- Responsible for all aspects of site management and monitoring of clinical trials
- Manage interactions with all partners (investigators, site teams, internal company departments, external contractors, etc.) to facilitate successful conduct of clinical projects.
- Support clinical research activities as assigned by the supervisor.
- Build strong professional relationships with investigators, site staffs and internal/ external service providers.
- Conduct initiation visits, monitoring visits and site closure visits in collaboration with the clinical project team.
- Maintain the Trial Master File.
- Prepare and negotiate site clinical trial agreements and manage clinical site budget and expenses.
- Preparation of regulatory and ethics submission dossiers.
- Ensure protocol-related safety reporting compliance and address and drive issue resolution.
- Monitor site recruitment and establish/discuss action plans in close collaboration with the Clinical Project Manager.
- Develop and conduct training for investigators and site staffs in the protocol, product and study-specific procedures.
- Coordinate activities to ensure compliance with protocol, GCP, overall clinical objectives as well as company policies and SOP.
- Manage trial product inventory, shipment and storage, and ensure accountability and traceability.
- Ensure that imaging and/ or laboratory samples are collected, handled and shipped according to protocol requirements.
- Ensure that safety reporting of adverse events is completed within required time periods.
- Manage external vendor services for assigned clinical sites.
- Identify issues which affect clinical trial progress and quality, and develop solutions and/ or take action to resolve/ prevent them.
- Deliver projects according to expected targets, budgets and quality standards.
- Monitor and report to clinical management teams on clinical trial progress, performance and plan, including subject recruitment and retention, monitoring activities, data completeness and quality, and site compliance.
- Assist in the organization and conduct of internal and external stakeholder meetings, as required.
- Set up, maintain and update clinical research activities and initiatives in the system.
• Perform regular site visits to ensure that the site personnel are conducting the study in accordance with the protocol and ensure that any issues arising from the visit are documented in a visit report and addressed with the site in a timely manner. Any concerns or ongoing issues should be escalated to the Project Manager or Clinical Research Manager, as appropriate. • Perform feasibility study survey to identify the potential sites or strong the business opportunity. • Prepare and submit respective visit report in a timely manner after every site visit. • Communicate with investigators to obtain necessary documentation and information before, during and after the study on an ongoing basis, to met quality requirements of central and investigator site files. • Support RA team by collecting investigator site regulatory documents for regulatory and ethics committee/IRB submissions. • If appropriate, assist in generation of Clinical Trial Agreements according to standard and local country practices, and assist the sites in agreement completion prior site initiation. • Initiate investigational sites to ensure that they have a complete understanding of the clinical protocol and that they could abide by their obligations to conduct a clinical trial as required by applicable regulations.
1. Assist the clinical team in the preparation and distribution of administrative matters and clinical trial materials.
2. Assists the clinical team in filing and archiving clinical documents and reports according to scope of instructions.
3. PK sample logistics management, material ordering and preparation, distribution to sites, and contact with logistics for sample delivery.
4. Complete other tasks or assignments requested by Supervisor.
Brief Position Description:
The Study Nurse is responsible for planning, directing, and managing clinical trials at site. The Study Nurse also implements remote site management activities according to the Site Management Plan, ensuring that clinical trials are conducted and documented, as per protocol, ICH GCP guidelines and applicable regulatory requirements and SOPs.
Reporting to:
As indicated on current organisation chart.
Responsibilities:
Conduct and complete remote site management activities and/or on-site visits according to the Site Management Plan. Specific duties include:
Serve as a primary point of contact for site communication.
Implement study start-up activities including but not limited to gathering feasibility information, negotiation of contract and budgets, planning for subject recruitment, communication with IRB/IEC.
Collaborate with the principal investigator to prepare IRB/IEC and any other regulatory submission documents as required per protocol, ICH-GCP and local regulations.
Ensure amendments to an approved protocol, informed consent form, and other relevant documents are submitted to IRB/IEC for approval as required and assure that changes are not implemented prior to approval.
Arrange with monitor the scheduled date, time and location of site initiation visit. Prior to the site initiation visit, review the Investigator's Brochure and any up-to-date information on the investigational product for assessment of risk/benefit ratio of study participation in order to set Site Management Service Plan.
Perform study-related tasks delegated by the principal investigator within the contracted scope. Study Nurse is responsible for performing tasks appropriate for its role, unless otherwise noted on a protocol specific delegation of authority log.
Support the investigator to identify suitable subjects for screening according to the eligibility criteria. If necessary, assist the principal investigator to use directed and IRB/IEC approved advertising (newspaper, TV, Internet advertisements, posters, etc.) materials.
Provide written and verbal site updates on study progress to the line manger according to the
study requirements/timelines. Ensure adequacy of information and data contained in site visit reports and other site management documents.
Manage the site expenses of clinical trial including but not limited to subject reimbursement, material cost, travelling expense, cost for technical information, utilities and fees.