Clinical Research Coordinator resume example
A resume for a Clinical Research Coordinator needs to show the work itself: plan, direct, or coordinate clinical research projects. Day to day that means work like this: 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. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.
Also advertised as
The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
- Clinical Program Manager
- Clinical Trial Manager
- Research Coordinator
- Clinical Coordinator
- Clinical Program Coordinator
- Clinical Research Administrator
- Clinical Research Manager
- Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator
- Clinical Trial Coordinator
- Clinical Data Coordinator
- Clinical Manager
- Clinical Project Manager
- Clinical Research Director
- Clinical Research Monitor
- Clinical Study Manager
- Oncology Clinical Research Coordinator
- Postdoctoral Associate
- Postdoctoral Fellow
O*NET records 20 titles for this occupation in total.
What this work actually involves
Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.
- 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.
- Review proposed study protocols to evaluate factors such as sample collection processes, data management plans, or potential subject risks.
- Collaborate with investigators to prepare presentations or reports of clinical study procedures, results, and conclusions.
33 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.
Example bullets for this role
Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.
- Schedule subjects for appointments, procedures, or inpatient stays as required by study protocols, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
- Perform specific protocol procedures such as interviewing subjects, taking vital signs, and performing electrocardiograms, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
- Assess eligibility of potential subjects through methods such as screening interviews, reviews of medical records, or discussions with physicians and nurses, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
- Prepare study-related documentation, such as protocol worksheets, procedural manuals, adverse event reports, institutional review board documents, or progress reports, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Software used in this role
Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.
- 5AM Glassbox Translational Research
- Budgeting software
- ClearTrial
- Clinical data management system CDMS
- Clinical trial management software
- Drug coding software
- DZS Software Solutions ClinPlus
- Electronic data capture EDC software
- ePharmaSolutions eMVR
- FileMaker Pro
- Google Meet
- IBM SPSS Statistics
- InferMed MACRO Electronic Data Capture
- InforSense InforSense
45 software entries are recorded in total.
Tools and equipment
The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.
- Digital video equipment
- Laptop computers
- Laser facsimile machines
- Personal computers
- Photocopiers
- Smartphones
Skills an ATS reads for
Worth naming only if they are genuinely yours. Keyword overlap is one input to a resume's score, not a verdict.
- Clinical trial management
What this job rates as most important
O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.
- 01Active Listening
- 02Reading Comprehension
- 03Writing
- 04Coordination
- 05Speaking
- 06Critical Thinking
- 07Complex Problem Solving
- 08Judgment and Decision Making
- 09Monitoring
- 10Social Perceptiveness
Knowledge areas
The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Administrative
- Medicine and Dentistry
What qualifications people in this job have
From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
- 60%Bachelor's Degree
- 12%Post-Secondary Certificate, awarded for training completed after high school
- 9%Some College Courses
What level this role is pitched at
O*NET places this occupation in “Considerable Preparation Needed”. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Common questions
- What does a Clinical Research Coordinator do?
- Plan, direct, or coordinate clinical research projects. Day to day that includes work like schedule subjects for appointments, procedures, or inpatient stays as required by study protocols and Perform specific protocol procedures such as interviewing subjects, taking vital signs, and performing electrocardiograms.
- What skills should a Clinical Research Coordinator put on a resume?
- O*NET rates Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Coordination, and Speaking among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
- What software should a Clinical Research Coordinator list?
- Software recorded for this occupation includes 5AM Glassbox Translational Research, Budgeting software, ClearTrial, Clinical data management system CDMS, and Clinical trial management software. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
- What other job titles cover Clinical Research Coordinator work?
- O*NET records 20 titles for this occupation, including Clinical Program Manager, Clinical Trial Manager, Research Coordinator, and Clinical Coordinator. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
- What qualifications does a Clinical Research Coordinator need?
- In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 60% reported their level of education as "Bachelor's Degree". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
- Will this resume pass an ATS for a Clinical Research Coordinator role?
- No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.
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What this page cannot tell you
- No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer’s ATS is configured, including ours.
- This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
- Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.
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