Clinical Trial Recruiter

**Overall Purpose of the Position**:
The Clinical Trial Recruiter will play a vital role in strengthening the recruitment efforts for clinical trials by assisting with coordinating recruitment activities, maintaining volunteer databases, processing referrals, recruiting, whilst ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

**Key Performance Areas (KPAs) & Responsibilities include, but not limited to**:
**Administrative**:

- Managing the quality process to add new volunteers to recruitment database and validating data received
- Correctly capturing new volunteer data on electronic platform and updating existing volunteer data to be current
- Coordinating follow-up visits for pre-qualified volunteers
- Transferring pre-qualified volunteer data to relevant trial lists where applicable
- Overseeing and coordinating the process of transferring volunteers to study site personnel for screening on trials, and back to database where necessary
- Preparing and distributing recruitment materials, such as flyers, brochures, and advertisements, to promote clinical trial opportunities, where applicable

**Volunteer Coordination**:

- Serving as the primary point of contact for potential participants, providing information about clinical trials, eligibility criteria, and study procedures
- Assisting in screening and assessing volunteer eligibility based on study protocols and regulatory requirements
- Coordinating participant travel arrangements and logístical support for clinic visits, if necessary

**Data Management and Compliance**:

- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date participant records in recruitment databases and electronic health records systems, ensuring confidentiality and compliance with privacy regulations
- Engaging with interested trial volunteers, confirming interest in trial participation, obtaining informed consent for database entry from volunteers, and ensuring all necessary documentation is completed and filed appropriately
- Collaborating with study coordinators and regulatory affairs personnel to ensure adherence to GCP and protocol requirements and regulatory standards

**Recruitment Strategy Support**:

- Recruiting volunteers for trials and database in compliance with industry requirements
- Assisting in the development and implementation of recruitment strategies to reach target populations and maximize participant enrollment in clinical trials
- Collaborating with research teams to identify recruitment challenges and opportunities for improvement, providing feedback and suggestions for enhancing recruitment efforts
- Monitoring and tracking recruitment metrics and milestones to evaluate the effectiveness of recruitment strategies and making data-driven recommendations for optimization
- Remaining up to date on current and new recruiting trials and relevant requirements

**Ideal Requirements**
- Bachelor’s degree, Diploma or equivalent in Health Science **(Advantageous)**:

- Previous experience in an administrative or support role, preferably in healthcare, clinical research, or a related field
- Knowledge of patient recruitment strategies, including community outreach, social media marketing, and patient advocacy
- Familiarity or basic knowledge and understanding of chronic illnesses and medications with medical terminology, clinical trial processes, and regulatory requirements **(preferred)**:

- Proficient in MS Office **(Word, Excel and Outlook)** and experience with database management software

**Key Personal Inherent Characteristics**
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Confidentiality and compliance
- Listening skills including empathy and sensitivity in patient engagement
- Adaptable to change
- Planning, organising and follow up skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise responsibilities
- Interpersonal skills - ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with stakeholders
- Attention to detail / Quality orientation
- Teamwork
- Accountability and able to work independently, taking initiative when required

**Details**:
**Area**:Parow, Cape Town

**Contract Type**: 12 months fixed term

**Applications Close**:11 July 2025 _**(16:00)**_
- TASK reserves the right to withdraw this advertisement and not fill the above-mentioned vacancy at any stage during the recruitment process._
- Meeting our employment equity goals will be acknowledged during the recruitment process. _

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary
Contract length: 12 months

Application Question(s):

- What is your notice period?
- What are your GROSS salary expectations (before deductions)?

Work Location: In person

Application Deadline: 2025/07/11