Clinical Research Associate, CRA

🔥 0 minutes ago

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates (UAE) – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🧪 Clinical Research

👻 Ghost score 10%

What it means: how likely this posting is sitting open without active hiring.How to read it: 60% or higher means we think this is a ghost. Lower scores are less of a worry.How we score it: age, reposts, open roles vs team size, how fast jobs close, and whether pay is listed.Fine print: an estimate from public data, not a judgment of the company. Real jobs can score high, so treat it as a hint, not a fact.

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Set Up Email Alert For New Jobs

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume

Thermo Fisher Scientific

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

10,000+ employees

Founded 1956

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

Healthcare • Logistics • Manufacturing

Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Their mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer by supporting life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing laboratory productivity, and improving patient health through diagnostics and the development of life-changing therapies. With a global team, they offer innovative technologies and pharmaceutical services through brands such as Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon, and PPD.

📋 Description

• Perform and coordinate all aspects of clinical monitoring and site management • Conduct remote or on-site investigator site visits to assess protocol and regulatory compliance • Manage required documentation, sponsor procedures and monitoring environments • Ensure trials follow approved protocols, ICH-GCP guidelines, applicable regulations and SOPs • Protect subjects' rights and well-being and ensure data reliability • Maintain audit readiness and collaborative relationships with investigational sites • Monitor investigator sites using risk-based monitoring, root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions • Ensure data accuracy through source document review, source data verification and CRF review • Assess investigational product inventory and records • Document observations in reports and letters and escalate deficiencies through resolution • Maintain contact with sites between visits to confirm protocol compliance, issue resolution and timely data recording • Participate in investigator meetings and identify potential investigators • Initiate clinical trial sites and make compliance recommendations • Perform trial close-out and retrieve trial materials • Ensure essential documents are complete and conduct on-site file reviews • Provide trial status tracking and progress updates to the Clinical Team Manager • Update study systems such as the Clinical Trial Management System • Facilitate communication between sites, the client company and the PPD project team • Respond to company, client and regulatory requirements, audits and inspections • Complete expense reports and timesheets • Assist with project publications/tools and contribute ideas • Contribute to project work and process-improvement initiatives

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a life sciences related field, or Registered Nursing certification or equivalent and relevant formal academic/vocational qualification • Previous experience comparable to 1 year as a clinical research monitor, or completion of PPD Drug Development Fellowship • Valid driver's license where applicable • Equivalency through a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience may be considered • Proven clinical monitoring skills • Understanding of medical/therapeutic area knowledge and medical terminology • Working knowledge of ICH GCPs, applicable regulations and procedural documents • Critical thinking, root cause analysis and problem-solving skills • Ability to manage Risk Based Monitoring concepts and processes • Good oral and written communication skills, including communication with medical personnel • Customer focus, listening skills and attention to detail • Organizational and time management skills • Effective interpersonal skills • Flexibility and adaptability • Ability to work independently or in a team • Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to learn appropriate software • Fluency in Arabic and very good English language and grammar skills • Good presentation skills

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement • Standard Monday–Friday work schedule