Senior Clinical Research Associate - Poland (home-office)

<p><b>Band</b></p>Level 3<p><br/> </p><p><b>Job Description Summary</b></p>About the role:<br/><br/>In this role you will be responsible for the Site relationship management and ensure sustainable trial execution at Site. You perform on-site and remote monitoring activities related to initiation, conduct and timely completion of Phase I-IV Global Drug Delivery (GDD) trials within the country in adherence with monitoring procedures and processes in accordance with ICH/GCP, local regulations and SOPs. <br/><br/>You will proactively manage the site performance (recruitment &amp; quality) and ensure early identification of real site needs and issues as the single best point of contact (internally &amp; externally) for all sites (from issue management to risk identification).<br/><br/>As Senior Clinical Research Associate (sCRA) you will be assigned to more complex trials and/or to less experienced sites where applicable. As needed, you will take on the responsibility as SME (Subject Matter Expert), participate in audit organization and inspection readiness activities for monitoring and site related activities, ensure implementation of corrective actions within specified timelines and participate in multi-disciplinary teams locally and globally to evaluate and implement process improvements.<br/><br/>This is a field force position (home office based) and requires frequent travelling within country (a minimum of 50% travel with overnight stay may be needed).<p><br/> </p><p><b>Job Description</b></p><p></p><p><u><b>Major accountabilities: </b></u></p><ul><li><p><b>Frontline liaison between Novartis and sites</b> to ensure successful collaboration, meeting Novartis expectation on milestone and deliverables with true ownership mindset</p></li><li><p><b>Management of</b> <b>assigned study sites, </b>conducting phase I-IV protocols according to the Monitoring Plan and Novartis procedures</p></li><li><p><b>Performing Site Initiation Visit</b>, ensures site personnel is fully trained on all trial related aspects. Performs continuous training for amendments and new site personnel as required. Re-trains site personnel as appropriate</p></li><li><p><b>Conducting continuous site monitoring activities</b> (onsite and remote). Implements site management activities to ensure compliance with protocol, ICH/GCP, global and local regulation including Health Authorities, IRB/EC, data privacy requirements, global and local processes as applicable. Documentation according to GDP and Novartis standards.</p></li><li><p><b>Identifying deficiencies</b> in site processes and monitor site processes performed outside the site, works in close collaboration with site on risks mitigation and process improvements</p></li><li><p><b>Promoting a compliance culture</b> advocating adherence to highest standards and ethical integrity, ensuring human subject protection and reliability of trial results at all times</p></li><li><p><b>Establishing a strong partnership</b> and true collaboration with the site, to increase patient density and decrease issues at site.</p></li><li><p><b>Early engagement</b> with site on patient inventory and patient flow in advance of SIV in close collaboration with global and local study team</p></li><li><p><b>Performing Site Closeout activities</b> per SOPs and applicable regulations to ensure that site is aware of any follow up activity and archiving requirements</p></li><li><p><b>Attending</b> onboarding-, disease indication and project specific training and general CRA training as required</p></li><li><p><b>Proactive collaboration</b> with the SSO Clinical Project Manager (CPM) and CRA Manager as well as MSL, CRMA and medical advisor to ensure optimal recruitment, site development and data quality</p></li><li><p><b>Ensuring</b> that relevant site insights are shared with internal stakeholders such as site partnership manager, medical advisor, MSL and CRMA etc. to improve one Novartis approach to sites</p></li><li><p><b>Participation</b> in audit organization and inspection readiness activities for monitoring and site related activities as required and ensures implementation of corrective actions within specified timelines</p></li><li><p><b>Collaboration</b> with internal stakeholders and site personnel to manage data query resolution process and to ensure timely and accurate data entry</p></li><li><p><b>Ensuring </b>the site Investigator Folder is up to date. Responsible for collecting essential documents from site and accountable to keep sTMF(s) up to date</p></li></ul><p></p><p><u><b>Minimum Requirements: </b></u></p><ul><li><p>Degree in scientific or healthcare discipline</p></li><li><p>Fluent in both written and spoken English and Polish</p></li><li><p>Minimum 3 years of pharmaceutical industry experience or other relevant experience</p></li><li><p>1+ years of field monitoring experience is must, risk-based monitoring experience is desirable</p></li><li><p>Excellent time management and organization skills, proven ab