Scientist - Clinical Research jobs in Virginia Beach, VA

Description

Forging new relationships and establishing rapport with thought leaders comes naturally to you.

In this role, you will establish, cultivate, and maintain scientific relationships with principal investigators and study coordinators to support the enrollment and conduct of customer clinical studies. You will interact with various internal and external stakeholders, with a focus on institutions and their alliance partners, study coordinators, pharmacists, clinical research associates and investigators. You will:

• Manage, coach, and develop two Research Science Liaisons (RSL), and ensure RSLs compliantly provide objective and scientifically sound information regarding protocols and disease states.
• Conduct HR-related issues for assigned team (such as performance appraisals, salary planning, new colleague selection, colleague development plans, colleague retention, team culture, and conflict resolution) and manage concerns in a timely and compliant manner
• Work with customer and CRO Clinical Development and Clinical Operations leads and trial sites to understand and implement study protocols effectively
• Partner with sites to develop and implement effective local and regional subject recruitment strategies, suggest local outreach options, facilitate escalation of investigator questions/concerns, recruitment/retention initiatives and clinical site & investigators meetings as it relates to recruitment strategies
• Follow up with sites post-SIV to ensure patient enrollment runs smoothly. Identify challenges, issues, and barriers and report back to customer and work with study teams and sites to develop solutions
• Identify health care providers currently managing patients with Prostate Cancer and cultivate a network of experts in diagnosis and treatment of Prostate Cancer to drive patient referrals and enrollment

Essential Requirements:

• Advance degree (PharmD, PhD, MD). Nuclear Technologist (CNMT) will be considered.
• Experience in clinical research, patient recruitment or investigational site management
• Knowledge of clinical trial/research design, conduct, and understanding clinical study results
• Ability to travel

Desired Requirements:

• Oncology, with prostate cancer experience highly preferred. Experience with nuclear medicine preferred
• Leadership experience
• Strong oral and written communication skills; skilled at presenting scientific content

At Syneos Health, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.

Why Syneos Health? Each life we positively impact makes our work worthwhile. By joining one of our field medical teams, you will partner with some of the most talented clinicians in the industry and be reminded why you chose a career in healthcare. The diversification and breadth of our new and existing partnerships create a multitude of career paths and employment opportunities. Join our game-changing, global company dedicated to creating better, smarter, faster ways to get biopharmaceutical therapies to patients. Experience the thrill of knowing that your everyday efforts are contributing to improving patients’ lives around the world.

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Syneos Health companies are affirmative action/equal opportunity employers (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled)

Syneos Health has a voluntary COVID-19 vaccination policy. We strongly encourage all employees to be fully vaccinated. Additionally, certain local governments or Syneos Health customers may have vaccine requirements that apply to some of our employees. These employees are required to submit proof of vaccination to Syneos Health and maintain compliance with these requirements.
At Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance. The benefits for this position will include a competitive compensation package, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time. Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos Health complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.