Senior Clinical Research Associate

Everest-Clinical-Research; Canada; On-site; CAD 104,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Everest Clinical Research is seeking a Senior Clinical Research Associate for coverage in the West Region (Pacific or Mountain time zone). The incumbents may travel to other locations across the USA to support monitoring activities.

The CRA will monitor clinical trials, ensure data integrity, and verify regulatory compliance throughout study conduct. The person will review ISFs, manage TMF reconciliation, and provide training and feedback on monitoring plans and SOPs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a life science or related field.
• Minimum of six (6) years’ monitoring experience.
• Thorough knowledge of ICH-GCP guidelines and applicable regulations.
• Thorough comprehension of medical terminology.
• Excellent organization and communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Ability to travel a maximum of 70% of working hours to locations nationwide.
• Must maintain a valid driver’s license and be able to drive to monitor sites.

Responsibilities

• Interact with Sponsors, investigational sites, vendors, and Everest groups to enable on-time execution of trials.
• Identify potential sites for participation in clinical trials.
• Perform protocol/site feasibility and Pre-Study Visits to recommend qualified sites.
• Participate in Investigator Meetings, CRA and Study Coordinator training sessions.
• Provide feedback to study manuals, data collection guidelines, monitoring plans, and recruitment materials.
• Perform Site Initiation, Interim Monitoring, and Close-Out Visits per protocol and plan.
• Submit Monitoring Visit Reports and follow-up letters to the Clinical Operations Lead for review.
• Assist with oversight visits and evaluate CRA performance with feedback to management.
• Review Investigator Site Files (ISFs) and ensure TMF reconciliation and regulatory compliance.
• Maintain communication and training at sites; support data flow and recruitment efforts.
• Ensure proper handling and reconciliation of investigational products and supplies.
• Prepare sites for inspections/audits and submit expense reports.
• Assist with RFP materials and bid defenses as needed.
• Support Clinical Operations Lead and related tasks; plan professional development.

Skills

Clinical monitoring

ICH-GCP knowledge

Medical terminology

Organizational skills

Verbal & written communication

Travel readiness

Driver's license

Education

Bachelor’s degree in life sciences

Tools

CTMS

Job description

Everest Clinical Research (“Everest”) is a full-service contract research organization (CRO) providing a broad range of expertise-based clinical research services to worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. We serve some of the best-known companies and work with many of the most advanced drugs, biologics, and medical devices in development today.

Everest has been an independent CRO since 2004 with a strong foundation as a statistical and data management center of excellence. Building on this foundation, Everest has successfully developed and established itself as a full-service CRO. Everest’s Corporate headquarters are located in Ontario, Canada and US headquarters in New Jersey, USA, with additional physical offices in Asia and Europe.

Everest is known in the industry for its high-quality deliverables, superior customer service, and flexibility in meeting clients’ needs. A dynamic organization with an entrepreneurial origin, Everest continues to experience exceptional growth and great success.

Quality is our backbone, customer-focus is our tradition, flexibility is our strength…that’s us…that’s Everest.

To drive continued success in this exciting clinical research field, we are seeking committed, skilled, and customer-focused individuals to join our winning team as Senior Clinical Research Associates for coverage in the West Region (Pacific or Mountain time zone). The incumbents may be required to travel to other locations across the USA to support monitoring activities as necessary.

The Senior Clinical Research Associate will perform clinical trial monitoring activities, which include monitoring, reporting, and tracking study progress, as well as review of Investigator Site Files to ensure accuracy and timely reporting to the central Trial Master File repository. In addition, this position will assess compliance of the conduct of clinical trials with regulatory requirements, the clinical study protocol, the monitoring plan, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure data integrity and subject safety during the trial.

Key Accountabilities:

• Interact with personnel from study Sponsors, investigational sites, vendors, and Everest functional groups to enable quality and on-time execution of clinical trials.
• Identify potential sites for participation in clinical trials.
• Perform protocol/site feasibility and Pre-Study Visits to recommend qualified sites.
• Participate in Investigator Meetings, CRA and Study Coordinator training sessions, and assist sites with study-related questions as needed.
• Provide feedback to study manuals, Case Report Form completion guidelines, monitoring plans, informed consents, recruitment materials, and monitoring tools, as needed.
• Perform Site Initiation Visits, Interim Monitoring Visits, and Close-Out Visits in compliance with the approved protocol and monitoring plan.
• Submit quality and on-time Monitoring Visit Reports and follow-up letters to the Clinical Operations Lead or designee for review and approval via Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS). Completion of monitoring visit reports and follow-up letters includes summaries of the significant findings, deviations, deficiencies, and recommended actions to ensure site compliance.
• Assist with precept/oversight visits and monitoring visit report review/approval of CRA I/II, evaluating their performance and providing feedback to their manager/Associate Director.
• Review Investigator Site Files (ISFs) to ensure essential documents are current and submitted to the Trial Master File (TMF) throughout the trial for ISF/TMF reconciliation purposes. Ensure sites have submitted relevant documents to their Institutional Review Board/Ethics Committee as needed. ISF/TMF must be maintained in an inspection ready state at all times.
• Establish regular lines of communication and administer ongoing protocol/study-related training to assigned sites. Assist with site management tasks and ensure continuous data flow (i.e., on-time site data entry, query resolution, and source document verification). Assess the clinical research site’s patient recruitment/retention success and offer suggestions for improvement.
• Ensure proper handling, accountability, and reconciliation of all investigational products, medical devices, and clinical trial supplies.
• Prepare sites for inspections/audits conducted either by regulatory authorities, Sponsors, or Contract Research Organizations.
• Submit accurate and on-time expense reports.
• Assist with preparation of materials for Requests for Proposals and bid defenses.
• Assist Clinical Operations with Clinical Operations Lead and Clinical Operations Associate related tasks as needed.
• Plan and carry out professional development.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a life science or related field of study.
• Minimum of six (6) years’ monitoring experience.
• Thorough knowledge of ICH-GCP guidelines and applicable regulations.
• Thorough comprehension of medical terminology.
• Excellent organization and communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Ability to travel a maximum of 70% of working hours to locations nationwide. Less travel hours may apply for projects with remote/virtual visits.
• Must maintain a valid driver’s license and be able to drive to monitor sites.

Everest is committed to upholding the principles of dignity, independence, integration, and equal opportunity. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities, and upon request we will provide accommodations for candidates participating in any part of our recruitment and selection process.

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