Clinical Research Assistant - Neuromuscular Program

Status

Full-Time

Standard Hours per Week

40

Job Posting Category

Research

Job Posting Description

Position Summary:
The neuromuscular program is part of the Neurology Department at Boston Children's Hospital. Our team is comprised of 7 CRAs (Clinical Research Assistant) & CRCs (Clinical Research Coordinators) working under 4 researchers (Basil Darras, MD, Partha Ghosh, MD, Leslie Hayes, MD, and Regina Laine, NP) with over 30 ongoing clinical trials. Most trials are sponsor funded-investigational drug trials and involve patients with SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy), DMD (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy).

Key responsibilities:
As a CRA you would be responsible for facilitating and coordinating the trials on a day-to-day basis. Teamwork, organization, adaptability, and creativity are extremely important for any candidate.
Responsibilities may include:

• Scheduling patient visits with many different departments.
• Attending and organizing all study visits with the participant and family.
• Monitoring for Adverse Events and reporting to the PI, IRB and sponsor.
• Facilitating communication between the PI and the patients.
• Maintaining study protocol documents for applications/amendments to IRB.
• Ensuring that all staff involved in the study have been trained properly.
• Coordinating with study sponsors and monitors to ensure study compliance.
• Maintenance of regulatory binders.
• Recruiting, screening and consenting patients to studies.
• Data entry and resolution to data entry queries.
• 2 year commitment is strongly preferred.

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Minimum Qualifications:
Education:

• Bachelor's degree is required.

Office/Site Location

Boston

Regular, Temporary, Per Diem

Regular

Remote Eligibility

Part Remote/Hybrid

Pay Range

$41246.40-$61339.20 Annual