Research Assistant (I) Safety Pharmacology
Are you Self-Motivated? Organized? Desire Role Ownership? Like System and Software Administration? Interested in Safety Pharmacology? Come join the leading global Contract Research Organization (CRO) for Safety Pharmacology!
We have a great opportunity for a Research Assistant (I) in our Safety Pharmacology group in Madison, WI. Covance’s work in developing new pharmaceutical solutions has an incredible impact on millions of lives worldwide. Be a part of this life-saving work. Help improve patients' lives while growing your career.
In this role, you will support the safety pharmacology business unit, staff, and studies with experience and expertise in terms of safety pharmacology study designs and data acquisition system(s) hardware and software utilized. You will also setup and prepare equipment for data acquisition systems according to the study protocol, regulatory guidelines, SOPs and needs of study direction. You will actively communicate with the study teams and other internal/external clients to ensure that full support is being provided to the team. And finally, you will be involved with departmental software validation.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Operate, install, maintain, validate, and troubleshoot physiological data acquisition systems and corresponding equipment.
- Understand and interpret study protocols.
- Responsible for independently carrying out technical phases of Safety Pharmacology studies, including study management, data organization, QA audit response, internal and external client communication skills, and quality check procedures.
- Responsible for maintaining and tracking all telemetry and respiratory equipment.
- Perform routine telemetry signal checks on animals as part of prescreening for a study to determine signal quality and remaining transmitter battery life.
- Ensure that a study is conducted according to protocol, SOPs and regulations.
- Recognize basic ECG, blood pressure and body temperature measurement procedures as appropriate. Be able to select data according to protocols, SOPs, and basic knowledge of the parameters.
- Maintains equipment in compliance with GLP and SOP requirements.
- Manage and revise SOPs, IOPs, and departmental forms as necessary and perform role of the department administrator for these documents.
- Recognize deviations from expected results and take appropriate action, recommend modifications in test methods or procedures, and able to adapt techniques to new procedures or particular needs as directed.
- Effectively manage multiple assignments and priorities to meet timelines and demonstrate the ability to structure workload.
- Maintains well documented laboratory records according to GLPs.
- Review own data and identify potential problems.
- Report all animal care concerns and become involved in the resolution and appropriate corrective action, when necessary.
- Perform telemetry hardware/software administrative work. Support validation and qualification processes. Responsible for telemetry computer configuration setup (setup of users cards, access levels, etc.).
- Responsible for setting up secure network study folders for data transfer for all telemetry safety pharmacology studies.
- Responsible for e-archival of data on the secure network folders
- Prioritize tasks to meet the needs of internal clients (study direction, in-life techs, DLAM, RC’s and facilities) and external clients (ECG analyst, sponsors, etc.).