Clinical Research Physician

Work Schedule

• Standard (Mon-Fri)
• 37 hours per week

Environmental Conditions

• Office

About the Role

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life – To enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies.

Alongside clinical research through our PPD® clinical research portfolio, our work in Accelerated Enrollment Solutions optimizes each step of the patient journey in clinical trials, such as securing sites and recruiting patients, allowing for more patients to participate in clinical research.

Your determination to put patients at the heart of every decision will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

We are currently looking to recruit a Clinical Research Physician for our Synexus Clinical Research site in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The main priority will always be patient safety. Acting as the principal investigator (PI) or co-investigator for some or all of the studies at the site you will have the responsibility for all sponsor research studies while also ensuring ICH/GCP and local regulations are met.

Key Responsibilities

• Carries out clinical evaluation and assessment of participants to ensure eligible participants are recruited and monitored for safety and adherence
• Acts as Principle Investigator (PI) or Co Investigator for some or all of the studies at the site ensuring ICH/GCP and local regulations are met
• Attends Site Initiation Visits (SIV), Pre-Selections Visits (PSV) and Investigator meetings as required
• Participates in recruitment initiatives and strategy development to ensure targets are achieved; ensuring recruiting studies enroll according to plan within timelines and targets
• Reviews enrolment progress, pre-screening and screening success rates, screen failure rates, safety and retention of participants
• Interprets protocols and IB
• Manages and reviews IVRS, CRF/EDC, if applicable
• Oversees management of investigational medical product (IMP)
• Oversees multiple studies and/or studies with higher numbers
• Completes documentation for PI handover
• Cares for and protects the safety of participants through ethical conduct; this should receive the highest priority at all times during all aspects of the study
• Fulfills and complies with all medical duties, ensuring that clinical trials are performed to acceptable medical, scientific and ethical standards and meet the requirements as per protocol, SOP/COP ICH and local GCP guidelines and regulations
• Travels 3-5 days to other sites

Required Skills and Experience

• GMC registered doctor with no limitations to practice
• Principle Investigation experience is essential for this role
• Ideally some previous experience within clinical research
• Working knowledge of GCP (ICH/GCP and local regulations compliance)
• Demonstrate the inclination to provide practical help and guidance to colleagues, providing practical solutions for any problems and supporting their development
• Show meticulous attention to detail in recording patient information and data ensuring any queries are acted upon in a timely and efficient manner
• Be a team player, capable of building and sustaining positive relationships with colleagues as well as patients

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them.

Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.

Equal Opportunity

Thermo Fisher Scientific will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.