Clinical Research Associate, New Grad, Entry Level, June Program

CRA June Training Program

Are you a recent college grad that wants a career in clinical research? Have you looked for entry level jobs but they all require experience? Get a foot in the door with Novum Pharmaceutical Research Services.

Learn from one of the leading CRO’s in the business. Novum PRS is a specialist Contract Research Organization that offers study services to the generic, pharmaceutical, biotechnology industries and other Clinical Research Organizations.

We currently have openings to join our team in Pittsburgh PA. We are recruiting recent grads to begin our training program to start on June 16, 2008.

Travel within the United States or even internationally. Estimated travel is 80%

Learn about Clinical Research from the ground up. You will receive classroom and on-the-job clinical research training. Here are some examples of the training you will receive.

• Review Regulatory Documents from Investigator Sites for completeness and accuracy. Coordinate IRB submission for Investigator Sites.
• Maintain master study file.
• Assist in the development of protocols, consent forms, CRFs and source document templates as necessary.
• Conduct site selection, initiation, close out and interim monitoring visits at assigned investigator sites.
• Review study site data to ensure compliance with the study protocol.
• Verify CRFs with source documentation.
• Track SAEs reporting at Investigator Sites.
• Meet with Sponsor representatives as requested.
• Develop template study advertising materials to be used by investigator sites as needed.
• Coordinate study drug shipment to investigator sites with the pharmacy.
• Review site’s regulatory binder to ensure that the master study files contain the most up to date information.
• Review site’s drug accountability logs per patients and overall.
• Monitor informed consents signed by study patients to ensure that the patients were consented properly and with the current revision.
• Enter site data into clinical trial database as necessary.
• Work with sites to resolve queries in a timely manner to ensure meeting the deadline for database lock.


Requirements


Qualified candidates will have:
• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from a four-year college or university
• Degree in the Biological Sciences or Health Care related field.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills
• High attention to detail


**** Due to the amount of resumes received, phone inquiries will not be accepted.***