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Contractor- Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator (Pasadena, CA)

United StatescontractVerifiedPosted 20 Jul 2026

About the role

About Profound Research

Profound Research partners with community physicians to offer clinical trials as a therapeutic option for their patients. We handle all infrastructure, regulatory compliance, and administrative operations so physicians can focus on patient care. Our model gives patients access to the newest therapies while maintaining the trusted patient-physician relationship.

Our Mission: Improving Lives by Providing Advanced Therapeutic Options

Our Vision: Creating the Absolute Best Patient-Physician Experience in Clinical Research

Our Values:

Compassion: We prioritize the patient-physician relationship, ensuring every interaction is service-oriented and patient-centered.
Urgency: We work hard and practice selflessness, acting swiftly and decisively to meet the needs of our patients, partners, and colleagues.
Solution Orientation: We embrace challenges with a positive mindset, communicate directly, and identify and implement effective solutions with efficiency.
Excellence: We insist on excellence, holding ourselves accountable and empowering each other to deliver best-in-class service while maintaining the highest ethical and scientific standards.

Why This Role Exists

If you’re curious about how new treatments and vaccines reach patients, detail-oriented by nature, and energized by work that genuinely matters, this is an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in clinical research.

As an Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator at Profound Research, you’ll work alongside experienced clinical research staff at one of our sites, supporting the day-to-day execution of high-volume vaccine clinical trials. You’ll learn by doing – gaining hands-on experience in study coordination, patient interaction, data collection, and clinical procedures in a fast-paced, site-based research environment.

This is a 1099 contract opportunity to designed to support near-term vaccine study needs, with the potential to convert to a full-time position based on business needs, performance, and role availability. Whether you’re looking to build on prior clinical or research experience or take the next step into the field, this is an opportunity to contribute to meaningful work with a growing organization that values ownership, attention to detail, and patient-centered service.

What You’ll Do

Support the coordination of high-volume vaccine clinical trials, including patient visits, scheduling, and study-related procedures

Assist with data collection and documentation while learning to apply the rigorous standards that clinical research requires

Perform and develop competency in clinical procedures including vital signs, EKGs, phlebotomy, and specimen processing

Help prepare for and support efficient participant visits, including rooming patients, organizing supplies, preparing visit materials, and keeping the site team aligned during busy clinic days

Interact directly with study participants by greeting them, explaining visit steps, answering process-related questions within scope, and ensuring they feel supported throughout the visit

Work closely with Clinical Research Coordinators and site leadership, asking questions, seeking feedback, and building your clinical research knowledge