Full-Time

Patient Recruitment Specialist

Posted on 10/3/2025

Headlands Research

Headlands Research

51-200 employees

Runs clinical trial sites and recruitment

No salary listed

Remote in USA

Remote

Category
People & HR (1)
Requirements
  • Prior experience delivering excellent customer service is required
  • Passion for communicating to people
  • Possess exceptional organizational skills and attention to details
  • Display excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Able to quickly adapt to changes in responsibilities, workloads and priorities
  • Be a fast learner with capacity to retain and differentiate key enrollment criteria across clinical trials
  • Demonstrate a focus on process improvement and be capable of articulating ideas for improving efficiency and maximizing results
  • Possess well-developed interpersonal skills and an ability to work well independently, as well as with co-workers, peers, supervisor and external customers
  • Able to maintain confidentiality with HIPAA guidelines, patient information and other sensitive information
  • Demonstrate professionalism, sense of urgency and self-motivation to achieve required metrics
Responsibilities
  • Make 60+ outbound calls a day, responding to patients that are interested in participating in a clinical trial; assess preliminary subject eligibility against protocol specific inclusion and exclusion criteria
  • Answer incoming calls from potential study patients and assess preliminary subject eligibility against protocol specific inclusion and exclusion criteria
  • Pass qualified patients onto the Sr. Patient Recruitment Specialist for more detailed medical pre-screening
  • Develop and maintain working knowledge of assigned medical indications
  • Review patient database, vendor portals and other electronic platforms as required to identify potential study patients and initiate contact
  • Ensure accurate collection and entry of patient information into the relevant databases while on the phone
  • Ensure courteous and efficient service is provided to all callers
  • Support other members of your team as well as cross-functional team members
  • Attend and contribute to department meetings
Desired Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree, Associate’s degree or equivalent preferred
  • Prior experience delivering excellent customer service is required; call center experience a plus
  • Medical terminology knowledge a plus
  • Bilingual (Spanish/English) a plus
  • Prior inside sales experience a plus
  • Experience with Salesforce a plus

Headlands Research runs a network of clinical trial sites across North America to support the development of new medicines. It provides research services to pharmaceutical and biotech companies by running and managing clinical trials, with a strong focus on recruiting and keeping diverse patient populations involved. What it does is coordinate and conduct trials at its sites, manage study logistics, and collect data so sponsors can evaluate safety and efficacy of therapies. Its differentiators include a large multinational network of sites, a dedicated emphasis on diverse and inclusive recruitment, and end-to-end trial management from site operations to data collection. The goal is to accelerate the development of new medical therapies by delivering high-quality, efficient, and inclusive clinical trials for sponsors.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$623.4M

Headquarters

California

Founded

2018

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • THL's 2025 $600M acquisition fuels network expansion.
  • Acquisitions like CMRCenter, Pharmasite add high-demand expertise.
  • Sahara partnership boosts psychiatric trial accessibility.

What critics are saying

  • THL's $600M debt crushes margins amid slowing demand.
  • IQVIA acquisitions divert 20-30% pharma trials.
  • FDA 2026 mandate slashes fixed-site enrollment 40%.

What makes Headlands Research unique

  • Headlands operates 22 sites across US, Canada, Puerto Rico.
  • Focuses on diverse patient recruitment via physician partnerships.
  • Specializes in psychiatry, neurology, metabolic, device trials.

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Benefits

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

-3%
Business Wire
Aug 14th, 2025
THL Announces Agreement to Acquire Headlands Research from KKR

THL announces agreement to acquire Headlands Research from KKR.

TradingView
Aug 14th, 2025
THL Partners Acquires Headlands for $600M

THL Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Headlands Research, a U.S. network of clinical trial sites, from KKR. The deal is valued at approximately $600 million.

News is My Business
Jul 3rd, 2025
Headlands Research acquires San Juan-based CMRCenter to expand trials

Acquisition brings the local operation’s strong performance into global research network. #NewsismyBusiness

PR Newswire
Nov 4th, 2024
Headlands Research Acquires Trial Management Associates

/PRNewswire/ -- Headlands Research, a leading multinational network of clinical trial sites, today announced the acquisition of Trial Management Associates...

The Daily Record
Feb 29th, 2024
Headlands Research acquires Md. clinical trial site Pharmasite Research

Headlands Research, a multinational network of clinical trial sites, Thursday announced the acquisition of Pharmasite Research, a Pikesville-based clinical trial site dedicated to research in mental illness and disorders of the central nervous system.

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