Clinical Research Associate I, Per Diem -Surgery Chair
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Job overview
The Clinical Research Associate I assists supervising staff with coordination and implementation of noncomplex research studies. The role supports study objectives through data collection, participant prescreening and scheduling, regulatory submissions, budget and billing assistance, sample preparation, and compliance with research protocols and applicable guidelines. It may also involve sponsor communications and meetings under supervision.
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Full job description
Job Description
The Clinical Research Associate I works under the direction of a Clinical Research Coordinator, Research Program Administrator, Research Nurse, or other supervising staff to assist in tasks supporting the coordination/implementation of noncomplex research studies. Supports objectives of research studies through noncomplex tasks such as data collection, prescreening of potential and scheduling of current research participants, assisting in IRB submission activities, budget and billing, and ensuring overall compliance with all federal and local guidelines.
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Works under the direction of a Clinical Research Coordinator, Research Program Administrator, Research Nurse, or other supervising staff to assist in tasks supporting the coordination/implementation of noncomplex research studies.
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Collects, evaluates and/or abstracts clinical research data. May assist in designing forms for data collection/abstraction. Enters and processes clinical research data into Electronic Data Systems (EDCs) that are provided by the sponsors.
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Completes Case Report Forms (CRFs).
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Assists with prescreening of potential research participants for various clinical trials. Schedules research participants for research visits and research procedures. Provides supervised patient contact or independent patient contact for long term follow-up patients only.
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Assists supervising staff with regulatory submissions to the Institutional Review Board (IRB) including submission of Adverse Events, Serious Adverse Events, and Safety Letters in accordance with local and federal guidelines.
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Assists with clinical trial budgets and patient research billing.
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Responsible for sample preparation and shipping and maintenance of study supplies and kits.
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Ensures compliance with protocol and overall clinical research objectives. Ensures compliance with all federal and local agencies including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and local Institutional Review Board. Maintains research practices using Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines. Maintains strict patient confidentiality according to HIPAA regulations and applicable law.
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May serve as one point of contact for external sponsors for select trials. May respond to sponsor inquiries and attend meetings regarding study activity under the direction of supervising staff.
Qualifications
Education
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High School Diploma/GED - Required
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Bachelor's Degree Science, Sociology or related degree. - Preferred
Experience
- 1 year Clinical research related experience - Preferred
Cedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law.
How this job compares
Set against the 533 open Clinical Research Associate jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$75–175K/yr48 salary ranges
- US median$58–64/hr44 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 73 open Clinical Research Associate jobs in California and 533 across the US. 13% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- IQVIA33 open
- Cedars-Sinai (this employer)11 open
- Actalent5 open
- Experience
- Clinical Research Associate postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (476 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 142 of the 533 open Clinical Research Associate jobs (27%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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