Job details
Job type full-time
Full job description
Remote, us / patient education / remote (limited travel)
Welcome to care access, a national network of clinical research sitesWe are on a mission to bring a new healthcare system to life by making the clinical research process better, faster and more efficientCare access is currently seeking patient educators to participate in a new set of clinical trials for high profile nationwide studiesCandidates must feel comfortable using technology and have the ability to work from home as well as travel once per monthThis person will interact with patients, discuss treatment options, and health concerns as well as medical decision making.
Full time positions are available, however many patient educators are hired on a contract-to-permanent basis.
Our goal is to engage every healthcare professional in clinical research and to make clinical trials a care option for every patientOur philosophy regarding clinical trials allows us to maintain relevance and gives us the opportunity to work on groundbreaking and pivotal studies within the us healthcare system.
In the past we partnered with ely lilly on covid-19 trials and were integral in their ability to establish the emergency use authorization for bamlanivimabOver the last year, we partnered with multiple study sponsors on various covid-19 trials.
Important abilities and experience
You must be fluent in english and japanese.
We are looking for passionate individuals who genuinely care about patient care and teachingThe ideal candidate will have had leadership training roles and can inspire confidence in their understanding of health care optionsThis role requires an experienced clinician who is proficient in interacting with patients, discussing treatment options and health concerns as well as medical decision making.
Experience with geriatric patients or volunteering with nursing home residents is highly preferredA background in clinical research is importantAn ability to input patient information into studyteam is also needed and very easy to learn.
Understanding how to talk to people and form/maintain good relationships (such as virtual client facing, customer service, or sales experience) will be used day to dayThis role requires an experienced clinician who has worked with geriatric patients or volunteering with nursing home residentsHaving a medical or research background is important to help you hit the ground running, but is not completely necessary.
Job description and responsibilities
Be the patient educator on a remote clinical research team supporting teams that travel to nursing homes to skilled nursing and assisted living facilities.
Be an integral and valuable member of a clinical research team
Represent care access to potential research study participants, their families, healthcare facility administrators, and other potential partners for clinical research studies
Form rapport and strong working relationships with team members, potential research participants, and clinical research partners
Educate potential research participants, and clinical research partners on the trial and conduct patient recruitment for this study
Ensure warm handoffs between team members with the patients who choose to participate in the study
Support the larger clinical research team
Coordinate with patient education leadership team via weekly zoom meetings, slack messaging and emails
Required:
Fluent in english and japanese.
Proficient in clinical discussions with patients
Emotional intelligence with an empathy and understanding of experimental and health psychology
Strong understanding of hipaa and patient confidentiality
Ability to manage data collection in a variety of settings with diverse populations
Passion for the mission of the study and patient health care
Personable, leadership capabilities and strong communication skills
Ability to work well with a diverse team of clinicians, researchers and coordinators
Experience starting and completing projects with a high degree of autonomy
Strong organizational skills, including maintaining deadlines
Excellent problem-solving ability and self-starter mentality
Knowledge of human subjects ethics and institutional review board (irb) research protocols preferred
Ability to travel nationwide up to one week each month
Benefits
Continue to finding treatments for diseases, major illnesses and therapeutic areas
Bring clinical trial to those who are vulnerable and unable to travel to study sites
Deepen your experience in clinical research through an innovative study design
Compensation structure reflective of education and experience
Coordinate with research teams from care access and outside companies
* please provide your resume *
At care access research, we embrace the difference and the unique perspective everyone on our team brings to the tableWe are proud to be an equal opportunity workplaceWe provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employmentCare access research is dedicated to unbiased recruiting, hiring and employment practicesWe do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, pregnancy, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other characteristic protected by federal, state or local lawsWe do not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristicsThis policy applies to all our terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and trainingAll employment at care access research is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
