Patient Recruitment Specialist

Barrington James; Waterbury (CT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Barrington James is seeking a driven Patient Recruitment Specialist to support recruitment operations across a portfolio of clinical trials in a fast-paced environment. You will engage patients directly, assist with marketing efforts, and track performance using data to drive improvements.

The role requires comfort discussing clinical trial processes and disease states, plus experience with CRM tools and CTMS platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience in a clinical research environment is preferred.
• Ability to work independently and own the recruitment pipeline.
• Experience with marketing or digital/social campaigns is a plus.
• Proficiency with CRM tools and CTMS platforms is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support recruitment activities across multiple trials to maintain enrollment targets and visit readiness.
• Engage patients via phone, text, and email to explain opportunities and guide through enrollment.
• Keep CTMS accurate and update sponsor/CTMS portals in real time.
• Schedule appointments and coordinate handoffs to the clinical team.
• Track recruitment metrics and report performance; monitor campaign effectiveness.

Skills

Independent worker

Strong communicator

Clinical research experience

Digital marketing

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

HubSpot

Salesforce

CRIO

Job description

About The Role

We're looking for a driven, hands-on Patient Recruitment Specialist to support recruitment operations across a portfolio of clinical trials. This role blends direct patient engagement, marketing support, and data-driven performance tracking — perfect for someone who takes ownership, works well independently, and thrives in a fast-moving, multi-study environment.

If you love building relationships with patients, hitting ambitious enrollment goals, and using data to constantly improve how you work — we want to hear from you.

What You'll Do

Own Recruitment Activities

• Support recruitment activities across all active trials, ensuring enrollment volume, protocol compliance, and visit readiness stay on track
• Personally engage patients via phone, text, and email — explaining study opportunities, screening for eligibility, and guiding them from first contact through enrollment
• Keep the CTMS accurate and current, and update sponsor/CRO recruitment portals in real time
• Schedule appointments and coordinate participant handoffs to the clinical team

Drive Results with Data

• Track your recruitment metrics — leads, prescreens, screen-fail rate, and conversion — and report on them regularly
• Monitor campaign performance (cost-per-randomization, screen fail rates, yield by source) and flag opportunities for improvement

Support Marketing & Campaigns

• Help execute per-protocol advertising campaigns, working alongside vendors and internal marketing partners
• Support IRB approval submissions for all patient-facing materials
• Contribute to social media content and study web page updates

Stay Compliant

• Operate in line with GCP, protocol requirements, and applicable regulations throughout

What We're Looking For

• Prior experience in a clinical research environment — strongly preferred
• Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of your own recruitment pipeline
• Comfort talking clinical trial processes, disease states, and GCP principles with confidence
• Marketing or digital/social campaign experience is a great plus
• Proficiency with CRM tools (HubSpot, Salesforce a plus) and familiarity with CTMS platforms (CRio a plus)
• Strong communicator who builds trust across clinical, marketing, and administrative teams
• Bachelor's degree preferred, ideally in a health-related field — equivalent experience will be considered