What are the responsibilities and job description for the CLINICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE III, DCRI position at Duke?
School of Medicine
Established in 1930, Duke University School of Medicine is the youngest of the nation's top medical schools. Ranked sixth among medical schools in the nation, the School takes pride in being an inclusive community of outstanding learners, investigators, clinicians, and staff where interdisciplinary collaboration is embraced and great ideas accelerate translation of fundamental scientific discoveries to improve human health locally and around the globe. Composed of more than 2,600 faculty physicians and researchers, nearly 2,000 students, and more than 6,200 staff, the Duke University School of Medicine along with the Duke University School of Nursing, and Duke University Health System comprise Duke Health, a world-class academic medical center. The Health System encompasses Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Duke Health Integrated Practice, Duke Primary Care, Duke Home Care and Hospice, Duke Health and Wellness, and multiple affiliations.
Occupational Summary
The DCRI Megatrials domain designs and operationalizes large global commercial clinical trials focused on evaluating new drugs/devices for regulatory approval. The team works directly with senior clinical and operational Executives at large global pharmaceutical sponsors to create a global operational plan including a protocol, risk based monitoring plan, quality data surveillance/data collection and analysis strategy to ensure patient safety and data integrity. These studies are international pivotal phase 3/phase 4 registration studies that are either for new drug approval or changes to an existing drug label. The typical DCRI Megatrial collaborates with other DCRI functional groups (i.e. project leadership, site management and monitoring, clinical events committee, data management, statistics, data and safety monitoring committee, safety surveillance) as well as multiple vendors (i.e. IVRS, drug distribution, central core lab, central ethics committee, CRO and ARO). Megatrials team members are selected based on their ability to work independently in a complex, high pressure, cross –cultural environment across multiple time zones. They are charged with delivering a high quality program according to the Megatrials Guiding Principles. These principles speak to ensuring the enrollment of the right patient who gets the right drug with complete ascertainment of safety and efficacy data according to ICH-GCP.
** NOTE: This position may have an opportunity to work remotely. All Duke University and Duke Health remote workers must reside in one of the following states or districts: Arizona; California; Florida; Georgia; Hawaii; Illinois; Maryland; Massachusetts; Montana; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; Virginia or Washington, DC., Washington (State), Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan, Maine, Ohio and New Hampshire.
Position Responsibilities
Study Organization
• Assess adequacy of site personnel and facilities for study conduct
• Work closely with study sites to complete study start-up by facilitating site regulatory document completion, regulatory approval and readiness to participate
• Negotiate and complete contract process
• Resource for study team on regulatory and contract processes
Study Training
• Provide study training and guidance to designated site personnel for conducting the study in accordance with the protocol, SOPs, trial specific procedures and applicable regulations. Anticipate potential situations that may affect subject safety or data processes and retrain site personnel to prevent issues.
• Train less experienced Site Management & Clinical Monitoring personnel for all types and complexities of monitoring activities and assessments including regulatory and other document activities.
Minimum Qualifications
Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed toproviding employment opportunity without regard to an indiv idual's age,color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identit y, geneticinformation, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orie ntation,or veteran status.
Duke aspires to create a c ommunity built on collaboration,innovation, creativity, and belonging. O ur collective success depends onthe robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the richdiversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, a nd experiences flourishes.To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of thecommunity feel secure and welcome, that the contribut ions of allindividuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members ofour community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Anticipated Pay Range:
Duke U niversity provides an annual base salary range for thisposition as USD $ 92,717.00 to USD $149,829.00. Duke University considersfactors such as ( but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of theposition; candidate 's work experience, education/training, and keyskills; internal peer equ ity; as well as market and organizationalconsiderations when extending a n offer.
Your total compensation goes beyond the dollars on your paycheck.Duke provides comprehensive and competitive medical and de ntal careprograms, generous retirement benefits, and a wide array of fam ily-friendly and cultural programs to eligible team members. Learnmore at:https://hr.duke.edu/benefits/
Essential Physical Job F unctions: Certain jobs at Duke University andDuke University Health Syst em may include essential job functions thatrequire specific physical and /or mental abilities. Additionalinformation and provision for requests f or reasonable accommodation willbe provided by each hiring department.
Education
Work requires graduation f rom. an accredited degree program providingclinical training as a Regist ered Nurse (RN), Physician's Assistant(PA) or Pharmacist plus three year s of healthcare experience; or one ofthe following equivalents:1. Comple tion of an allied health degree (e.g., Respiratory Therapy,Radiologic Te chnology, Licensed Practical Nurse) or Associates degree inClinical Tria ls Research related curriculum plus a minimum of fiveyears healthcare ex perience; or2.Completion of a master's degree in Public Health,., Health Administration or a related area with. two years directly relatedclinica l trials research experience; or3. Completion of a bachelor's degree plu s a Minimum of three yearsdirectly related experience in clinical trials research; or4. Completion of a bachelor's degree plus a minimum of four yearsclosely related researchexperience.**State of North Carolina lice nse may be required.**
Experience
None required beyon d that described above.OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATIO N AND/OR EXPERIENCE
Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
Salary : $92,717 - $149,829