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The Clinical Research Professions Workforce Development Program at Jefferson
Jefferson’s mission is to improve lives by providing industry-leading health care, innovative scientific discovery, and by preparing students for the jobs of the future. Clinical research is the intersection where scientific discovery touches human lives and creates improvements through the development of new medications and technologies. The clinical research industry is essential to generating advances in healthcare and is experiencing significant growth.
Clinical Research Professionals (CRPs) are crucial to the success of clinical research, and job opportunities are plentiful. Clinical research is a career path that offers countless and diverse employment opportunities, with enormous growth potential, but often these paths are not visible or accessible. In response to insufficient supply and increasing demand for CRPs, Jefferson has established a Workforce Development Program that will address the critical need for well-trained, entry level CRPs. The aim of the program is to reduce the barriers to entry into clinical research professions for those that have little to no experience, while also creating a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve.
About the Program
Program directors, in collaboration with departments performing and administrating all aspects of clinical research, will interview and hire a cohort of individuals that are naïve to clinical research, into entry-level positions. These employees will work closely with a mentor within the hiring department, and go through a clinical research education and training program, with increasing levels of work responsibilities over time. The program will employ a blended learning approach, including independent study, classroom training, webinars and on-the-job training and shadowing. Proficiency will be measured against the core competencies set forth by the Joint Task Force for Clinical Trials Competency, and on-the-job performance.
For questions specific to this program, please contact Kathleen O'Malley, Director, Education and Training.
How to Apply
You will need to access Jefferson’s Human Resources website to apply for any of the following positions. You will be prompted to create an account when applying for the job. Please follow the link and instructions below to apply:
- Go to https://hr.jefferson.edu/
- Click yellow “Search Jobs” box
- Type the corresponding Job ID number into the search box to locate the position
Open Positions
Job ID: 9291216
The Department of Neurosurgery Clinical Research Coordinator (3 positions available)
The Department of Neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University has three (3) full-time openings to join our team as Clinical Research Coordinators. As a Coordinator, you will play a critical role in the conduct of clinical trials at Jefferson and will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of multiple research projects. You will have the opportunity to interact with researchers working on both Industry Sponsored and Investigator Initiated studies within the Vascular, Spine, Critical Care and Tumor Divisions. The majority of our studies are interventional, and coordinators are patient facing and are involved in all aspects of running studies. Clinical Research Coordinators screen and identify potential patients, schedule and run study visits, collect and process biospecimens, and record research data through chart reviews and patient interviews. As a member of the team, you will be working with other coordinators who support each other on multiple studies.
This position carries the additional opportunity to participate in an on-call rotation of coordinators who conduct after hours and weekend enrollments for critical care studies. Availability to accept on call shifts and work overtime/flexible hours while on call is a requirement for the position.