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CLINICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE II/ SENIOR CRA, SPAIN, CRITICAL CARE/ UVIs

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (Covance)

Madrid, Spai

Job Overview:

Critical Care are a complex field in Clinical Trials. 

 

Unpredictable projects, think of the patients. Usually they are critically ill, suffer from overlapping diseases and no drugs are approved to treat their conditions.

 

At Covance Spain we are developing  what could be the first pharmacological treatment for a severe condition affecting 3+ million patients worldwide and associated with high mortality rate.

 

Saving lives, advancing medicine. Weren´t these the main reasons you became a CRA in the first place?

 

This job requires a very specific profile and we can only consider professionals who bring experience facing the numerous ethical and regulatory requirements of these type of studies. This is why we are looking for:

  CRA II or SCRA who have monitored Intensive Care Unit / Critical Care trials, or CRA II / SCRA who have former ICU/Critical care nursing or study coordinator experience

 

This is a permanent job with Covance

  Location: office/home based in Madrid or Barcelona Scope of monitoring: you would be monitoring across intensive care units within the main hospital centers in Spain.

 

 

THE COVANCE DIFFERENCE: OUR MANAGERS AND THE TEAM

 

Covance is committed to the well-being and development of its CRAs and one of the values of the Spanish Full Service group is its strong Management and great supportive team spirit between all the colleagues.

 

Time and again staff comment on their amazing colleagues in Covance and the camaraderie of the department, with many people starting their careers or joining us, developing and remaining with us for many years.

 

Our Management team constantly review study/site allocations and workload to actively balance with wellbeing of staff, and take actions to address where needed working closely with project teams, unlike a lot of other CROs.

 

Our people are our cornerstone and we believe strongly in looking after them and their ambitions and act to do so accordingly.

 

 

 

DEVELOPMENT & GROWTH: WHERE WILL YOUR CURIOSITY TAKE YOU?

 

And after this study… what?

 

We can accommodate your career advancement desires: you will have exposure across the broadest clinical trial portfolio and we are flexible so you can rotate among protocols and study types to build the career you want. Join Covance´s Full Service Clinical Operations to benefit from:

  Working on all phases I-IV, including the most innovative Early Clinical studies

  Therapeutic Areas: Oncology, CardioVascular, General Medicine, Rare Diseases, Infectious Diseases, NASH, Neurology

  Cross-development into other departments across the organization is a key factor in our retention! Unlike other CROs, there are not fixed boundaries between our teams : we offer flexibility with great opportunity to grow into a sponsor dedicated career, or Clinical Team Leadership or Line Management.

  Client facing tasks/opportunities are also available in the Clinops environment for those with an interest in this

 

 

Joining Covance Spain allows you to have a faster tracked pathway for Team Leadership or Project Management thanks to our structured European CTL Mentoring/Training or our Project Management Academy, both Covance initiatives committed to retaining and developing our talented staff

 

There is also the opportunity to mentor junior CRAs and help to develop our home grown talent – In-house CRAs (IHCRAs) who have aspirations to become CRAs – by becoming involved as a trainer in the well regarded Covance Monitoring Excellence Academy and performing onsite training visits.

 

 

  Education/Qualifications:

University life science degree

 

Extensive knowledge of: Drug development process and client needs. ICH Guidelines and GCP including international regulatory requirements for the conduct of clinical development programs. Experience:

For this role, we can only consider:

  CRA II or SCRA who have monitored Intensive Care Unit / Critical Care trials, or CRA II / SCRA who have former ICU/Critical care nursing or study coordinator experience

 

Previous CRA II/SCRA Clinical Trial Monitoring experience in Spain is needed: ph I-III, with proven track record of pre-study, initiation, routine monitoring and closeout visits.

 

Ability to monitor study sites independently according to protocol monitoring guidelines, SOPs, GCP and ICH Guidelines

 

Excellent understanding of Serious Adverse Event (SAE) reporting

 

Ability to resolve project-related problems and prioritize workload for self and team

Job posted: 2020-05-25

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