Research Assistant - Phoenix, AZ

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

JOB DESCRIPTION

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.
Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need.
Summarized Purpose:
Provides administrative support to the research sites by coordinating and assisting patients visiting the site. Acts as the first-line contact for patients. May assist with patient expense reimbursements and transport arrangements.

Essential Functions:

• Coordinates and completes administrative functions on assigned trials.
• Welcomes and assist all visitors upon arrival at the site. Notifies appropriate staff of the visitor’s arrival.
• Prepares and ensures all relevant patient files are ready ahead of the visit as per protocol and local regulations.
• Completes data entry and visit completion information.
• Assists with the collection of patient SDV from treating medical professional.
• Schedules patients for different types of visits, external appointments, transport etc.
• Conducts reminder telephone calls to patients to confirm visits.
• Collects, tracks and files patient notes, lab results and questionnaires to facilitate prompt reviewing and able to provide results to patient if required.
• Maintains a presentable, safe and clean reception area to enhance the patient and visitor experience.
• Assists with photocopying, faxing, scanning source documents, postal activities, archiving and patient refreshments.
• Assists with the reimbursement of patient study expenses and payments.
• Maintains strict confidentiality of patients, employees, customers and company information at all times and adheres to HIPAA Guidelines.

Job Complexity:
Works on assignments that are routine in nature, requiring limited judgment. Has little or no role in decision-making.
Job Knowledge:
Acquires job skills and learns company policies and procedures to complete routine tasks. Supervision Received Normally receives detailed instructions on all work. Works under close supervision. Business Relationships Contacts are primarily within immediate work unit. Contacts involve obtaining or providing information requiring little explanation or interpretation.
Qualifications:
Education and Experience: High / Secondary school diploma or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification Technical positions may require a certificate Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0 to 1 year).
In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Basic understanding of Good Clinical Practices (GCP), with ability to learn and maintain a good working knowledge of FDA regulations and company/client SOPs and SOPs
• Good organizational skills and flexibility to manage workload and meet changing timelines, handling multiple tasks efficiently and effectively
• Good attention to detail to ensure accuracy and efficiency in data entry
• Good interpersonal/customer service skills, positive attitude and good oral and written communication
• Capable of working in a team or independently
• Good English language and grammar skills written and verbal
• Good computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and capable of learning new clinical trial database systems
• Ability to work well in a collaborative team environment

Management Role: No management responsibility

Working Conditions and Environment:

• Work is performed in an office or clinical environment with exposure to electrical office equipment.
• Occasional drives to site locations. Potential Occasional travel required. Physical Requirements:
• Frequently stationary for 4-6 hours per day.
• Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
• Occasional mobility required.
• Occasional crouching, stooping, bending and twisting of upper body and neck.
• Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moves) objects including luggage and laptop computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs.
• Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• May interact with others, relating and gathering sensitive information. Interaction includes diverse groups.
• Works with guidance or reliance on oral or written instructions from management. May require periods of intense concentration.
• Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence. Ability to perform under stress. Ability to multi-task.
• Regular and consistent attendance.

• Coordinates and completes administrative functions on assigned trials.
• Welcomes and assist all visitors upon arrival at the site. Notifies appropriate staff of the visitor’s arrival.
• Prepares and ensures all relevant patient files are ready ahead of the visit as per protocol and local regulations.
• Completes data entry and visit completion information.
• Assists with the collection of patient SDV from treating medical professional.
• Schedules patients for different types of visits, external appointments, transport etc.
• Conducts reminder telephone calls to patients to confirm visits.
• Collects, tracks and files patient notes, lab results and questionnaires to facilitate prompt reviewing and able to provide results to patient if required.
• Maintains a presentable, safe and clean reception area to enhance the patient and visitor experience.
• Assists with photocopying, faxing, scanning source documents, postal activities, archiving and patient refreshments.
• Assists with the reimbursement of patient study expenses and payments.
• Maintains strict confidentiality of patients, employees, customers and company information at all times and adheres to HIPAA Guidelines