Clinical Research Assistant

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Eurofins Alba is a contract research organisation based in the centre of Edinburgh. We are contracted by various cosmetic and personal care product manufacturers or retailers to test their products. We test the products to confirm their safety and efficacy in use - to ensure the products are safe and that they work. We have a database of human volunteers who take part in our tests who either attend our test centre in Edinburgh or test products from their own home. Products can range from shampoos through to make up, with many different study types to help support marketing claims such as “Moisturises for 12 hours”.

This is a fulltime, permanent position working a 35 hours week - Monday - Friday 09:00 - 17:00.

The Clinical Research Assistant will be a member of the “Technical” research team at Eurofins Alba Science Ltd.:

• Assist with a variety of research studies, particularly in claim substantiation, efficacy and safety, working within study protocols and to ICH/GCP standards.
• Provide support to volunteers, study team staff and more senior colleagues. The role will involve maintaining systems and/or undertaking routine tasks that support the working of teams, processes and/ or studies.
• Require the relevant knowledge which may be gained through experience and on-the-job training.
• Ensure relevant documents are available for all research subjects.
• Complete all documentation relating to volunteer participation, including database demographic data records, Case Report Forms (CRF’s) and electronic research records.
• Deal with telephone enquiries from volunteers, external and internal customers giving responses where this is within the post holder’s area of knowledge and ensuring that appropriate personnel are informed if appropriate in order for further actions to be taken.
• Contacting volunteers to recruit them for specific studies, scheduling times for their visits and performing the accordant administration on the database.
• Interact with study participants in relation to the requirements of the study and be able to work without supervision in some areas.
• Assist the Quality Manager, Department Head(s) and or the Project Manager to ensure that the study is conducted efficiently and in line with GCP.
• Responsible for the testing, preparation, storage and shipping of research samples to include:
• Technical conduct of studies in accordance with relevant protocols.
• To assist with ensuring that all test materials and other consumables are available for the proposed study commencement and to ensure satisfactory disposal of test materials on study completion.
• Dispensation and preparation of study test materials employing correct sample containers, sample labels, etc in line with standard operating procedures and the study protocol.
• Identify eligible volunteers for recruitment to participate from volunteer database or screening records.
• Preparation, assessment and testing of volunteers participating in research, including observations & recording of skin responses, instrument data and other appropriate measurements as required.
• Be able to instruct study participants on the study procedures and use (where appropriate) of test materials/devices.
• To assist with ensuring that all aspects of the study schedule are adhered to and that results are available (to other teams) on time.
• Assess eligibility of potential subjects through methods such as screening interviews, reviews of medical records, and discussions with Project Manager and or appropriate consultants and arranging appropriate appointments as per the study protocol.
• Maintain required records of study activity including case report forms, test material dispensation records, or regulatory forms.
• Responsible for the monitoring and maintenance of clinical stock levels and clerical store levels, ensuring effective and economic use of resources.
• To prepare data for reporting and study files for archiving.
• To assist with responding to QA audits throughout the life cycle of studies including study inspections, data, and report audits.

• Has the ability to communicate directly with potential volunteers and study participants being able to answer questions about the study within their area of knowledge, and to refer to more senior team members when appropriate.
• Ability to implement local, national and international quality standards for clinical trials including implementation of ICH-GCP (International Conference on Harmonisation of Good Clinical Practice in Clinical Trials) and associated ethical issues; and to follow all Company policies and procedures.
• Be familiar with and work to audit and study protocols.
• Assist study management by carrying out assigned tasks including documentation as appropriate.

Benefits

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

• Holiday Purchase and Holiday Sell schemes
• Health Cash Plan
• Life Assurance (4 times annual salary).
• Company Pension Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support.
• Worldwide career opportunities
• Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round. Whether its supermarket savings or days out, the daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone’s lifestyle.

What Happens Next

Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths.
Your data
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Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

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