# Clinical Research Associate

**Company**: Fortrea
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Clinical Research Associate to manage clinical studies according to Fortrea's Standard Operating Procedures, ICH GCP Guidelines, and Sponsor requirements.

**Responsibilities:**

- Conduct site monitoring responsibilities for clinical trials, including Pre-study, Site Initiation, Process Monitoring, Routine Monitoring, and Close-out Visits

- Prepare and implement project plans related to Clinical Monitoring responsibilities

- Ensure the protection of subjects by verifying that informed consent procedures and protocol requirements are adhered to

- Safeguard data integrity by careful source document review, source document verification, query generation, and resolution against established data review guidelines

- Confirm Site Regulatory documents and applicable eTMF/Sponsor Documents are complete and current throughout the duration of the trial

- Guarantee that the study Investigational Product inventory and accountability is accurate and that study materials are stored securely and per protocol requirements

- Ensure adherence to global quality control and CRA performance metrics

- Ensure audit readiness at site level

- Act in the project role of a Lead CRA as assigned

**General On-Site Monitoring Responsibilities:**

- Ensure the study staff who will conduct the protocol have received the proper materials and instructions to safely enter subjects/patients into the study

- Ensure the protection of study subjects or patients by performing eligibility review, verifying that screening, informed consent procedures and protocol requirements are adhered to

- Ensure the integrity of the source data reported by careful source document review

- Monitor data for missing or implausible data

- Ensure study data completeness, accuracy, consistency, and compliance

- Identify deficiencies, deviations and discrepancies, and initiate corrective action as required

- Ensure the resources of the Sponsor and Fortrea are spent wisely by performing the required monitoring tasks in an efficient manner

- Travel, including air travel, may be required and is an essential function of the job

- Prepare and submit accurate and timely trip reports

- Independently perform eCRF review, 100% source data verification, query generation and resolution against established data review guideline with or without direct supervision

- Assist with the administration of clinical research projects, recruiting investigators, collecting investigator documentation and site management

- Update, navigate, and maintain Fortrea or study/Sponsor-specific trial management tools/eClinical systems

- Track IP shipments and supplies, as needed

- Track and follow-up on serious adverse events as assigned

- Work closely with the study team, align monitoring to critical study timelines ensuring study deliverables are met

- Prepare and implement study-specific monitoring plans and site Initiation slides, as assigned

- Attend investigators' meetings, project team meetings and teleconferences, and others as needed

- Present training content for site initiation

- Assist with training of new employees

**Qualifications:**

- University or college degree, or certification in a related allied health profession from an appropriately accredited institution

- Thorough understanding of ICH GCP Guidelines and understanding of local regulatory requirements

- Thorough knowledge of monitoring procedures

- Basic understanding of the clinical trial process

- Fluent in local office language and in English, both written and verbal

**Experience:**

- A minimum of 2 years of Clinical Monitoring experience

- Ability to monitor study sites independently according to monitoring plan, project requirements, SOPs, and ICH GCP guidelines

- Ability to work with minimal supervision

- Have an understanding of the Serious Adverse Event (SAE) reporting, process production of reports, narratives and follow up of SAEs

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Thorough working knowledge of Fortrea SOPs for site monitoring

- One (1) or more additional years of experience in a related field

- Phase I monitoring experience

- Life Science or Nursing qualification

- Specific skills, systems, certifications, and/or licenses preferred

**Physical Demands/Work Environment:**

- Must be able to sit at a computer for long periods of time

- Must be able to use hands to finger, handle or touch objects, tools or controls, including a computer keyboard, for up to 8 hours per day

- Standard office and/or home working environment

- Clinical Research Unit and hospital environment (administrative only)

- Risk of eye strain

- Will involve outside of normal office hours as required by the role

- Travel Requirement is 60% of the time (traveling to study sites)

## Skills

### Required
- ICH GCP Guidelines
- Clinical Monitoring
- Source Document Review
- Data Integrity
- Regulatory Compliance

### Nice to have
- Fortrea SOPs
- Phase I monitoring
- Life Science or Nursing qualification
- e-clinical systems

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