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The Associate Clinical Site Lead for the Atlanta, GA region drives study execution and operational excellence across Abbott Cardiovascular therapies (Vascular, Cardiac Rhythm Management, EP, Structural Heart, and Heart Failure). Developing skills and foundation to become a resource in protocol execution, developing product and disease state knowledge, procedure support (as needed), procedure outcomes and early indication of trends, clinical trial enrollment, and ICH-GCP and clinical research application.
Adheres to specified site nomination, qualification, and startup processes. Leads ongoing training/retraining of all site stakeholders to ensure protocol adherence. Continuously reviews, manages, and influences all aspects of site’s recruitment and data collection performance (enrollment, discrepancy resolution, compliance, etc.). Proactively utilizes appropriate operational metrics to minimize screen failure, attrition rate, etc. Monitors to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, Good Clinical Practice, and accuracy standards inclusive of site initiation, periodic, and close-out visits.
May be consulted in the following areas: study design, site payments, site audits, local document review, study documents preparation, and submission to site or competent authority/ethics committee.
With supervision of senior colleague/manager (or delegate):
Develop and maintain a productive clinical territory:
Identify, develop, and maintain sites capable of delivering start-up goals, study participation levels and required data quality.
Facilitate communication between clinical sites and other Abbott clinical staff (e.g., operations management, study team, Site Contracts Associate), as needed.
Manage all aspects of study lifecycle to include site regulatory and quality:
Collect essential documents, identify and obtain missing data, data corrections, reviewing adverse events and protocol deviations.
Provide training and procedure coverage:
Collaborate with commercial partners:
Identify and adapt to shifting priorities and competing demands. Remain current on developments in the field of expertise including clinical and Abbott product knowledge, competitive positioning and published scientific and economic evidence.
Education and Experience You’ll Bring:
Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, science, health science, nursing, or a related field, OR equivalent or related experience in cardiology or clinical research.
The base pay for this position is $50,700.00 – $101,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
