Role Description
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, youβll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies.
Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on β now and in the future.
Summarized Purpose:
-
Performs and coordinates different aspects of the clinical monitoring and site management process.
-
Conducts remote or on-site visits to assess protocol and regulatory compliance and manages required documentation.
-
Acts as a site processes specialist, ensuring that the trial is conducted in accordance with the approved protocol, ICH-GCP guidelines, applicable regulations and SOPs.
-
Ensures audit readiness and develops collaborative relationships with investigational sites.
-
Detailed tasks and responsibilities assigned to role are outlined in the task matrix.
Key responsibilities:
-
Monitors investigator sites with a risk-based monitoring approach.
-
Applies root cause analysis (RCA), critical thinking and problem-solving skills to identify site processes failure and corrective/preventive actions.
-
Ensures data accuracy through SDR, SDV and CRF review as applicable through on-site and remote monitoring activities.
-
Documents observations in reports and letters in a timely manner using approved business writing standards.
-
Escalates observed deficiencies and issues to clinical management expeditiously.
-
Maintains regular contact between monitoring visits with investigative sites.
-
Conducts supervising tasks in accordance with the approved monitoring plan.
-
Participates in the investigator payment process.
-
Ensures shared responsibility with other project team members on issues/findings resolution.
-
Investigates and follows up on findings as applicable.
-
Participates in investigator meetings as vital.
-
Identifies potential investigators in collaboration with the client company.
-
Initiates clinical trial sites according to the relevant procedures.
-
Performs trial close out and retrieval of trial materials.
-
Ensures that required crucial documents are complete and in place.
-
Conducts on-site file reviews as per project specifications.
-
Provides trial status tracking and progress update reports to the Clinical Team Manager (CTM).
-
Ensures study systems are updated per agreed study conventions.
-
Facilitates effective communication between investigative sites, the client company and the PPD project team.
-
Responds to company, client and applicable regulatory requirements/audits/inspections.
-
Maintains & completes administrative tasks such as expense reports and timesheets in a timely manner.
-
Contributes to the project team by assisting in preparation of project publications/tools.
-
Contributes to other project work and initiatives for process improvement, as required.
Qualifications
-
Bachelor's degree in a life sciences related field or a Registered Nursing certification or equivalent.
-
Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 1 year as a clinical research monitor) or completion of PPD Drug Development Fellowship.
-
Valid driver's license where applicable.
Requirements
-
Proven clinical monitoring skills.
-
Demonstrated understanding of medical/therapeutic area knowledge and medical terminology.
-
Demonstrated ability to attain and maintain a solid understanding of ICH GCPs, applicable regulations and procedural documents.
-
Well-developed critical thinking skills, including but not limited to critical mindset, in-depth investigation for appropriate root cause analysis and problem solving.
-
Ability to manage Risk Based Monitoring concepts and processes.
-
Good oral and written communication skills.
-
Ability to maintain customer focus through good listening skills and attention to detail.
-
Good organizational and time management skills.
-
Effective interpersonal skills.
-
Attention to detail.
-
Ability to remain flexible and adaptable in a wide range of scenarios.
-
Ability to work in a team or independently as required.
-
Good digital literacy: solid knowledge of Microsoft Office and the ability to learn appropriate software.
-
Good English language and grammar skills.
-
Good presentation skills.
Benefits
-
Competitive remuneration.
-
Annual incentive plan bonus.
-
Healthcare and a range of employee benefits.
-
Employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization.
-
Outstanding career and development prospects.
-
Exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation.