Job Description: Posted Date: Sep 19, 2024
Workmode: Hybrid
Additional Locations: Spain-Madrid
Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance
At Boston Scientific, we'll give you the opportunity to harness all that's within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges.
With access to the latest tools, information and training, we'll help you in advancing your skills and career.
Here, you'll be supported in progressing - whatever your ambitions.
About the Role The Clinical Research Associate (CRA) supports the Global Clinical Operations (GCO) Centre of Excellence, conducting activities consistent with GCO's mission of building a world-class shared clinical technology, process innovation, and clinical operations team, in partnership with the company's divisions, through technology enablement, high-touch customer service, study acceleration, and high-quality data collection.
Driving principles and behaviours for this role are collaboration, accountability, innovation, adaptability, integrity and caring.
Through coordination with the Contract & Budget team, and collaboration with divisional and regional clinical teams, the CRA conducts clinical trial site start-up activities related to the preparation and approval of regulatory documents, ensuring they are conducted consistent with service level agreements, legal and regulatory standards, and applicable company policies and procedures.
Specifically, these activities will include:
Ethics Committee (EC) submissions and approvals. Site informed consent form (ICF) customizations & negotiations. Essential regulatory document collection. Collaboration with Regulatory Affairs for Competent Authority (CA) submissions and approvals and other site start-up support activities, as applicable. The CRA also provides support in enrolment, follow-up, and closure of clinical trial activities.
This role offers weekly hybrid working and can be based from any BSC hub location across Europe.
Your responsibilities will include: Work independently and proactively to coordinate all necessary activities for site regulatory submissions and essential document collection for allocated clinical research sites. Manage multiple sets of essential regulatory documents across several studies and division portfolios. Partner with clinical sites to support the negotiation and customization of Informed Consent Forms (ICF). Leverage knowledge of site regulatory processes and division priorities to meet clinical study goals and objectives. Manage and problem solve site start-up challenges that arise to mitigate impact to service level agreement and study goals. Develop, prepare, complete and track required regulatory, ICF and legal documentation. Document clinical research site and investigator readiness for participation across multiple studies. Support internal quality audits, regulatory inspections, as applicable. Update and maintain study-specific startup and close out trackers. Update and maintain site specific metrics in Clinical Trial Management Systems, file and maintain site documents in eTMFs. Provide updates to leadership on site start-up activities, investigator readiness, regulatory submission, approval status, etc. Escalate challenges and/or initiate outreach to Principal investigators, clinical research site coordinator, divisional clinical study leads and/or other stakeholders when appropriate. Ensure compliance with appropriate regulatory requirements (ICH/GCP, MDR, GDPR, etc.)
and internal SOPs/WI, policies & procedures. What are we looking for in you: Fluent language skills (both verbal and written) in English and German.
Additional languages are beneficial. Previous experience within Clinical Research is beneficial, such as: Study submissions to the Ethics Committee. Experience as a Research Coordinator, In-House CRA, CRA, or Study Start-Up Specialist. Experience with Clinical Trial Management systems (e.g., Siebel CTMS, Veeva, etc.)
and clinical document control systems / eTMF. Can understand and communicate complex technical and clinical details through presentations. Strong team player, collaborative, and can build relationships and work cross-functionally. Can multitask, supporting several studies and/or personnel simultaneously, whilst working in a dynamic fast-paced environment. Comfortable with weekly hybrid working. What we can offer to you: Experience in a groundbreaking multinational company with attractive benefits. Upskilling. Mentoring. A company with a purposeful mission. A permanent position. A hybrid work model. Requisition ID: 591537
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