Graduate CRA

ICON, a leading Clinical Research Organization, is seeking passionate, resilient and inspiring professionals to join our Clinical Research team.  The ICON CRA Academy offers a permanent position to highly skilled individuals interested in a career as a Clinical Research Associate. This structured program covers a broad variety of modules and on-the-job training to launch your career as a CRA.

• Responsible for timely completion of all required iLearn training as part of the Graduate CRA Academy
• Expected to attend in-house F2F training as part of the Graduate CRA Academy
• Expected to complete at least 2 observation visits required as part of Graduate CRA training
• Expected to complete at least 3 In-field training visits required as part of Graduate CRA training

• Recognize, exemplify and adhere to ICON’s values which centre on our commitment to People, Clients and Performance.
• As a member of staff, the employee is expected to embrace and contribute to our culture of process improvement with a focus on streamlining our process to add value to our business and meeting client needs.
• Become familiar with ICON’s SOPs/WPs, ICH GCP guidelines and appropriate regulations
• Become familiar with ICON systems
• Successfully pass a written assessment following F2F Training – 2 chances are allowed, if needed to achieve a passing score of > 80%
• Successfully pass an electronic version of a Mock Monitoring Visit. A passing score of > 80% is required
• Successfully develop and participate in the creation of and presentation of a manager assigned project/topic to an appropriate audience which may include Sr Directors and/or Sr Managers Clinical Operations, Directors and Managers Clinical Operations – this will include both a group presentation and an individual presentation
• Group presentation assessment of pass or fail will be determined by each employee’s contribution and understanding of topic
• Individual presentation assessment of pass or fail will be determined by the employee’s organization, understanding and mastery of subject matter along with the slides/visual aids and responses to questions presented by assessor
• On-site training is required in the form of at least 2 observation visits and 3 in-field training visits prior to consideration for study assignment and on-site competency evaluation (OCE) visit opportunity
• Ability and willingness to meet travel requirements (could include driving and flying)
• Maintains updated ICON (or Sponsor) systems as required
• Maintains Sponsor and patient confidentiality
• Other duties as assigned

What’s Next

Following your application if you are successful you will be invited to an initial telephone interview with one of our dedicated recruiters who will be able to provide you with more details of this opportunity.

We provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees by prohibiting discrimination in employment decisions because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status or disability.