Clinical Research Monitoring (CRA)

Clinical Research Associate

The Clinical Research Associate (Sr. CRA) plays a crucial role in planning and developing high-quality clinical activities to support various projects. This position requires clinical research experience, as well as an understanding of research methodology, regulations, and guidelines. CRA is responsible for assisting with clinical strategies, protocol development and execution, monitoring, and data quality management of clinical studies. CRA will monitor clinical research sites in accordance with FDA regulations, global regulatory bodies, GCP and ISO compliance, and company SOPs.

Support clinical trials in collaboration with other clinical team members, focusing on site qualification, initiation, site management, data management, and other tasks to support clinical trials.

Perform site activities in compliance with GCP and FDA regulations for clinical trials.

Assist with the development of study-related documents, including case report forms, study manuals, and other tools.

Assist with data management activities, query generation, and resolution.

Review informed consent forms and site activation documentation.

Assist in planning and preparing materials for investigator and coordinator meetings.

Assist with reporting study metrics, including subject screening and enrollment, data collection, and documentation of adverse events.

Assist with the preparation of study summary reports for presentations, publications, and regulatory submissions.

Provide input to the data management plan, monitoring plan, safety plan, and other study-specific plans.

Conduct pre-study, initiation, routine, and close-out site visits to ensure protocol compliance.

Work with staff at study sites to resolve data discrepancies.

Obtain, review, and process regulatory and study-specific documents from investigative sites.

Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a medical/scientific field.

• 4+ years of experience supporting clinical research or similar experience in a medical and/or scientific area.
• Proficiency in MS Office, including PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
• Customer service-oriented with strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to multitask effectively while maintaining high-quality outputs.

Proven experience working within an FDA IDE pre-market clinical study.

The position is based in a small office environment within a start-up medical device community. This is a Contract position based out of Maple Grove, MN.

If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Application Deadline

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