Clinical Research Associate I - Little Rock, Arkansas/Memphis, Tennessee/ Shreveport, Louisiana

Clinical Research Associate

Advance AbbVie's pipeline by striving for excellence in clinical research, turning science into medicine for our patients and leveraging new advanced capabilities to drive industry leading performance. Partners with the investigator and site staff for meaningful and effective engagements positioning AbbVie as the choice in clinical trials. Focus on site clinical research that ensures appropriate conduct of the trial while driving improvement in data integrity, compliance, overall study performance and customer experience.

Responsibilities:

• Considered as the primary point of contact for the investigative site, provides contextual information on the clinical trials, connects stakeholder to the investigative sites and strengthens AbbVie's positioning.
• Aligns, trains and motivates the site staff and principal investigator under supervision on the goals of the clinical trial program, protocol, and patient treatment principles for the trial ensuring a trusted partnership.
• Conducts site evaluation, site training, routine, and site closure monitoring activities under supervision, in compliance to the protocol and monitoring plans and accordance with applicable regulations, Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), ICH Guidelines, AbbVie Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and to quality standards in conducting clinical research, ensuring safety and protection of study subjects.
• Customize site engagement strategy for assigned study (ies) under supervision. Gather local/site insights and utilize site engagement tools such as the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool, to report/track progress and measure impact of that strategy.
• Fundamental level of competency connecting the study protocol, scientific principles and clinical trial requirements to the day-to-day clinical trial execution activities. Evaluate and ensure effective recruitment and retention techniques/plans based on the patient disease journey. Develop solid knowledge of therapeutic area, asset and clinical landscape / patient journey to enable successful patient recruitment and overall protocol compliance.
• Responsible for continuous risk-assessment proactively, and in collaboration with Central Monitoring team, monitor activities conducted by clinical sites to detect early overall study performance or patient safety issues. Ability to think critically to resolve site risk signals while having robust understanding of site processes to drive study execution.
• Ensures preventative and corrective action plans are put into place, as needed, to mitigate risk and promote compliance using a customer centric approach.
• Identifies, evaluates and recommends new/potential investigators/sites under supervision and support from more experienced CRAs.
• Ensures quality of data submitted from study sites and assures timely submission of data, including appropriate reporting and follow-up for all safety events by site personnel.
• Ensures audit and regulatory inspection readiness at assigned clinical site at all times. Manages investigator payments as per executed contract obligations, as applicable.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree; health related preferred (e.g. Medical, Scientific, Nursing, Pharmacy).
• Clinically related experience, preferably in clinical research coordinating or data management.
• Knowledge of appropriate therapeutic area indications is preferred with the ability to understand and apply scientific concepts as they relate to the conduct of clinical trials.
• Knowledge on existing and emerging local regulatory and legal requirements, ICH/GCP Guidelines and applicable policies.
• Able to work collaboratively and cross functionally to develop and sustain working relationships. Demonstrate planning and organizational skills and the ability to work effectively and efficiently in a dynamic environment with competing projects and deadlines
• Ability to leverage technology, tools and resources to provide customer centric support based on the health of the site. Ability to use functional expertise with appropriate guidance, leverage critical thinking skills and apply good judgement to address clinical site issues.
• Interpersonal skills with strong written, verbal, active listening and presentation skills, with ability to establish and leverage site relationships and trusted partnerships through engagement, motivation, and training.
• Acts with integrity in accordance with AbbVie code of business conduct and leadership values. Self-motivated individual focused on delivering timely and quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

This role will cover territory in Little Rock, Arkansas/ Memphis, Tennessee/ Shreveport, Louisiana.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.