JOB SUMMARY

The Patient Recruitment Specialist works independently to help recruit and pre-screen potential study volunteers across sites for protocol eligibility.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent people and phone communication skills.
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail, critical thinking and multitasking skills.
• Ability to work cooperatively and effectively within the team and the organization
• Ability to learn clinical trial management software.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing work demands

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• High school diploma or GED, some college preferred
• Medical background, familiarity with medical terminology or clinical trial experience knowledge preferred
  WAGE: $21/hour

• Be familiar with the purpose, inclusion and exclusion criteria, telephone screening scripts, goals/timelines and scheduling for all enrolling trials
• Telephone prescreen inbound and outbound volunteers for clinical trial participation
• Preidentify appropriate volunteers by using the clinical trial management system to review volunteer’s documented medical history, current medications, and study history to assess potential eligibility
• Conduct telephone screening questionnaire to see if potential volunteers qualify
• Use clinical trial management system and study specific telephone screening scripts to:
• Review and update volunteer information
• Take a careful history, reviewing volunteer’s pertinent medical history
• Review volunteer’s current medications to determine if they are exclusionary
• Assess volunteer’s interest and willingness to commit to the course of the trial
• Determine appropriateness of volunteer
• Schedule and reschedule appointments as directed
• Escalate clinical questions to Recruitment Manager as needed
• Learn the medication categories that may be excluded in each protocol
• Stay abreast of protocol amendments and how they affect screening
• Obtain medical records as required per protocol
• Ability to meet metrics requirements that are set by senior management
• Work with supervisor to achieve recruitment goals and deadlines for each study.
• Additional duties and projects as assigned