Contract Clinical Research Associate

Job Description

As a Clinical Research Associate at PSI you will enjoy a variety of monitoring tasks and work on clinical studies in different therapeutic indications, maintaining the highest quality standards in the industry.

You will:

• Act as the main line of communication between the project team, sponsor, and the site
• Build and maintain a good relationship with the site staff involved in the study conduct
• Prepare, conduct, and report site selection, initiation, routine monitoring and close-out visits
• Ensure that subject recruitment targets are timely defined, communicated, recorded and met, and project timelines are followed at site level
• Ensure accurate and timely information flow with trial sites on Adverse Events and protocol/process deviations
• Perform source data verification and follows up on data queries at site level; review and manage study risks on a site level
• Ensure proper handling, use, accountability, reconciliation, and return of all Investigational Product(s) and clinical study supplies on sites
• Review essential study documents and reconcile study Investigator Site File (ISF) / TMF at site level
• Ensures quality (data integrity and compliance) at site level
• Conduct site audit preparation visits and resolve site audit findings
• Participate in study site audits and client onsite visits, as required
• Ensure the flow of documents and study supplies between the project team, site and the Central/ Regional Laboratory/ Central Reviewer/ Warehouse
• Conduct project-specific training of site investigators
• Support preparation of Investigator newsletters
• Assist Site Management Associates in maintaining study-specific and corporate tracking systems at site level
• Support preparation of draft regulatory and ethics committee submission packages
• Support collection of IP-RED packages at site/country level
• Facilitate review and reconciliation of the study TMF on country and site levels

Qualifications

• College/University degree in Life Sciences or an equivalent combination of education, training & experience
• Located in Canada (West Coast)
• 5+ years of independent on-site monitoring experience
• Experience in all types of monitoring visits, in phases I-III
• Experience independently monitoring Oncology clinical trials required
• Experience independently monitoring Gastroenterology (IBD) clinical trials required
• Proficiency in MS Office applications
• Ability to plan, multitask and work in a dynamic team environment
• Communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to travel up to 75%
• Valid driver’s license