Edwards Lifesciences Corp

Specialist, Clinical Research Monitoring

Edwards Lifesciences Corp$87K — $123K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in related field
  • 3 years of field monitoring, quality assurance/control and regulatory compliance experience
  • Clinical research certification (ACRP or SoCRA) preferred
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Proven expertise in MS Office Suite and general office machinery
  • Strong understanding of cardiovascular anatomy and medical device regulatory requirements

Responsibilities

  • Conduct field monitoring of clinical trials and ensure data compliance with GCP and protocols
  • Provide oversight and insights on trial activities to investigators and study management
  • Verify and maintain regulatory documents and audit site compliance
  • Track investigational device accountability throughout its lifecycle
  • Develop and deliver training on protocols, compliance, and reporting requirements
  • Contribute to the development of clinical protocols and informed consent forms
  • Edit and amend informed consent documents as needed

Benefits

  • Competitive salaries
  • Performance-based incentives
  • Variety of benefits programs to meet employee needs
Full Job Description
This position requires travel through the West Coast region. Highly prefer candidates based on the West Coast (CA, OR, AZ, NV, WA). Selected candidate must reside in local region.

How you will make an impact:
  • Field monitoring of studies and data collection for clinical trials, assessing all data documentation, reports, records, transcripts, exam results for consistency with case report form, and determining if clinical trial/study subject documentation is within parameters of study hypothesis, as well as monitoring clinical trial/study safety, in keeping with protocols, GCP (Good Clinical Practices) and regulatory requirements.
  • Providing oversight of and insights into trial activities (e.g., trends in protocol compliance, enrollment, monitoring deviations, data quality) to principal investigators and support staff, and study sponsor management and leadership staff, including Institutional Review Boards/Ethics Committees/Research Ethics Committees, Clinical Operations (e.g. Contracts), and recommending and developing process improvements.
  • Verifying trial/study data, including maintaining appropriate regulatory documents both internal and external, auditing to be sure the site has the appropriate regulatory documentation to conduct the trial/study, and source documentation is properly recorded.
  • Validating investigational device accountability by tracking the history of investigational devices from Edwards to the field sites and through final disposition.
  • Developing and delivering training on GCPs, protocols, database, compliance, device accountability, adverse event reporting, study investigation protocols, amendments, regulatory documentation requirements as well as training and proctoring new employees on trial and study related activities.
  • Contributing to the development of clinical protocols, informed consent forms, and case report forms.
  • Editing/amending informed consent documents.


What you'll need (Required):
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in related field with 3 years of field monitoring, quality assurance/control and regulatory compliance experience or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria.
  • Ability to travel up to 75% domestically.

What else we look for (Preferred):
  • Clinical research certification (ACRP or SoCRA clinical coordinator/CRA certification)
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, presentation skills, interpersonal skills, and analytical skills
  • Proven expertise in MS Office Suite, including Word, Excel, Adobe, and ability to operate general computer software and office machinery
  • Demonstrated problem-solving and critical thinking skills
  • Strong understanding of cardiovascular anatomy, pathology and physiology or Business Unit area of expertise
  • Substantial understanding of medical device regulatory requirements and documents, device accountability and adverse events reporting
  • Technical writing skills (protocols, CRF development, study tools)
  • Ability to communicate and relate well with key opinion leaders and clinical personnel


Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California (CA), the base pay range for this position is $87,000 to $123,000 (highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.

About Edwards Lifesciences Corp

Edwards Lifesciences is an American medical technology company headquartered in Irvine, California, specializing in artificial heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring. It developed the SAPIEN transcatheter aortic heart valve made of cow tissue within a balloon-expandable, cobalt-chromium frame, deployed via catheter. The company has manufacturing facilities at the Irvine headquarters, as well as in Draper, Utah; Costa Rica; the Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico; and Singapore; and is building a new facility due to be completed in 2021 in Limerick, Ireland.
Learn more about Edwards Lifesciences Corp
Size
15,700 employees
Market Cap
$45.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$823.4 million
Founded
1958
5 Year Trend
+12%
Revenue
$4.3 billion
NASDAQ

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