[Remote] FSP CRA level I at Thermo Fisher Scientific

Brazil

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Junior (1 to 2 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Clinical Research, PharmaceuticalsIndustries

Requirements

  • Applies root cause analysis (RCA), critical thinking, and problem-solving skills to identify site process failures and corrective/preventive actions
  • Ensures data accuracy through source data review (SDR), source data verification (SDV), and case report form (CRF) review via on-site and remote monitoring
  • Assesses investigational product through physical inventory and records review
  • Documents observations in reports and letters timely using approved business writing standards
  • Escalates deficiencies and issues to clinical management expeditiously and follows through to resolution
  • Maintains regular contact with sites between visits to confirm protocol adherence, issue resolution, and timely data recording
  • Conducts monitoring tasks per approved monitoring plan using risk-based approach
  • Participates in investigator payment process
  • Shares responsibility with project team on issues/findings resolution and investigates/follows up as applicable
  • Participates in investigator meetings as necessary
  • Helps identify potential investigators in collaboration with client to ensure qualified sites
  • Initiates clinical trial sites per procedures to ensure compliance with protocol, regulatory, and ICH GCP obligations, making recommendations
  • Performs trial close-out and retrieval of trial materials
  • Ensures essential documents are complete per ICH-GCP and regulations; conducts on-site file reviews per project specs
  • Provides trial status tracking and progress update reports
  • Ensures study systems (e.g., Clinical Trial Management System) are complete, accurate, and updated
  • Facilitates communication between sites, client, and internal teams via written, oral, or electronic means
  • Responds to company, client, and regulatory requirements/audits/inspections
  • Maintains/completes administrative tasks (e.g., expense reports, timesheets) timely
  • Contributes to project team via preparation of publications/tools, sharing ideas, process improvement, and other initiatives
  • Travel requirement higher than 75%

Responsibilities

  • Monitors investigator sites with risk-based approach, applying RCA, critical thinking, and problem-solving to ensure compliance and reduce risks
  • Ensures data accuracy via SDR, SDV, CRF review through on-site/remote activities
  • Assesses investigational product accountability
  • Documents site observations timely in reports/letters
  • Escalates and resolves site deficiencies/issues
  • Maintains site contact between visits for protocol compliance and data timeliness
  • Executes monitoring per approved plan
  • Participates in investigator payments
  • Collaborates on issue resolution and follow-up
  • Attends investigator meetings
  • Assists in investigator/site selection
  • Initiates sites ensuring GCP/protocol compliance
  • Conducts site close-out and material retrieval
  • Manages essential documents and file reviews
  • Tracks and reports trial progress
  • Maintains study systems accuracy
  • Facilitates site-client-team communication
  • Handles audits/inspections
  • Completes administrative tasks timely
  • Contributes to team projects, tools, and improvements

Skills

Risk-Based Monitoring
Root Cause Analysis
ICH GCP
SDV
SDR
CRF Review
Site Initiation
Site Closeout
Investigator Meetings
Essential Documents
Clinical Trial Monitoring
Protocol Compliance

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Provides life sciences products and services

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific offers a variety of products and services that support scientific research and healthcare, including laboratory equipment, reagents, and software solutions. Their products are used in applications like protein biology, real-time PCR, and sequencing, serving clients such as academic institutions and pharmaceutical companies. Unlike competitors, Thermo Fisher emphasizes customer support and education, helping clients optimize their experiments. The company's goal is to be a leading provider of life sciences solutions that contribute to a healthier and safer world.

Waltham, MassachusettsHeadquarters
1956Year Founded
$17MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Biotechnology, HealthcareIndustries
10,001+Employees

Risks

Increased competition in single-use bioprocessing may impact market share.
Sale of anatomical pathology business could create a temporary product gap.
Investment in miDiagnostics may face regulatory challenges affecting returns.

Differentiation

Thermo Fisher offers a comprehensive range of life sciences products and services.
Their well-known brands include Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, and Invitrogen.
They provide strong customer support and educational resources to optimize client workflows.

Upsides

Expansion of biologics production facility enhances capacity for precision biologics monitoring.
Investment in miDiagnostics aligns with demand for rapid diagnostic solutions in BioPharma.
Collaboration with Mainz Biomed positions them in the growing cancer detection market.

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