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Innovative Care Recruitment Specialist
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Position Number: 5779227
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Position Type: Health and Medical Services

Innovative Care Recruitment Specialist

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Posted Job Title
Innovative Care Recruitment Specialist

Job Profile Title
Temporary Employee - Non-Exempt

Job Description Summary
The Innovative Care Recruitment Specialist will be a resource for recruiting participants into the Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders clinic and Center for Neuroinflammation and Neurotherapeutics' Innovative Care (IC) program and its Precision Neuroimmunology pipeline and clinical trials. This position will report to the Innovative Care Program Manager.

Job Description

Job duties include:
1. Be present in clinic touchdown space during agreed-upon hours (hours may change with notice depending on clinic volume and meeting schedule, at least 20 hours per week)
2. Proactively interact with clinical team members and with patients, to identify and follow-up on opportunities for recruitment to the IC program, including its Precision Neuroimmunology pipeline and clinical trials
3. Remain up-to-date on program's IC/clinical trial portfolio
4. Provide clinicians with up-to-date overview of IC and clinical trial portfolio and respond to questions about specific project/study recruitment criteria
5. Meet with potential IC program/precision neuroimmunology/clinical trial participants in clinic (and/or communicate with them outside of their clinic visit), to:
a. Provide more detail about the Innovative Care Program and particular projects/studies
b. Consent participants for research studies
6. Refer clinical research, including clinical trial, recruits to appropriate clinical research team member
7. Coordinate recruitment for IC/precision Neuroimmunology pipeline biosampling
a. Directly liaise with designated Bar-Or lab team member in the Center for Neuroinflammation and Neurotherapeutics
b. Coordinate and facilitate logistics of scheduling sample collection and drop off in lab
c. Ensure that every sample is properly utilized; reschedule sample collection as necessary

Requirements include:
1. Being reachable and responsive via text, email, Epic message during working hours
2. Ensuring appropriate plan made and communicated for time-sensitive follow up items
3. Sensitively stewarding potential clinic recruits in real-time during their clinic visit, in close coordination with clinic providers
4. Attending regularly scheduled team meetings, including weekly Tuesday clinical research team meeting and biweekly Thursday research meeting.

The candidate will need to be available Mondays and Thursdays from 8:30am to 5pm (other hours are more flexible).

Job Location - City, State
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Department / School
Perelman School of Medicine

Pay Range
$7.25 - $20.00 Hourly Rate
Salary offers are made based on the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and education as they directly relate to the requirements of the position, as well as internal and market factors and grade profile.

Affirmative Action Statement
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Special Requirements
Background check may be required after a conditional job offer is made. Consideration of the background check will be tailored to the requirements of the job.

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