Senior Researcher Jobs in Florida

Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Clinical Research Recruitment & Outreach Lead to drive patient recruitment across multiple clinical trials while providing day-to-day leadership to the recruitment team. This position combines hands-on patient recruitment, team leadership, physician and community outreach, social media marketing, and business-development-style calling to medical practices and referral sources.

The ideal candidate is a top-performing clinical research recruiter who understands how to identify, engage, pre-screen, and convert potential participants while building strong referral relationships and effectively using digital and social media channels to generate qualified leads.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Recruitment

• Lead recruitment efforts for active and upcoming clinical trials.
• Develop and execute study-specific recruitment strategies.
• Conduct outbound calls to potential study participants and manage incoming leads.
• Pre-screen candidates against key inclusion/exclusion criteria.
• Maintain consistent follow-up with prospective participants through screening and enrollment.
• Monitor recruitment funnels, conversion rates, enrollment goals, and recruitment sources.
• Identify underperforming recruitment campaigns and quickly adjust strategies.

Team Leadership

• Provide daily direction and support to the patient recruitment team.
• Establish individual and team recruitment goals.
• Coach recruiters on telephone techniques, follow-up, lead management, and conversion.
• Monitor productivity and recruitment KPIs.
• Assist with training and onboarding new recruitment staff.

Physician & Community Outreach

• Conduct proactive outbound sales and relationship-building calls to physician offices.
• Introduce the research site and relevant clinical trial opportunities to physicians and office staff.
• Develop relationships with physicians, medical practices, community organizations, and other potential referral partners.
• Coordinate meetings and presentations with physician offices when appropriate.
• Maintain regular communication with referral sources and track outreach activity and results.
• Identify new community and healthcare partnerships that could generate qualified patient referrals.

Social Media & Digital Recruitment

• Work closely with clinical leadership and study coordinators to prioritize enrollment needs.
• Develop and execute social media strategies to increase awareness of clinical trial opportunities and generate patient leads.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of successful patient recruitment experience, preferably within a clinical research site or site network.
• Demonstrated success meeting or exceeding clinical trial enrollment goals.
• Prior experience supervising, mentoring, or leading a recruitment team.
• Strong experience with outbound calling, physician-office outreach, sales, or business development.
• Hands-on experience with social media marketing, digital advertising, and online lead generation.
• Excellent telephone communication and relationship-building skills.
• Comfortable working in a performance-driven environment with measurable recruitment goals.
• Experience with CTMS, CRM, patient databases, or recruitment tracking systems.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills.
• Ability to manage recruitment priorities across multiple concurrent clinical trials.

Preferred Experience

• Established relationships with local physicians or medical practices.
• Experience recruiting for Phase II–IV clinical trials.
• Experience developing physician referral networks and community partnerships.
• Experience with Meta/Facebook and Instagram advertising and campaign management.
• Experience creating social media content and recruitment campaigns.
• Experience developing physician referral networks and community partnerships.

Key Performance Measures

Success will be measured by qualified leads generated, screening appointments scheduled, enrollment targets achieved, lead-to-screen conversion rates, physician referral relationships developed, social media campaign performance, recruitment team productivity, and overall recruitment effectiveness.

This position is ideal for someone who combines the skills of a high-performing clinical research recruiter, team leader, social media marketer, and healthcare outreach/business development professional.

Pay: $30.00 - $38.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Work Location: In person