Travel Research Associate

Work Schedule

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Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Location/Division Specific Information:
Alongside clinical research through our PPD® clinical research portfolio, our work in Accelerated Enrollment Solutions (AES) optimizes each step of the patient journey in clinical trials, such as securing sites and recruiting patients, allowing for more patients to participate in clinical research. Your determination to put patients at the heart of every decision will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

This position involves up to 75% domestic travel to support studies at various US research sites. Travel Research Associates will typically spend 1-2 weeks away from home to support various research sites, followed by about one week home-based, on a rotational basis.

Preferred candidates will be located in the EST or CST time zones and live near a major airport.

Discover Impactful Work:
Provides general support to technical procedures with a range of complexity, including phlebotomy. Collects study-specific data by performing technical and non-technical procedures and interacting with patients. May also assist with the verification of patient data and collecting source documentation to complete the medical history. Monitors and ensures overall compliance at the site.

A day in the Life:

• May perform technical procedures running patient clinics including vital signs, Fibroscan, height, weight, Electrocardiogram etc. Fully informs patients about the tests to be conducted and guides patients in the requirements of the trial.
• Performs Phlebotomy tests.
• Performs non-technical procedures, including urine collection, subject walks and safety monitoring.
• Under the general supervision of a licensed physician, may conduct the education, evaluation, treatment and follow-up of sleep disorders for clinic patients by following sleep laboratory operating procedures, applying electrodes and sensors to ensure the collection of appropriate data of the sleep testing process.
• Prepares and calibrates equipment for testing to ensure proper functioning.
• Interacts regularly with patients during study visits in order to perform study related procedures.
• Undertakes screening tests in accordance with protocol requirements.
• Assists in the lab, sample processing and/or liaise with laboratories.
• Manages and/or completes ordering of clinical supplies.
• May assist with or oversee the maintenance of accurate freezer logs, specimen labelling and other documentation.
• May take consent if permitted according to country regulations.
• Reports Quality Incidents and participates in the investigation and resolution.
• Provides administrative support as needed.
• Ensures adherence to COP’s, SOP’s, GCP and local regulations.
• Provides training to new staff.
• Note: Some tasks listed above only to be conducted as per country regulations and with relevant valid qualifications/ certification or supervision.

Qualifications:
Education
Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

Experience
Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+ years).

In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Good medical terminology and ability to perform conducting of vital signs
• Ability to perform phlebotomy activities
• Strong understanding of Good Clinical Practices (GCP), with ability to learn and maintain a good working knowledge of FDA regulations and company/client SOPs and WPDs
• Strong organizationa