Assistant Study Coordinator - Neurology

UCLA Health; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 37,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

The Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator at UCLA Health supports the Principal Investigator in the day-to-day operations of clinical studies within the UCLA Department of Neurology. You will assist with participant identification and recruitment, consent, chart review, administering research batteries, scheduling visits, and maintaining study documentation.

Candidates should be highly organized with clear communication, discretion with confidential information, and the ability to manage

Qualifications

• Experience in health care or academic research preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple protocols and deadlines.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist with participant identification and recruitment.
• Assist with informed consent process and chart review.
• Conduct administered research batteries and interview participants.
• Schedule participant visits and maintain regulatory and study documentation.
• Procure study supplies and support data entry and query resolution.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Multi-tasking

Adaptability

Confidentiality

Typing / data entry

Tools

Word processing

Spreadsheet software

Email

Data entry systems

Job description

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday 8am-5pm

Posted Date

08/28/2026

Salary Range: $27.08 - 43.55 Hourly

Employment Type

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

32762

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator supports the Principal Investigator in the day-to-day operational management of clinical research studies within the UCLA Department of Neurology. Responsibilities include assisting with participant identification and recruitment under IRB-approved plans, assisting with the informed consent process, conducting medical chart review, administering research batteries and interviewing study participants, scheduling participant visits, maintaining regulatory and study documentation in accordance with ethics guidelines, procuring study supplies, and supporting data entry and query resolution. The ideal candidate is highly organized, communicates effectively with participants and study teams, handles confidential information with discretion, and can manage competing deadlines across multiple protocols; prior experience in a health care or academic research setting is preferred.

Hourly salary range: 30.74 - 49.46

Job Qualifications

Required:

• Ability to work efficiently and complete tasks with thoroughness and accuracy
• Strong verbal and written communication skills along with strong interpersonal skills to effectively establish rapport, and build relationships.
• Strong organizational capabilities.
• Skills sufficient to solve problems and identify solutions
• Ability to adapt to changing job demands and priorities; work flexible hours to accommodate research deadlines.
• Ability to respond to situations in an appropriate and professional manner.
• Ability to concentrate and focus in a work environment that contains distracting stimuli and competing deadlines.
• Ability to be flexible in handling work delegated by more than one individual.
• Typing and computer skill/ability including word-processing, use of spreadsheets, email, data entry.
• Ability to navigate numerous software programs and applications.
• Ability to handle confidential material information with judgement and discretion.
• Skill in coordinating information transfer among multiple constituents.

Preferred:

• Experience in a Health Care Setting

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer. Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.