Job description - Research Physician
Alternative job titles
Pharmaceutical Physician Pharmacology Research Physicians
Physician
Description
The Research Physician is involved in the on-site development, coordination and execution of clinical research and is mainly responsible for all-trial related medical decisions. You can find the Research Physician on independent sites (hospitals and SMOs) and on clinical pharmacology units (phase I). The main responsibility of the research physician lies within the safety, and medical care of trial subjects.
Qualifications
The research physician should be a registered and qualified medical doctor, and should preferably have patient-contact experience. He/she should have an interest in clinical scientific research. It is important that the candidate realise that the function of Research Physician does not include cure of patients, but often purely professional clinical research. He/she must have professional English language skills and knowledge of standards and protocols of clinical trials.
Competencies
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Make independent choices and take responsibility for own actions
- Consider and evaluate risks
- Make strategic decisions
- Work precisely according to procedures, rules and regulations
- Flexible and open to change
Tasks
- Medical care and trial related medical procedures of trial subjects in line with the protocol and other regulations involved
- Manage investigational products’ accountability
- Manage randomization procedures
- Manage informed consent process
- Record and report trial data
- Report trial progress
- Report safety issues
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