Precision for Medicine is not your typical CRO. At Precision for Medicine we have brought together new technologies, expertise and operational scale to help the life sciences improve the speed, cost and success rate of bringing life-changing therapies to patients. What sets us apart is the way we integrate clinical trial execution with deep scientific knowledge, laboratory expertise and advanced data sciences. We have a strong focus on Oncology and Rare Disease.
Precision for Medicine is looking for Senior Clinical Research Associate (based in Shanghai and Beijing)
Position Summary:
The Senior CRA has wide-ranging and broad experience and typically handles the most complex and advanced assignments. Responsibilities will be dependent upon the type and timing of the program to which the Senior CRA is assigned and will, at a minimum, include start-up and study implementation activities, on-site monitoring of clinical research studies as well as on-going site management.
Incumbents are expected to be able to manage appropriately sized or complex clinical trials, and support Clinical Trial Managers and/or Project Managers with trials as required. An increased focus on training and mentoring junior staff members may be expected.
Essential functions of the job include but are not limited to:
• Independently oversees all aspects of study site management to ensure patient safety is protected, quality of data generated by managed sites resulting in consistently low query levels and in acceptable Quality Assurance reports.
• Provides guidance at the site and project level towards audit readiness standards and supports preparation for audit and required follow-up actions.
• Establishes, updates, tracks and maintains study specific trial management tools/systems, and status reports.
• Manages site start up procedures including the feasibility and recruitment of potential investigators, preparation of EC/IRB submissions, collection and review of regulatory documents, review and adaptation in Patient Informed Consents, notifications to IRB, EC and regulatory authorities, as appropriate, translation of study related documentation, organization of meetings and other tasks as instructed by the Clinical Trial Manager/Project Manager.
• If required, assists the negotiation of study budgets and the execution of investigator contracts under directions of Site Contract Management department/designee.
• Verifies the process of obtaining informed consent has been adequately performed and documented for each subject/patient, as required/appropriate. Assesses factors that might affect subject/patient’s safety and clinical data integrity at an investigator/physician site such as protocol deviation/violations and pharmacovigilance issues.