Clinical Research Coordinator

LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health in New Orleans, LA coordinates clinical trials across planning, enrollment, and ongoing activities to ensure compliant, timely study execution. You’ll develop timelines, manage trial plans, and handle regulatory submissions while maintaining precise source documentation and supplier tracking.

In this role, you’ll communicate with sponsors, participants, and clinical teams to keep studies on track, protect privacy, and support regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in post-graduate medical education and medical research studies.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate clinical trials from planning through ongoing activities.
• Review study requirements and help develop timelines, workflows, and trial plans.
• Support participant enrollment and follow-up visits.
• Complete case report forms and maintain source documentation.
• Track investigational meds, devices, and study supplies.
• Prepare and submit regulatory documents and study correspondence.
• Organize research workflows, records, and trial documentation.
• Communicate with study sponsors, participants, and internal teams.
• Troubleshoot operational issues to keep studies on protocol.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time-management

Communication

Interpersonal abilities

Attention to detail

Computer literacy

Documentation

Sponsor coordination

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field

Tools

ECG machines

Spirometers

Stadiometers

Scales

Job description

What You’ll Do

• Coordinate clinical trials from study planning through ongoing trial activities
• Review study requirements and help develop timelines, workflows, and trial plans
• Support research participant enrollment and follow-up visits
• Complete case report forms and maintain accurate source documentation
• Track investigational medications, devices, and study supplies from receipt through return
• Prepare and submit regulatory documents and study correspondence on time
• Organize research workflows, schedules, records, and trial documentation
• Communicate with study sponsors, research participants, and internal research teams
• Help troubleshoot operational issues and keep studies moving according to protocol
• Protect participant privacy and maintain confidential research records

What Makes You Great in This Role

• You’re incredibly organized and details rarely get past you
• You can manage multiple deadlines without losing sight of the bigger picture
• You enjoy working at the intersection of science, healthcare, and people
• You’re comfortable following detailed protocols while knowing when something needs to be escalated
• You communicate confidently with research participants, study sponsors, and clinical teams
• You understand that in clinical research, documentation matters
• You’re curious, observant, and always thinking a few steps ahead

What You Bring

• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
• Careful observation and assessment skills
• Confidence working with computers, research documentation, and electronic systems
• Ability to communicate with study sponsors and research participants
• Experience operating clinical equipment such as ECG machines, spirometers, stadiometers, and scales
• Basic phlebotomy and vital sign skills are a plus

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field 2+ years of experience in post-graduate medical education and medical research studies

Why This Role Matters

Clinical trials depend on more than innovative treatments and great ideas. They depend on careful coordination, accurate documentation, participant support, regulatory compliance, and someone making sure all the pieces come together. That’s where you come in. Your work helps research teams answer important questions today that could change how patients are cared for tomorrow.

WORK SHIFT

Days (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary

About University Medical Center

University Medical Center, a world class academic medical center in LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, is the largest medical training center for healthcare professionals in Louisiana and has long served as the region’s safety net hospital for poor and underserved communities for 300+. Learn more about University Medical Center’s legacy and our vision of becoming the epicenter of medical care, education, and research.

Your extras

Deliver healthcare with heart.

Give people a reason to smile.

Put a little love in your work.

Be honest and real, but with compassion.

Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.

Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.

See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.

Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.

Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities.

LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.