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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

he Beat Childhood Cancer Research Consortium at the Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, is hiring a full-time Clinical Trial Research Monitor. The Beat Childhood Cancer Research Consortium (BCC) is an international clinical research sponsor and acts as a Contract Research Organization (CRO) of a network of 50+ hospitals across the US and Canada that participate in BCC's investigator-initiated clinical trials.

This job does require travel to BCC hospital sites for monitoring visits approximately every 4-6 weeks.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Clinical Trial Management, Human Subjects Research, and IND/IDE regulatory requirements. It is important that the candidate have experience working with a team, multiple Principal Investigators, and Phase I/II clinical trial projects. The candidate must have strong verbal and written communication skills and be able to multi-task while fostering an environment of collaboration and teamwork.

For more information on BCC visit our website: Home | Beat Childhood Cancer (beatcc.org)

BCC Specific Position Roles:

The Clinical Trial Research Monitor is primarily responsible for ensuring the rights and wellbeing of trial participants are protected and the reported trial data are accurate, complete, and verifiable from the source documents. This position is the primary contact between the Investigational Sites and BCC Leadership. Key responsibility of this position is ensuring that clinical trials are conducted in accordance with ICH GCP guidelines, local and global regulatory requirements and BCC SOPs.

• Build relationships with Principal Investigators, study coordinators, pharmacists, and all relevant site trial personnel to ensure the efficient, expedited, and smooth management of clinical trials.
• Foster internal and external relationships to ensure focus on efficient, timely and productive project delivery as per study requirements and timelines.
• In collaboration with Regulatory teammates, understand the requirements of applicable local and international regulatory requirements as relevant to specific clinical trials.
• Monitoring of investigational sites as per ICH GCP §5.18 (Monitoring) and the BCC Study Monitoring Plan for each BCC study. This includes all monitoring visit types across all phases of a clinical trial including Site Initiation, Site Monitoring and Site Close Out. Visits may be conducted either onsite or remote as needed.
  • Ensure the rights & wellbeing of trial participants are protected, including consent form checks, patient eligibility confirmation, protocol compliance, investig