Clinical Trial Administrator - Cape Town, South Africa - TASK

TASK

Verified Company

Cape Town, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

beBee Recruiter

Description

Overall Purpose of the Position:

The Clinical Trial Administrator will be responsible for the receiving, processing, storing, shipment of all specimens and assisting with daily administrative tasks.

Key Performance Areas (KPAs) & Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

Receiving of lab / specimen kits, checking of expiry dates and completeness of kits as per visit schedule throughout the study.
Notifying the Site Manager of expired kits and remove from shelf to prevent usage.
Re ordering kits in time to ensure enough stock at all times.
Attending to and participating actively in investigator meetings and/or site initiation visits / training to ensure that you have understood protocol and study laboratory manuals and can perform required procedures accurately while adhering to all specified timelines.
Preparing tubes / specimen containers for safety bloods / specimen collection (precise labelling participant initials, visits etc.) before the actual visit as requested in protocol.
Centrifuge safety samples as per lab manual to separate blood cells and plasma and performing aliquot as per manual.
Packing of samples / specimen as indicated in the lab manual and informing the necessary parties for collection.
Storing of samples / specimen in the freezer / fridge as required in the protocol and / or lab manual and documenting contents of the fridges and freezers for every working day to know the exact contents inside the freezers at any given time point for all studies.
Establishing, developing and implementing processes and procedures.
Checking and documenting fridge and freezer temperatures daily and indicate if in range (report if not as per SOP). Knowledge of thermometers and central monitoring systems is mandatory.
Keeping track of possible temperature excursions. Moving samples to backup freezer, at another site, if needed
Preparing shipment of samples and completing all necessary shipment documents (only if IATA trained)
Arranging the pickup of samples to be shipped.
Checking for completeness and accurateness of all participant specimen logs before sending with shipment samples and copying logs and filling it in the site files
Performing clinical administrative duties / miscellaneous duties and requested.
Case Report Form (CRF) writing or electronic Data entries
Conducting source quality checks and sorting of files by study and time point for data capturing and capturing of source document data into study database.
Maintaining study documents by filing, receiving and processing source and other study documents, including scanning, copying, filing, and checking documents where required.
Maintaining, processing, communicating and assisting with all other study administration and office administration responsibilities as required.

Ideal Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in related field or relevant qualification
Minimum two years' experience working in a clinical trial environment.
Experience in a lab environment, including understanding sample centrifugation, micropipetting, capturing into lab database, storage and shipment.
Computer literacy able to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook at intermediate level.
Excellent administrative skills
Flexibility to assist with other tasks and rotate between various TASKS sites, (Delft Primary site).

The following will be advantageous:

Knowledge and/or experience of lab database/s
IATA training
Valid GCP certificate
Knowledge and/or experience of GCLP standards
Valid driver's license

Key Personal Inherent Characteristics

Good planning and organizing skills to ensure accurate processing under adverse conditions.
Accurate, neat and meticulous documentation of processes
Able to multi

- task while maintaining a calm demeanor.

Professionalism
Good time management skills
Written and verbal communication skills in English
Able to follow detailed written instructions as set out in the lab manual.
Able to take initiative and work independently.
Problem solving skills.

Area:
Delft, Cape Town

Contract Type:
Permanent

Applications Close: 24 May 2023

TASK reserves the right to withdraw this advertisement and not fill the abovementioned vacancy at any stage during the recruitment process._
Meeting our employment equity goals will be acknowledged during the recruitment process._

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Application Deadline: 2023/05/24