Clinical Research Associate
Abarca HealthFull Time
Junior (1 to 2 years)
The FSP CRA (Level II) role requires performing and coordinating clinical monitoring and site management aspects, including remote or on-site visits to assess protocol and regulatory compliance. Candidates must manage documentation, adhere to sponsor and supervising environment guidelines, and act as a site processes specialist to ensure trial compliance with ICH-GCP and regulations. Experience with risk-based monitoring, root cause analysis, critical thinking, and problem-solving is necessary. The role involves ensuring data accuracy through SDR, SDV, and CRF review, assessing investigational product, and documenting observations in timely reports. Responsibilities include escalating deficiencies, maintaining site contact, participating in investigator payment and meetings, identifying potential investigators, initiating clinical trial sites, performing trial close-out, and ensuring crucial document completeness. The role also requires tracking study status, updating study systems, and facilitating communication between sites, clients, and project teams.
The FSP CRA (Level II) will perform and coordinate various aspects of clinical monitoring and site management, including conducting remote or on-site visits to assess protocol and regulatory compliance. They will manage required documentation, ensure adherence to sponsor and supervising environment guidelines, and act as a site processes specialist to guarantee trial compliance with the protocol, ICH-GCP guidelines, and applicable regulations. Key responsibilities include applying risk-based monitoring, performing root cause analysis, critical thinking, and problem-solving to identify site process failures and implement corrective/preventive actions. The role entails ensuring data accuracy through SDR, SDV, and CRF review, assessing investigational product through physical inventory and records review, and documenting observations in reports and letters promptly. They will escalate observed deficiencies and issues to clinical management and follow them through to resolution, potentially maintaining regular contact with investigative sites. The CRA will conduct supervising tasks per the monitoring plan, participate in the investigator payment process, and ensure shared responsibility for issue resolution. Additionally, they will investigate and follow up on findings, participate in investigator meetings, identify potential investigators, initiate clinical trial sites, perform trial close-out, and retrieve trial materials. The role also includes ensuring required crucial documents are complete, conducting on-site file reviews, providing trial status tracking and progress update reports, ensuring study systems are updated, and facilitating effective communication between investigative sites, the client company, and the PPD project team.
Provides life sciences products and services
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.