Clinical Research Associate (Illinois)

Job Opportunity At Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people's health. We're always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Working at Abbott allows you to do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You'll also have access to career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of, free medical coverage, an excellent retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, and a company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world.

The Opportunity

This is a remote position. Qualified candidates must currently live in the Chicagoland area. Must be able to travel up towards 35%. As an experienced professional in the Medical Affairs sub-function, you will oversee the direction, planning, execution, clinical trials / research and the data collection activities. You will contribute to implementation of clinical protocols and facilitate completion of final reports. You will recruit clinical investigators and negotiate study design and costs. You will direct human clinical trials, phases III & IV for company products under development. You will participate in adverse event reporting and safety responsibilities monitoring. You will coordinate and provide reporting information for reports submitted to the regulatory agencies. You will monitor adherence to protocols and determine study completion. You will coordinate and oversee investigator initiations and group studies. You may participate in adverse event reporting and safety responsibilities monitoring. You may act as consultant / liaison with other corporations when working under licensing agreements.

Required qualifications : Associate's degree, minimum 1-year clinical research. Preferred qualifications : Health science or life sciences experience, CCRP (Certified Clinical Research Professional) or clinical association certification would be a plus.

The base pay for this position is $60,000.00 $120,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.