Employment Opportunities
Research Assistant
Closing Date: January 20, 2012
Manager's Position Title: Research Assistant
Reporting Position Title: n/a
General Description:
Research Assistants carry out procedures required in the Clinical Study protocols under the direction of a Site Manager. Personal traits must include extreme attention to detail and accuracy, well organized, able to follow directions and extremely personable, caring and service oriented team players.
Results
To support the effective operations of the company and the recruiting and retention of patients and sponsors through orchestrated start-up, recruiting and retention systems.
Work Schedule
Research Assistants may be required to work evenings, weekends, extended hours as well as irregular work weeks specifically during heavy recruiting or audit times.
Main Task and Responsibilities
Strategic Work
Participates in Daily Site Huddle and Weekly Site Meetings in order to contributes to problem solving and the continuous improvement in achieving site and corporate goals.
Always watches for ways to improve service to patients, monitors and sponsors and brings suggestions to Site Manager
Tactical Work
Inventory: order, receive, store, archive, quarantine and return or destroy drug, study supplies, recruiting materials, and lab supplies
Monitor temperatures of drug, biological samples, lab kits.
Database: enter and retrieve study, patient, sponsor, or supplier information accurately
Labs: prepare, store and ship biological samples as directed in study protocols and lab manuals
Assure expired lab kits quarantined and destroyed
Complete CRF’s from source documents
Prescreen Patients
Interview patients for Demographics
Take blood pressures, pulse and respiratory rates
Take weight, height and waist circumference
Perform ECG
Drug accountability
Coordinate patient appointments with doctor, nurses, coordinators or outside services
Interview patients for Medical Histories
Provide and document patient reimbursements
Interview and follow procedure for AE’s
Interview and follow procedure for SAE’s
Makes necessary appointments with doctors, labs, patients, raters etc.
Maintain all files and records in meticulous order and appropriate completeness
Scheduled equipment calibration
Queries
Maintain annual CV and license file for site
Complete sponsor feasibility questionnaires with the appropriate input from physicians
Requirements
BSc, LPN, RN, MOA, Phlebotomy, Pharmacy Technician or equivalent
Essential Skills
Team player
Computer literate
Patience and determination in achieving team goals
Extremely neat and well organized
Transcription accuracy
Service oriented
Dependable
Oral communication skills
Thinking Skills
Excellent memory
Able to follow written instructions and procedures
Work well with others
Quality
The quality of work must be consistent with Best in Canada goal and the Position will always look to use Best Practices which are continuously being improved. All tasks will be streamlined so that tasks are completed using the most efficient methods and tools.
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