Clinical Research Associate

2 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Novo Nordisk Full time

Unleash your potential and take on a role that will challenge and inspire you. Novo Nordisk is seeking a driven and motivated individuals to join our team.

As a CRA working with Novo Nordisk, you will have the opportunity to make a difference to patients’ lives across a broad spectrum of therapeutic areas including cardiovascular disease. If you are eager to make a real impact, and you are ready for a fulfilling career, this may be the perfect opportunity for you.

You will need to be domiciled in the UK as there will be the need to travel within the Scottish region of the country. You will also need a current full UK driving licence as this is a field based CRA position

**The position**

In this exciting role you will collaborate closely with clinical investigative site teams to deliver our clinical trials according to target. You will be accountable for data integrity, quality, patient safety and protection, regulatory compliance for all assigned sites, compliance to protocols, adherence to Good Clinical Practice, UK Clinical Trial Legislation, and local ethics requirements, as well as Novo Nordisk SOPs.
- Acting as the main line of communication with Investigator site teams
- Appropriate site and investigator selection and activation, including obtaining necessary greenlight documents, training site staff, ensuring system access and conducting site initiation visits
- Conducting and documenting monitoring visits in accordance with the Monitoring Plan and Risk Indicator Reports, using risk-based quality principles
- Driving activities with sites to achieve recruitment and retention targets
- Management of protocol compliance, IMP handling and data entry requirements at site

**Qualifications**
- Education to degree level, life science or nursing qualification or equivalent
- Pharmaceutical, CRO or Healthcare industry/NHS experience
- Previous experience of monitoring trials in accordance with ICH GCP methodology
- Knowledge of clinical trials and UK trials environment

**About the department**

You will be part of a highly motivated UK CDC team responsible for the planning, execution and completion of projects related to the development of new medicinal products.

The UK CDC is a team of 70+ highly skilled and ambitious colleagues responsible for the planning and execution of clinical trial activities in accordance with the Product Development Plans of Novo Nordisk. We focus on continuous personal and professional development and exciting opportunities which arise within our international organization.

**Working at Novo Nordisk**

We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities, and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things - from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

**Contact**

For further information please contact Manesh Mistry, Clinical Research Manager, on 07802 89064

**Deadline**

March 25th, 2023

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.



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