Description
Syneos Health is seeking a Clinical Research Associate I to join their team. The successful candidate will perform site qualification, site initiation, interim monitoring, site management, and close-out visits to ensure regulatory, ICH-GCP, and protocol compliance.
Responsibilities:
- Perform site qualification, site initiation, interim monitoring, site management, and close-out visits
- Evaluate overall performance of site and site staff, providing recommendations regarding site-specific actions
- Verify process of obtaining informed consent has been adequately performed and documented for each subject/patient
- Assess factors that might affect subject/patient's safety and clinical data integrity at an investigator/physician site
- Conduct Source Document Review of site source documents and medical records
- Apply query resolution techniques remotely and on-site, providing guidance to site staff as necessary
- Utilize available hardware and software to support effective conduct of clinical study data review and capture
- Verify site compliance with electronic data capture requirements
- Perform investigational product (IP) inventory, reconciliation, and reviews storage and security
- Routinely review Investigator Site File (ISF) for accuracy, timeliness, and completeness
- Document activities via confirmation letters, follow-up letters, trip reports, communication logs, and other required project documents
- Support subject/patient recruitment, retention, and awareness strategies
- Enter data into tracking systems as required
- Understand project scope, budgets, and timelines for own and others' activities in the clinical team
- Manage site-level activities/communication to ensure project objectives, deliverables, and timelines are met
- Adapt to changing priorities to achieve goals/targets
- Act as primary liaison with project site personnel or in collaboration with Central Monitoring Associate
- Prepare for and attend Investigator Meetings and/or sponsor face-to-face meetings
- Provide guidance at the site and project level towards audit readiness standards
- May provide training or mentorship to more junior level CRAs
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or RN in a related field or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- Knowledge of Good Clinical Practice/ICH Guidelines and other applicable regulatory requirements
- Good computer skills and ability to adapt to new technologies
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to manage required travel of up to 75% on a regular basis