Title: Senior CRA
Location: Remote
Type: 1-year contract w/extension possibilities
Summary:
Take responsibility for coordinating the clinical monitoring activities, overseeing the CRO clinical /site management activities and co-monitoring the assigned international Ph-I to Ph-III clinical studies in accordance with regulatory requirements, Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines and SOPs to the most rigorous standards of quality, timely delivery and within budget, in order to assist in the delivery of Clinical Development objectives and achieve clinical excellence. Coordinate the achievement of assigned clinical study deliverables within a matrix organization under the leadership of the Clinical Project Managers (CPM).
Responsibilities:
- Ensure efficient and thorough study start-up by overseeing the Clinical team of the CROs and working closely with other relevant team members involved in the study set up (DM, Reg, CMC etcโฆ): ensure feasibility report are exhaustive, Review site feasibility reports as per oversight plan ,support the CPM in site selection, verify timely collection of essential study documents, such as regulatory and ethics committee documents for submission, and by controlling that all set up activities are performed prior to each site initiation, as per the oversight plan.
- Support and ensure that all specific of the sponsor/CRO EDC system tasks under the clinical responsibility are completed and achieved according to the defined timelines without jeopardising the start of a trial.
- Support the Clinical CRO in the training of the CRAs on all study specific operational activities and participate in the organisation and preparation of the monitor and investigator meetings in collaboration with the other study team members (Corporate and/or affiliates, CROs as appropriate)
- Prepare and/or assist in the production of all documents necessary to oversee the clinical activity implementation, monitoring and reporting in a professional, high quality and timely manner (such as monitoring oversight plan and clinical monitoring metricsโฆ).
- Review all/a sample of site visit reports as per the Oversight Monitoring Plan, ensuring timely and appropriate follow up of issues raised by monitors (Corporate & affiliates and/or CROs as appropriate).
- Co-monitor clinical studies according to the oversight plan, ensuring adequate contact with investigator sites, identifying and solving issues in study progress, verifying data in-house or by conducting co-monitoring visits, in collaboration with other study team members, and following up as required with CROs/CRAs/investigator.
Experiences:
Relevant experience of pharmaceutical drug development:
- Therapeutic area: Oncology
- Experience of minimum 1 year (ideally 2 years) of Lead CRA e.g. coordination of clinical activities/site management activities for the set up and running of international registrational studies (multiple sites/countries).
- Experience as a Field CRA monitor for at least 3 years (CROs or Pharma Industry)
- Excellent Knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCP), ICH regulations.
- Experience in preparing clinical study documentation for study set up, maintenance and closing
- Experience in managing and developing relationships with Contract Research Organizations (CROs).
- Global studies (multiple countries/sites) experience
