinates and performs insurance verification and determines benefits by contacting the insurance provider
• Confirms referring physician has obtained prior authorization
• Centralized scheduler to over 400 patients monthly
• Maintains tracking of patients on schedule, ensuring eligibility
• Responds to all inquiries from throughout system
• Provides ongoing communication to patient/families, and others as needed to resolve insurance
• Coordinates weekly team meetings
• Attends bi-monthly meetings for current updates from training team
• Assisted other Registration Clerks with front desk duties, answering questions and accurately using reservation system
• Verified insurance benefits and obtained pre-authorizations before any medical procedures were performed

• Provides facility and billing information
• Responsible for patient information intake and ensuring information is readily available to clinical staff
• Maintain good rapport with patient to ensure great customer service
• Creating patient accounts for billing purposes
• Verifying patient's insurance eligibility and collected patient responsibility payments
• Responsible for medical necessity coding for Medicare patients
• Performed various office duties
• Conducted over 400 interviews with individuals to obtain all required information in emergency room
• Evaluated applications and supporting documentation for completeness, validity and compliance with applicable regulations

• Performed risk reduction, fire suppression, public educations, emergency medical care and equipment maintenance functions and duties
• Maintained excellent patient and community communication
• Performed training sessions to learn properly updated methods, procedures, and techniques
• Performed rescue, extrication work, fire control, and knowledge of water and hydraulics
• Created incident reports on software, along with patient care reports to given hospitals
• Organized shift training
• Responded to emergency medical calls to perform lifesaving procedures and other emergency medical services
• Educated public and community members on fire safety and prevention methods to provide life-saving techniques
• Health promotion and equity
• Evaluated situations at emergency sites to determine and execute most effective methods for saving life and property
• Oversaw equipment and vehicle upkeep to maintain emergency readiness
• Responded to confined space incidents, EMS and hazardous material incidents
• Initiated advanced life-saving measures to alleviate further injury and prepared victims for transport to medical facilities
• Inspected all equipment following each fire call to ascertain the effective functionality of hoses, breathing masks and fire tools
• Inspected apparatus, equipment, grounds and stations for proper order and condition on shift basis