Work Schedule: Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions: Office
Job Description
Supports the delivery of recruitment objectives by engaging & attracting patients for clinical trials through all forms of outreach, across Medical Partnerships & Community Outreach activities. Cultivates relationships within the local community, including GP and hospital networks.

This is a field-based position that will require frequent travel (50-75%) across the Midlands, as well as one day per week at the site.

Day to day responsibilities:

• Supports the delivery of recruitment objectives, business growth and randomization targets by taking responsibility for the recruitment, engagement and retention of patients at the sites.
• Utilizing social media platforms in order to engage diverse communities with a view to participate in clinical research.
• Raise awareness in the local community for participation in clinical trials
• Builds a strong network with non-medical partners (Patients advocacy groups, sport groups, social clubs, schools, retirement communities etc to strengthen the awareness of clinical trials.
• Locates, schedules and attends various community wide events that allows face-to-face interaction to obtain opt-in database leads.
• Cultivates and maintain relationships within the community to promote participation in clinical trials.
• Maintains knowledge of current enrolling studies, timelines for the studies and protocol requirements.
• Ensures an increase to the database and actively contributes to initiatives and strategies to enroll potential participants onto the database.
• Distributes flyers, posters and other advertising material as appropriate to increase awareness of clinical trials.
• Ensures technology is utilized to fullest extent in recruitment strategies to secure on-time Enrollment.
• Involved in project management from a continuous improvement perspective

Education and Experience:

• Driving License is essential as this is a field-based position
• Ability to work in a consultative, partnership-based model rather than a purely sales-driven approach
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain long-term, trust-based relationships
• Experience working toward quantitative targets (KPIs, performance goals), budget management and reporting field activities
• Ability to analyze site potential and effectively plan and execute field activities
• Ability to collaborate with primary & secondary care professionals
• Healthcare knowledge is highly desirable
• Field-based experience within the healthcare environment is beneficial
• Ability to collaborate with medical specialists and healthcare professionals

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Good planning, organisation and time-management skills with ability to effectively prioritise workload
• Solid interpersonal and problem solving skills to enable working in a multicultural matrix organization
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Presentation skills
• Ability to multi-task
• Proactive and detail-oriented
• Ability to work independently as well as in a collaborative team environment
• Strong business acumen and positive attitude
• High degree of accuracy, concentration and proofing skills

Management Role: No management responsibility

Working Conditions and Environment:
Work is performed in an office environment with exposure to electrical office equipment. Occasional drives to site locations with occasional travel both domestic and international.

Physical Requirements:
Frequently stationary for 6-8 hours per day. Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. Frequent mobility required. Occasional crouching, stooping, bending and twisting of upper body and neck. Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moves) objects including luggage and laptop computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs. Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf. Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.