Senior Clinical Research Associate, based in Bratislava

At QuintilesIMS we help healthcare and biopharma companies improve their probability of success. We do this by connecting our scientific, therapeutic and analytics expertise with superior delivery. From advisory through operations, QuintilesIMS and its affiliate companies is the world’s largest provider of product development and integrated healthcare services. 
As one of FORTUNE’s ‘Most Admired Companies’ in 2016, we offer great opportunities for a career in world-leading clinical research. Our global projects, innovative tools and industry leading customers combined with outstanding support from our leadership team and clear career mapping allows you to make a difference in patient health.
Whether you’re beginning or continuing your career as a CRA, this role is an ideal stepping-stone. You’ll have training and development to plan and progress your career in the direction you choose. And you won’t do it alone – you will have dedicated mentoring and receive structured quarterly reviews on performance, promotion and bonus awards.   Award winning and innovative, we’ll give you access to cutting-edge in-house technology, allowing you to work on global projects but with a regional / home state travel remit, so no need for national travel in certain countries. You’ll be building a smart and flexible career with no limits.

While projects vary, your typical responsibilities might include:

Performing site selection, initiation, monitoring and close-out visits, plus maintaining appropriate documentation
Supporting the development of a subject recruitment plan
Establishing regular lines of communication plus administering protocol and related study training to assigned sites
Evaluating the quality and integrity of site practices – escalating quality issues as appropriate
Managing progress by tracking regulatory submissions, recruitment, case report form (CRF) completion, and data query resolution

You will need to be comfortable collaborating and communicating with a variety of colleagues and customers.
Ideally, you will also have a good basic knowledge of applicable clinical research regulatory requirements.

You should have:
A Bachelor's degree in a health care or other scientific discipline or educational equivalent
Successful completion of a CRA Trainee Program or at least three months of on-site monitoring experience
Alternatively, you should have an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
Previous experience with oncology and neurology/psychiatry is a huge advantage
 
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