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Primary Purpose

Identifies, screens, and enrolls individuals to participate in medical studies for new treatments, drugs, or devices to ensure they match the study’s strict guidelines.

Job Category: Non-Exempt

Hiring Range: Commensurate with experience

Pay Basis: Hourly

Subject to Grant Funding? Yes

Essential Job Functions

Acts as the primary liaison between the medical team and participants to ensure ethical enrollment practices.
Reviews strict medical criteria (inclusion/exclusion rules) to understand exactly who qualifies for the trial.
Coordinates with physicians, uses databases, social media, flyers and local outreach to locate prospective participants.
Conducts initial medical interviews and chart reviews to verify medical history, age, medications, and health status against study protocols.
Educates candidates and their families on the study’s purpose, trial risks, benefits, and timeline during the official consent process.
Books qualified candidates for in-person medical screenings.
Logs call details, candidate interest, and enrollment progress in a clinical trial management system.
Maintains regular contact with enrolled patients to ensure they attend appointments and stay compliant with the study protocol.
Tracks applicant files, updates databases, and protects private participant data under HIPPA regulations.
Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Job Requirements

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: Knowledge

Knowledge of basic medical terminology, chronic illnesses, and medications.
English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
General knowledge of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word and Excel).

Skills

Reading Comprehension - Proficient understanding of written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Active Listening - Proficient skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to under the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Critical Thinking - Proficient skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Complex Problem Solving - Proficient skills in identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Active Learning - Proficient skills in understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Judgment and Decision Making - Proficient skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
Speaking - Proficient skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.
Systems Analysis – Proficient skills in determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Abilities

Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Category Flexibility - The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Physical Requirements

Near Vision - Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Speech Clarity - Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Speech Recognition - Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to pens, pencils, and computer keyboards.

Required Certifications/Licensures

Required Education: Bachelor's Degree

Major (if required

Required Experience: Bachelor’s degree and three (3) years of related experience.
-OR-
Master’s degree and one (1) year of related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Is this a safety sensitive position? No

Background Screening Required? No

Pre-Employment Conditions

Sensitivity Disclaimer: Nova Southeastern University is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities and will make reasonable accommodation when necessary.

NSU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status or any other legally protected status.

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