Overview
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.
On the job, you would:
- 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.
Education
- bachelor's degree
- certificate after high school
Salary
Annual 10th percentile $77,520
Annual median $157,740
Annual 90th percentile $239,200
Knowledge
Business
- customer service
- administrative services
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Health
- medicine and dentistry
Skills
Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Social
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- understanding people's reactions
Personality
Investigative
People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
- Cooperation
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Self Control
- Attention to Detail
- Initiative
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- communicate by writing
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
Math
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem