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Senior Lead Clinical Research Associate, Research Compliance Management
Role summary
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This role typically requires a degree in life sciences, healthcare, pharmacy, nursing, or a related discipline, together with substantial clinical research experience and knowledge of Good Clinical Practice, research governance, ethics requirements, and Singapore regulatory standards. The successful candidate should be able to oversee compliance reviews, monitor research activities, identify risks, manage corrective and preventive actions, and advise investigators and research teams. Strong documentation, audit, stakeholder-management, communication, and project-coordination skills are expected. As a senior lead, the candidate will also guide junior staff, improve compliance processes, support inspections, and promote high standards of research integrity across clinical studies.
Can I work in Singapore?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: Hospital offer first; it registers you with the Nursing Board (equivalent training, valid licence, maybe an exam) and sponsors an S Pass (SGD 3,300+) or Employment Pass.
Before you apply: Nurses, doctors and most allied health staff must be registered or licensed locally before they start: expect checks on your degree and licence, often an English test, and often an exam or an assessment. Ask the employer who handles it and how long it takes. Most pharma and device office jobs do not need it.
Watch for: Only healthcare institutions with inpatient services can bring in foreign nurses, and the Singapore Nursing Board deals with their HR teams only, never with agents.
Official source: Singapore Nursing Board: foreign-trained nurses and midwives. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in Singapore
Usual for Healthcare jobs in Singapore, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Registration | Hospital applies to the Nursing Board for you: training, licence, practice in last 5 years; maybe an exam |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Work Permit staff: employer pays levy, bond and insurance (by law); relocation help is an expat perk |
| Housing | Public hospital groups offer foreign nurses a housing allowance (Ministry of Health, May 2023) |
| Flights | Work Permit staff: flight home paid by the employer (by law); others only if the offer says so |
| Contract | Work Permit up to 2 years; S Pass and Employment Pass up to 2, then 3; notice 1 day to 4 weeks by default |
| Leave | 7 to 14 days (by law; many get more); 11 public holidays; 14 days' sick leave, 60 in hospital |
| Income tax | 0% up to SGD 20,000 a year, then 2% to 24% (about 3% at SGD 60,000); resident rates on a 1-year pass |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd
Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd, commonly known as SingHealth, is Singapore’s largest public healthcare group. Its network includes major hospitals, national specialty centres, community hospitals, polyclinics, research institutes, and medical education partners. SingHealth provides a broad range of clinical services and is closely affiliated with Duke-NUS Medical School, supporting the training of healthcare professionals and the development of medical research. The group conducts clinical and translational research across areas such as oncology, cardiovascular medicine, neuroscience, population health, and infectious diseases. Employees work in a highly regulated, multidisciplinary environment that values patient safety, evidence-based care, innovation, professional development, and collaboration. The organisation also plays an important role in Singapore’s national healthcare system and offers opportunities to contribute to research governance and improvements in public health.