Clinical Trial Expert

Welwyn Garden City
10 months ago
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CK Group are recruiting for a Clinical Trial Expert, to join a company in the Pharmaceutical industry, at their site based in Welwyn Garden City, on a contract basis for 12 months.

Salary: 

Daily £400.00 - £450.00 Umbrella / £301.57 - £339.27 PAYE (this role is inside IR35).

Clinical Trial Expert Role:

With a strong background in trial execution contribute to specific study strategies.
Establishes, and maintains optimal relationships with key internal partners, stakeholder groups, and external partners.
Clinical Trial Experts support the quality of CTs, by participating in audits and inspection readiness though the study lifecycle while contributing to CAPAs as required.
Leadership role in the implementation of systems maintenance, tools and reports required across the clinical trial life cycle (eCOA, IxRS etc). Coordinating imaging and rater components of study startup, including input into requests for proposal, authoring of documents and potentially site personnel training.
Contribute to the development and maintenance of relevant study oversight documentations/charters (i.e. trial risk management plan, communication plan, monitoring plan, data cleaning plan, etc.).
Track clinical study progress and address issues that may come up in close collaboration with study teams, affiliates, sites, and CROs as appropriate. Collaborate with stakeholders in generating relevant reports and KPIs to monitor trial progress.
Your Background:

Have a growth mindset and are excited about learning through experience.
Feel comfortable thinking on your feet and thrive in fast paced, ambiguous and highly collaborative environments.
Have experience in pharmaceutical and/or healthcare industry and drug development experience (therapeutic area experience a plus).
Hold a university degree or equivalent years of experience, preferred focus in life sciences.
Possess strong working knowledge of drug development process and respective regulations.
Feel comfortable traveling internationally based on specific program needs.
Experience of healthy volunteer studies, and doing study close outs is a must.
Company:

Our client is one of the world's premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, discovering, developing and providing over 160 different medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products to help improve the lives of millions of people in the UK and around the world every year.

Location:

This role is based at our clients site in Welwyn Garden City, for 2-3 days per week, and remote for the remainder of the week.

Apply:

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK Please quote job reference (Apply online only) in all correspondence. 

Please note: 

This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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