Thermo Fisher Scientific · 1 day ago
Community Relations Specialist (Study Participant Recruitment)
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
2+ years expThermo Fisher Scientific is a company committed to making a positive impact on global health through innovative research and development. The Community Relations Specialist will support recruitment objectives by engaging with patients and the community, promoting clinical trials, and managing outreach initiatives.
Research
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
Builds a strong network with non-medical partners (Patients advocacy groups, sport groups, social clubs, schools, retirement houses) 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 respectable relations with the community and promote clinical trials attend community events
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
Manages projects and act as point of contact for various internal clients
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+ years)
Good planning, organization and time-management skills with ability to effectively prioritize 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
Company
Thermo Fisher Scientific
The world leader in serving science To serve science, Thermo Fisher Scientific needs to stay ahead of it, we need to anticipate customer needs.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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