Clinical Research Coordinator

Actalent; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental & Vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

PTO / Vacation

Job summary

Actalent in Santa Monica, CA is seeking a Clinical Research Coordinator to support day-to-day study operations, interface with the PI, patients, sponsors, and IRB, and ensure GCP/ICH compliant documentation.

Responsibilities include IP accountability, data entry, patient recruitment, sample handling, regulatory tasks, and study team coordination. Onsite role with potential hybrid work after training.

Qualifications

• Two years of experience in a clinical research setting with patient management.
• Patient-facing clinical trials experience required.
• EPIC EMR experience required.
• Phlebotomy certification or experience required.
• Proficiency with Outlook, MS Teams, Word, and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Read and understand all study correspondence and document communications with sponsors, monitors, subjects, physicians, and labs.
• Manage IP accountability, temperature/expiration monitoring, and inventory destruction or return to sponsor.
• Work with subjects to ensure participation requirements and visit timeliness.
• Enter visit data into study EDC within 7 days of visit.
• Recruit and retain study participants.
• Process, package, and ship biological samples as required.
• Organize study binders and maintain accurate filing across participants.
• Attend investigators' meetings and coordinate patient appointments and labs.
• Network and research potential new studies.
• Perform regulatory tasks for existing studies.
• Maintain control over study medications and supplies.

Skills

Patient-facing clinical trials

MS Office (Outlook/Teams/Word/Excel)

Education

Phlebotomy certification

Tools

EPIC EMR

Job description

Job Title: Clinical Research Coordinator

Under the supervision of the Medical Office Administrator, the Clinical Research Coordinator oversees the day-to-day functions of multiple clinical research studies. This role is responsible for interfacing with the Principal Investigator, patients, sponsors, and the IRB. The position ensures that all documentation is timely and accurate and works closely with the Principal Investigator to ensure strict compliance with study protocols (GCP/ICH).

Responsibilities

• Read and understand all correspondence relating to each study assigned. Responsible for all written and verbal communication and the documentation thereof, including communications with study sponsors, monitors, study subjects/patients, physicians, and laboratories or other study-specified service providers.
• Manage all investigational product (IP) accountability specific to each subject and total protocol inventory, including documentation of IP assignment, temperature and expiration date monitoring, return of used IP, and destruction or return to sponsor.
• Work with subjects/patients to ensure study compliance and understanding of participation requirements, such as timeliness of visits and return of study-related materials.
• Ensure complete, accurate, and timely entry (within 7 days of visit) of visit data into study electronic data capture sites when applicable.
• Recruit and retain study participants.
• Process, package, and ship biological samples as required by study or centralized laboratories.
• Organize and maintain study binders for each participant in a study, ensuring that filing is complete, accurate, and consistent among study participants.
• Attend investigators' meetings as required.
• Work with patients to ensure that study requirements are met, including appointments and labs.
• Network and research potential new studies.
• Perform regulatory functions for existing studies.
• Maintain control over study medications and supplies.

Essential Skills

• Minimum of two years of experience in a clinical research setting where the coordinator managed patients.
• Patient-facing clinical trials experience required.
• Experience with EPIC EMR required.
• Phlebotomy certification or experience required.
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency in Outlook, MS Teams, Word, and Excel.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Neurological conditions specialty is a plus.
• Device trial experience will not be accepted.
• Solely data trials experience also not accepted.
• Minimum five years of experience in a clinical research setting where the candidate managed patients.

Work Environment

This is a temporary to permanent Clinical Research Coordinator position with the possibility to become hybrid after the training period. The position is based in Santa Monica at a cancer research facility.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Santa Monica, CA.

Pay And Benefits

The pay range for this position is $38.00 - $41.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical
• dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 20, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Santa Monica,CA.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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