French-speaking Clinical Research Associate

Hlx Life Sciences; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

HLX Life Sciences is seeking a Freelance CRA in the UK on a part-time, sponsor-dedicated project. The role covers monitoring across sites, initiation, close-out visits, and ongoing site communications.

Travel to sites in France is a plus, with strong ICH-GCP knowledge and multinational trial experience. Fluency in French and English is required, and the candidate must be UK-based with willingness to travel for site visits.

Qualifications

• Strong independent CRA and site monitoring experience.
• Fluent in French and English.
• UK based with the ability to travel for site visits.
• Experience on global/multinational clinical trials.
• Experience monitoring sites in France is ideal.
• Solid knowledge of ICH-GCP and trial regulations.

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, and site performance metrics.
• Escalating site-level risks and supporting issue resolution.
• Ensuring protocol and regulatory compliance.
• Reviewing source documentation and site files.
• Supporting study start-up and site activation activities.
• Completing monitoring reports within timelines.

Skills

CRA experience

Site monitoring

ICH-GCP knowledge

French & English fluency

Global trials experience

UK travel

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