Senior Clinical Research Associate - Oncology - Southeast - FSP

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At Parexel, we all share the same goal - to improve the world's health. From clinical trials to regulatory, consulting, and market access, every clinical development solution we provide is underpinned by something special - a deep conviction in what we do.

Each of us, no matter what we do at Parexel, contributes to the development of a therapy that ultimately will benefit a patient. We take our work personally, we do it with empathy and we're committed to making a difference.

The Senior Clinical Research Associate will be responsible for data integrity, data quality and ensuring compliance with International Council for Harmonization and Good Clinical Practice (ICH GCP) and local requirements at the site level.  Monitoring will be conducted in line with the Study Monitoring Plan (SMP) and will be performed virtually for the majority of activities to supplement on site visit requirements. The Clinical Research Associate will collaborate with the Site Manager to assure that the site is in compliance with the protocol and is inspection ready, will coordinate with institutions and investigators at the local level, and will collaborate with the Study Operations Manager (SOM), Global Study Manager (GSM), and Site Care Partner (SCP).

Key Accountabilities:

Oversight of Monitoring Responsibilities and Study Conduct:

• Ensuring regulatory, ICH-GCP and protocol compliance.  Uses judgment
and experience to evaluate overall performance of site and site staff and to provide recommendations regarding site-specific actions; immediately communicates/escalates significant issues to the project team and develops action plans.  Maintains a working knowledge of ICH/GCP Guidelines or other applicable guidance, relevant regulations, and company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)/processes
• Verifies the process of obtaining informed consent has been adequately
performed and documented for each subject as required
• Demonstrates diligence in protecting the confidentiality of each subject
and assesses factors that might affect subject safety and clinical data integrity at an investigator site such as protocol deviation and violations and pharmacovigilance issues
• Per the Clinical Monitoring Plan (CMP) or SMP: Ability to conduct
monitoring activities using different methods, (e.g., both on site and remote) where allowed by country regulations
• Conducts source document review and verification of appropriate site
source documents and medical records
o Verifies required clinical data entered in the Case Report Form
(CRF) is accurate and complete

• Manages reporting of protocol deviations and appropriate follow up
• Applies query resolution techniques remotely and on site, and provides
guidance to site staff as necessary, driving query resolution to closure
within agreed timelines
o Utilizes available hardware and software to support the effective
conduct of the clinical study data review and capture
• May perform Investigational Product (IP) inventory, reconciliation and
reviews storage and security
• Verifies the IP has been dispensed and administered to subjects
according to the protocol and verifies issues or risks associated with
blinded or randomized information related to IP
• Applies knowledge of GCP and local regulations and organizational
procedures to ensure IP is appropriately (re)labelled, imported and
released and returned
o Manages reporting of identified issues and manages follow up to
resolution
• Documents activities via follow up letters, monitoring reports,
communication logs, and other required project documents as per SOPs
and CMP and SMP
• Ensures all activities are managed by site personnel who are
appropriately delegated and trained
• Enters data into tracking systems as required to track all observations,
ongoing status and assigned action items to resolution
o For assigned activities, understands project scope, budgets, and
timelines; manages site level activities and communication to
ensure project objectives, deliverables and timelines are met. Must be able to quickly adapt to changing priorities to achieve goals and targets
• Reviews data entry timeliness in line with outlined requirements, missing
pages, outstanding data queries, timelines for database locks
• Reviews site signature sheet and delegation of duties log to confirm any
newly added or removed site staff are documented appropriately and the
log is up to date. Where the site or Site Signature Sheet and Delegation of Duties Log indicates site personnel are no longer active on a study, review and assess training compliance with