Part-Time Clinical Research Project Director

Chapman University; Orange (CA); On-site; USD 158,000 - 196,000; Part time

Job summary

Chapman University seeks a Research Project Director to provide part-time clinical leadership for a study conducted at AltaMed in collaboration with the university. The role involves participant eligibility assessment, recruitment oversight, and protocol-conformant clinical management in cooperation with the Principal Investigator.

Requirements include a doctoral clinical degree and strong writing/communication skills; IRB/regulatory familiarity is essential.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in a clinical healthcare profession from an accredited medical institution.
• Eligibility for or possession of a current and unrestricted medical license preferred.
• Experience providing direct patient care and exercising clinical judgment in evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients.
• Experience collaborating with healthcare providers and multidisciplinary research teams.
• Knowledge of clinical research methodologies, human subjects protections, IRB requirements, and regulatory standards governing clinical research.
• Strong scientific writing skills with ability to contribute to abstracts, manuscripts, presentations, posters, and peer-reviewed publications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for complex clinical and scientific information.

Responsibilities

• Direct overall study operations and clinical implementation across the Los Angeles and Anaheim clinic sites, ensuring adherence to study protocols, regulations, and medical practice standards.
• Manage study communications, including with external physicians for PrEP referrals to the clinical study; maintain confidentiality per laws.
• Provide physician-level clinical oversight for recruitment: pre-screening, eligibility evaluation, enrollment, and retention activities.
• Assess potential participants’ medical histories, clinical presentations, lab findings, and risk factors to determine eligibility and ongoing participation.
• Maintain oversight of progress, milestones, protocol compliance, safety, visit compliance, and deliverables; identify and resolve risks.
• Review and direct responses to protocol deviations and medical-judgment-required issues; retain documentation under confidentiality laws.
• Interpret protocol requirements with clinical judgment while ensuring IRB/regulatory compliance.

Skills

Clinical research knowledge

Medical writing

Communication skills

Project management

Leadership

Education

Doctoral degree in a clinical healthcare profession

Current medical license preferred

Job description

Chapman University seeks a Research Project Director to provide part-time clinical leadership for a study conducted at AltaMed in collaboration with the university. The role involves participant eligibility assessment, recruitment oversight, and protocol-conformant clinical management in cooperation with the Principal Investigator.

Requirements include a doctoral clinical degree and strong writing/communication skills; IRB/regulatory familiarity is essential.