SOS (Staff on Site) serves to facilitate the clinical trial process in Queensland, Australia by assisting clinical trial sites with their immediate and short-term staffing requirements. SOS (Staff on Site) can supply Clinical Research Coordinators, Recruitment Officers and Data and Information Officers to assist clinical trial sites.
QCTN welcomes the opportunity to discuss tailored arrangements with sponsors to supply SOS (Staff on Site) staff across multiple sites in Queensland.
Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC)
Also known as a Study Coordinator, this role is generally filled by an applicant with tertiary qualification in the science or nursing field. A CRC will assist with the day to day running of the clinical trials. The CRC will be trained to ICH/GCP guidelines, general trial guidelines and recruitment and retention strategies. Often, unforeseen time constraints increase the work requirements of a CRC on a short term basis. SOS (Staff on Site) can assist clinical trial sites to source, train and place a CRC on a short-term basis.
Recruitment Officers
With the high demand placed on the CRC's time particularly within the recruitment period, many trial sites are now seeking assistance of Recruitment Officers. A Recruitment Officer will be trained to ICH/GCP guidelines and recruitment and retention strategies.
Generally, a Recruitment Officer will have a nursing or health background, often still obtaining their tertiary qualifications. The utilisation of Recruitment Officers within a clinical trial site, decreases costs in running a clinical trial site and frees up the CRC's time to focus on other aspects of trial management.
Data and Information Officers
Throughout a clinical trial, the effective and efficient capture of data is paramount to obtaining database lock and controlling trial costs. Due to the large volume of data within a clinical trial site, a Data and Information Officer can assist clinical trials sites with timely completion of CRFs, eCRFs, data queries, subject logs and other trial-related administrative tasks.
The Data and Information Officer will have proficient computer skills and will be trained to ICH/GCP guidelines and depending on the clinical trial site requirements, and availability of SOS (Staff on Site) resources, trained on specific eCRF databases (on request). The utilisation of Data and Information Officers decrease costs in running a clinical trial site and frees up the CRC's time to concentrate on other aspects of trial management.