Management
Clinical Research Coordinators
Also called: Clinical Coordinator, Clinical Program Coordinator, Clinical Program Manager, Clinical Research Administrator
US median pay
$167,220
per year, 2025
Job growth 2025–35
+8.2%
faster than average
Openings a year (US)
9,200
112,200 employed
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
Preparation 4/5 · Considerable preparation
What this job is
Plan, direct, or coordinate clinical research projects. Direct the activities of workers engaged in clinical research projects to ensure compliance with protocols and overall clinical objectives. May evaluate and analyze clinical data.
What they do day to day
- Schedule subjects for appointments, procedures, or inpatient stays as required by study protocols.
- Perform specific protocol procedures such as interviewing subjects, taking vital signs, and performing electrocardiograms.
- Assess eligibility of potential subjects through methods such as screening interviews, reviews of medical records, or discussions with physicians and nurses.
- Prepare study-related documentation, such as protocol worksheets, procedural manuals, adverse event reports, institutional review board documents, or progress reports.
- Inform patients or caregivers about study aspects and outcomes to be expected.
- Record adverse event and side effect data and confer with investigators regarding the reporting of events to oversight agencies.
- Monitor study activities to ensure compliance with protocols and with all relevant local, federal, and state regulatory and institutional polices.
- Oversee subject enrollment to ensure that informed consent is properly obtained and documented.
- Maintain required records of study activity including case report forms, drug dispensation records, or regulatory forms.
- Identify protocol problems, inform investigators of problems, or assist in problem resolution efforts, such as protocol revisions.
Skills and knowledge that matter most
Skills
- Coordination3.9/5
- Social Perceptiveness3.6/5
- Judgment and Decision Making3.6/5
- Complex Problem Solving3.6/5
- Time Management3.5/5
- Management of Personnel Resources3.5/5
- Instructing3.1/5
- Service Orientation3.0/5
Knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service4.3/5
- English Language3.8/5
- Administrative3.7/5
- Medicine and Dentistry3.2/5
- Administration and Management3.0/5
- Biology3.0/5
Importance rated by people working in the job (1 = not important, 5 = extremely important).
Education and preparation
Preparation level 4 of 5 — Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree and several years of related experience.
Typical entry education (BLS): Bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Highest education of people in this job:
- Bachelor's degree60%
- Post-secondary certificate12%
Who this job suits
Mostly Investigative
Ideas, research and solving problems
Conventional
Organising data, details and procedures
Enterprising
Leading, persuading and starting things
Based on the Holland (RIASEC) interest profile for this occupation.