Senior Clinical Programmer - REMOTE Scotland

Meet; South Kesteven; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Clinical Programmer, where you will play a crucial role in delivering high-quality clinical data transformations and visualizations. This position offers the opportunity to work remotely while collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate data delivery. You will take ownership of study timelines, lead process improvements, and mentor team members, all while contributing to impactful clinical trials in the pharmaceutical industry. If you are passionate about clinical programming and eager to make a difference, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical data programming within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Ability to understand clinical data structures and present data effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage timelines and quality for assigned studies, ensuring data integrity.
• Develop and manage specification documents and supportive study documentation.

Skills

SAS Macros

Clinical Data Programming

Debugging SAS Programs

Communication Skills

Organisational Skills

Attention to Detail

Process Improvement

Mentoring

Understanding of Clinical Data Structures

Experience with CDISC SDTM

Education

A Levels or Equivalent

Degree in Science or Maths

Job description

Senior Clinical Programmer - REMOTE Scotland

Job Title: Senior Clinical Programmer

Position Type: Permanent Full-Time

Location: United Kingdom (Home-Based)

In this role, you will be responsible for the timely and high-quality delivery of clinical data transformations, data reports/visualisations, and datasets from multiple sources to support ongoing data review for both internal and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take full ownership of timelines and quality for assigned studies, flagging potential problems to appropriate team leads and project managers.
• Attend sponsor meetings, kick-off meetings, and audits, providing input from a clinical programming perspective.
• Support the review and update of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and process improvement initiatives.
• Assist in the development of training, coaching, and mentoring for team members.
• Serve as the main point of contact for internal and external customers regarding clinical programming tasks and issues.
• Develop specification documents and other supportive study documentation.
• Manage the extraction of data from databases, creating programs to manipulate data into the company’s standard structures.
• Program validation checks, reports/visualisations, and listings to support clinical data management and review.
• Load electronic third-party data.
• Provide solutions to data issues during the conduct and analysis of studies.
• Perform other relevant tasks as assigned with appropriate training.

Skills Required:

• Minimum of A levels (or equivalent).
• Previous experience in clinical data programming within the pharmaceutical industry or a clinical research organisation.
• Ability to understand clinical data structures and present data for data management/clinical review according to user requirements.
• Experience with SAS Macros and/or similar scripting languages.
• Experience in debugging SAS programs and/or similar scripting languages.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in fluent English.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent attention to detail, flexibility, and motivation.
• A degree or equivalent in a science or maths-related subject.
• Experience with Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Study Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).
• Experience working on oncology and rare disease clinical trials.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring others.
• Understanding of clinical trial budgets.
• Experience in identifying and tracking out-of-scope activities.
• Experience in sponsor meetings, including kick-offs and audits.
• Ability to support process improvement initiatives.

Seniority level: Not Applicable

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Health Care Provider

Industries: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing