Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant (MUST BE LICENSED IN THE US)

Eximia Research; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Eximia Research, a fully integrated network of premier investigational sites, seeks a Sub Investigator to oversee clinical safety, data integrity, and subject well-being in trials. You will provide essential clinical support to coordinators, PIs, and trial staff, ensuring adherence to protocol and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities include leading study teams, mentoring staff, coordinating startup and recruitment, managing regulatory documents, and ensuring timely data entry and adverse

Qualifications

• Must be licensed as an NP or PA in the state you work in.
• 5+ years of clinical management experience or equivalent in the clinical research industry.
• Proficiency in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and ICH guidelines.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English (verbal and written).

Responsibilities

• Serve as leader of a study team to execute clinical trials.
• Mentor and train staff in conduct of clinical trials and protocol requirements.
• Create training strategies and mitigation plans.
• Conduct and manage clinical trials in accordance with the study protocol, GCP, ICH guidelines and Eximia SOPs.
• Coordinate startup, vendor management, recruitment, source development review, scheduling, regulatory documents, visits, data entry, and query resolution.
• Apply project management concepts to manage risk and improve quality in the conduct of a clinical research study.
• Develop, coordinate, and implement research and administrative strategies to manage assigned protocols.
• Communicate effectively with coworkers, leadership, sponsors, CROs, and vendors.
• Ensure confidentiality of patient health information and Eximia confidential information.
• Develop communication and escalation strategies to ensure patient safety and adherence to protocol and SOPs.
• Ensure data entry into sponsor data portals and timely resolution of queries.
• Ensure staff are trained and documented appropriately and that regulatory documents are submitted per protocol.
• Evaluate potential subjects for participation including pre-screens (phone/in-person).
• Create and execute recruitment strategies with patient recruitment staff.

Skills

Licensed NP/PA in-state

Clinical trial leadership

Mentor and train staff

GCP/ICH knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Licensed NP/PA (state license)

Job description

Eximia Research is a fully Integrated research sites network of premier investigational sites meeting the clinical research needs of global biopharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, pharmaceutical and clinical research organizations (CROs). Our premier, multidisciplinary wholly owned research sites located across country and known for excellent trial execution, rapid subject recruitment/enrollment and delivery of a quality data.

Summary

The Sub Investigator has responsibility for the clinical safety of the patients partaking in the clinical trial, collecting, and recording accurate clinical data while also ensuring that the well-being and interests of the subjects enrolled in the studies are being met. The Sub-I provides essential clinical support to the clinical research coordinators, principal investigators, and other clinical trials staff.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Serve as leader of a study team to execute clinical trials
• Mentor and train staff in the conduct of clinical trials, protocol requirements, communication, and trial management skills
• Create training strategies and mitigation plans
• Conduct and manage clinical trials in accordance with the study protocol, GCP, ICH Guidelines and Eximia’s SOPs
• Implement and coordinate assigned clinical trials including start up, vendor management, subject recruitment, source development review, scheduling subjects, protocol training, collection of regulatory documents, conducting visits, ensuring data is entered in a timely manner and all queries are resolved, managing and reporting adverse events, serious adverse events, and deviations, implementing new protocol amendments, providing all close out reports.
• Apply project management concepts to manage risk and improve quality in the conduct of a clinical research study
• Develop, coordinate, and implement research and administrative strategies to successfully manage assigned protocols.
• Communicate effectively and professionally with coworkers, leadership, study subjects, sponsors, CROs, and vendors.
• Ensure good documentation practices are applied by team members when collecting and correcting data, transferring data to sponsor/CRO data capture systems and resolving queries
• Ensure confidentiality of patient protected health information, sponsor confidential information and Eximia confidential information is maintained by all team members
• Develop communication and escalation strategies within teams to that ensure patient safety is upheld and all adverse events, serious adverse events, and adverse events of special interest are followed and reported in accordance with the protocol and Eximia SOPs
• Ensure all data is entered into the sponsor's data portal and all queries are resolved in a timely manner
• Ensure staff are delegated and trained appropriately and documented
• Ensure the creation, collection and submission of regulatory documents to Sponsors and IRBs as required per protocol, GCP/ICH regulations and IRB requirements.
• Evaluate potential subjects for participation in clinical trials including phone and in person pre-screens.
• Create and execute recruitment strategies in conjunction with patient recruitment staff
• Incorporate key timelines, endpoints, required vendors, and patient population when planning for each assigned protocol.
• Incorporate understanding of how decisions affect the bottom-line including links between operations and company’s financial performance and how it is essential to create value of all stakeholders of the organization when planning for each assigned protocol.
• Incorporate understanding of product development lifecycle and significance of protocol design including critical data points when planning for each assigned protocol
• Develop Quality Control strategies for team member projects
• Perform clinical duties (e.g. Drug preparation and administration, fibroscan, phlebotomy, ECG, lab processing) within scope
• Promote respect for cultural diversity and conventions with all individuals.
• Understand the disease process or condition under study
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Must be licensed as a NP or PA in the state you work in.
• Must undertake all training and certification required by sponsors and CRO’s to carry out clinical trials within specified timelines.
• Safe handling of data and records regarding privacy and confidentiality, per HIPAA
• requirements.
• Practices professionalism and integrity in all actions – Demonstrated ability to foster
• concepts of teamwork, cooperation, self- control, and flexibility to get the work done
• Ability to communicate effectively in English (both verbal and written).
• Up to 10% travel, as needed, for project team meetings, client presentations and other
• professional meetings/conferences as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Must be a licensed NP or PA.
• 5+ years of clinical management experience or equivalent applicable experience in clinical research industry

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.