French-speaking Clinical Research Associate

Hlx Life Sciences; Preston; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 92,000; Part time

Job summary

HLX Life Sciences is seeking a freelance CRA for a part-time, sponsor-dedicated project in the UK. The successful candidate will monitor sites, initiate visits, and support site activation across international trials, with fluency in French and English.

This role requires UK-based status, willingness to travel for site visits, and a solid knowledge of ICH-GCP. Experience in France or multicountry trials is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Strong independent CRA and site monitoring experience.
• Fluent in French and English.
• UK based with ability to travel for site visits.
• Experience on global/multinational clinical trials.
• Experience monitoring sites in France is a plus.
• Comfortable working across international study teams.
• Strong knowledge of ICH-GCP and trial regulations.
• Oncology, Rare Disease and/or Neurology experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Managing monitoring activities across assigned clinical trial sites
• Conducting site initiation, routine monitoring and close-out visits
• Managing site relationships and acting as a key contact for investigators
• Monitoring recruitment, data quality, site performance and study metrics
• Identifying site-level risks and supporting issue resolution
• Ensuring compliance with protocol, ICH-GCP and local regulations
• Reviewing source documentation and study files
• Supporting study start-up and site activation
• Completing monitoring reports within timelines

Skills

Site monitoring

French & English

Global trials

ICH-GCP

Travel-ready

UK-based

Oncology/Neurology

Cross-functional

Job description

Freelance CRA – UK | French & English Speaking

I’m currently supporting a CRO looking to bring an experienced Freelance CRA onto a part-time, sponsor-dedicated project.

The CRA will be based in the UK and work closely with both the CRO and sponsor teams, supporting sites as part of a global clinical trial. We’re particularly interested in CRAs who have experience working across international studies and ideally have previously supported sites in France.

Key responsibilities:

• Managing monitoring activities across assigned clinical trial sites
• Conducting site initiation, routine monitoring and close-out visits
• Managing site relationships and acting as a key point of contact for investigators and site teams
• Monitoring recruitment, data quality, site performance and key study metrics
• Identifying and escalating site-level risks and supporting resolution of study issues
• Ensuring compliance with the protocol, ICH-GCP and applicable local regulations
• Reviewing source documentation, study documentation and site files
• Supporting study start-up and site activation activities where required
• Completing monitoring reports and study documentation within agreed timelines

Experience required:

• Strong independent CRA and site monitoring experience
• Fluent in French and English
• UK based with the ability to travel for site visits when required
• Experience working on global/multinational clinical trials
• Previous experience monitoring or supporting clinical trial sites in France would be ideal
• Comfortable working across international and cross-functional study teams
• Strong knowledge of ICH-GCP and clinical trial regulations
• Oncology, Rare Disease and/or Neurology experience preferred

Contract details:

• Freelance / contract
• Part-time
• UK based
• Global clinical trial
• Site travel required