Research Physician II

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific seeks a Clinical Research Physician in Birmingham to lead clinical trials. Your role will involve ensuring patient safety, compliance with regulations, and contributing to positive health outcomes in clinical research. Join a mission-driven team dedicated to making a global impact.

Qualifications

• Registered doctor with no limitations to practice.
• Experience in clinical research preferred.
• Knowledge of GCP and local regulation compliance.

Responsibilities

• Manage participant safety and adherence during trials.
• Act as Principal Investigator, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.
• Participate in recruitment initiatives and site visits.

Skills

Attention to detail

Team player

Practical problem-solving

Education

GMC registered doctor

Job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life – To enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies.

Alongside clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work in Accelerated Enrollment Solutions optimizes each step of the patient journey in clinical trials, such as securing sites and recruiting patients, allowing for more patients to participate in clinical research. Your determination to put patients at the heart of every decision will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Are you a GMC registered Doctor who is interested in working in the dynamic clinical research industry?

Are you passionate about improving patients' lives for the better?

We are currently looking to recruit a Clinical Research Physician for our Synexus Clinical Research site in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Working days, Monday to Friday, 37 hours a week, the main priority will always be patient safety. Acting as the principal investigator (PI) or co-investigator for some or all of the studies at the site, they will have responsibility for all sponsor research studies while ensuring ICH/GCP and local regulations are met.

Key responsibilities for a Clinical Research Physician are as follows:

• Carries out clinical evaluation and assessment of participants to ensure eligible participants are recruited and monitored for safety and adherence.
• Acts as Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-Investigator for studies, ensuring compliance with ICH/GCP and local regulations.
• Attends Site Initiation Visits (SIV), Pre-Selection Visits (PSV), and Investigator meetings as required.
• Participates in recruitment initiatives and strategy development to ensure targets are achieved; ensuring recruiting studies enroll according to plan within timelines and targets.
• Reviews enrollment progress, pre-screening and screening success rates, screen failure rates, safety, and retention of participants.
• Interprets protocols and Investigator's Brochure (IB).
• Manages and reviews IVRS, CRF/EDC, if applicable.
• Oversees management of investigational medical product (IMP).
• Oversees multiple studies and/or studies with higher numbers.
• Completes documentation for PI handover.
• Cares for and protects the safety of participants through ethical conduct; this should receive the highest priority at all times during all aspects of the study.
• Fulfills and complies with all medical duties, ensuring clinical trials are performed to acceptable medical, scientific, and ethical standards and meet the requirements as per protocol, SOP/COP, ICH, and local GCP guidelines and regulations.

To be considered for this opportunity, you will require the following skills and experience:

• Be a GMC registered doctor with no limitations to practice.
• Ideally, some previous experience within clinical research.
• Have working knowledge of GCP (ICH/GCP and local regulations compliance).
• Demonstrate the inclination to provide practical help and guidance to colleagues, providing practical solutions for problems and supporting their development.
• Show meticulous attention to detail in recording patient information and data, ensuring queries are acted upon in a timely and efficient manner.
• Be a team player, capable of building and sustaining positive relationships with colleagues as well as patients.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation, and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives are valued.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.