Senior Clinical Research Associate/SCRA

COVANCE has an exciting opportunity for an experienced, independent and autonomous Senior CRA

You will be fully dedicated to one sponsor working in multiple TAs in a regional, home based role

This opportunity sits within our FSP business model - a very attractive environment with great potential for career development.

Dedicated to our Client (one Sponsor) 100% of the time, you will be well supported by a dedicated Covance line manager as well as by the Client project teams.

You would be employed permanently by Covance on a competitive salary and outsourced to a world class leading global healthcare company.

This is a full time home based position within the UK - we are flexible on location.

Outsourced to our pharma partner, working to their processes, SOPs and guidelines, you will be more than just a monitor. As a key part of a study team, you will be the site manager for your sites

– you will not just monitor, but will work with sites to ensure recruitment targets are met, that sites have a reliable and dedicated resource for their queries, you will assist sites to overcome issues and will be a partner to your sites.   You will have the option to attend sites for booster or motivational visits as and when required, as well as for monitoring and some studies use a risk-based monitoring model, although all site initiations and close out visits will be on site.

There are multiple exciting therapeutic areas to work in – GI, CNS, Ophthalmology – and many studies are in feasibility and early stages of set-up, so as a key study member you will be involved from the start.

You will be a key member of the study team, the go to person for study team queries, site queries and have full ownership and management of your assigned sites.

Whilst the client try to keep sites regional, there is potential for national travel and international travel for attendance at Investigator Meetings.

You will have full and independent site management responsibilities to include:-

• Site-level feasibility
• Protocol Specific Monitoring Plan execution and compliance
• Site visit reports within metric timelines
• Site specific patient recruitment and retention plans (shared deliverable)
• Ensure collection of high-quality clinical trial data (CRFs)
• Query, Action Item and Issues timeously resolution
• Attend site audits and inspections, including corrective and preventative action responses to monitoring-related observations of audits and inspections
• Site level study and/or territory information
• Learning management system(s) compliance

Our strategic relationship with our pharma client also enables a focus on training, pastoral care and career development opportunities within this model. Work life balance is also of utmost importance within this partnership.

We are requiring a CRA who can speak English fluently and ideally we would like the CRA to have at least 3 years independent monitoring experience.

key words Key Words Clinical Research, SCRA, Clinical Research Associate, GCP, Monitor, Senior Clinical Research Associate, CRA I, Oncology, Field Based, Home Based, CRO, Pharmaceutical, Clinical Monitoring,

Please call Marc Joseph on 44 (0)1753 216664 for further information or send your application to marc.joseph@covance.com Or apply direct via pharmiweb