Clinical Research Physician

Parexel

• $180K — $220K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • MD or DO degree
  • Ability to obtain and maintain an unrestricted California medical license
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Detail-oriented approach for fast-paced clinical research
  • Proficiency in English language
  • Preferred: 2 years of clinical practice experience
  • Preferred: Board certification in a general medical specialty or equivalent experience
  • Preferred: Previous clinical or pharmaceutical research experience
  • Preferred: Familiarity with FDA-regulated drug development process

Responsibilities

  • Serve as an Investigator for assigned early-phase clinical trials
  • Provide medical and clinical oversight during study conduct
  • Evaluate study participants through various clinical assessments
  • Offer medical consultation and clinical guidance to research staff
  • Review safety information and clinical data
  • Assess adverse events for clinical significance and relationship to investigational products
  • Collaborate with clinical operations colleagues to ensure high-quality study execution
  • Support development of clinical protocols and safety documentation

Benefits

  • Full-time, day-shift schedule
  • Predictable on-call rotation of approximately 1 in every 6 weekends
  • Opportunity for meaningful physician-participant interaction
  • Exposure to early-phase clinical development and investigational therapies
  • Direct collaboration with sponsors and clinical operations professionals
  • Supportive, team-oriented environment
  • Opportunity to build or further develop a career in clinical research and the pharmaceutical industry
Full Job Description
Clinical Research Physician, Early Phase Clinical Unit

Glendale, California | Full-Time | Day Shift

Bring your medical expertise to the forefront of drug development

Are you a physician interested in using your clinical expertise in a different way while still remaining closely connected to patient care?

Join Parexel's Early Phase Clinical Unit in Glendale, CA as a Clinical Research Physician and play an important role in the development of new therapies. This full-time opportunity offers the chance to work directly with study participants, clinical research teams, and sponsors in a highly collaborative environment.

For physicians looking for greater predictability, the position offers day-shift hours and an attractive work-life balance, with an on-call schedule of approximately 1 out of every 6 weekends.

Whether you already have clinical research experience or are looking to bring your medical background into the clinical research setting, this is an opportunity to expand your career while contributing to meaningful early-stage research.

What You'll Do

As a Clinical Research Physician, you'll provide medical oversight and serve as an Investigator on assigned early-phase clinical trials. Your responsibilities will include:
  • Serve as an Investigator and execute appropriate Investigator responsibilities for assigned clinical studies.
  • Provide medical and clinical oversight throughout study conduct.
  • Evaluate study participants through physical examinations, medical histories, laboratory data, and inclusion/exclusion criteria.
  • Provide medical consultation and clinical guidance to research staff and study sponsors.
  • Review safety information, including adverse events, concomitant medications, laboratory findings, vital signs, and other clinical data.
  • Assess adverse events for clinical significance, severity, seriousness, and relationship to investigational products.
  • Work closely with clinical operations colleagues to ensure high-quality, efficient, and compliant study execution.
  • Collaborate directly with sponsors regarding study conduct and progression.
  • Support clinical protocols, reports, safety documentation, and other study-related materials.
  • Help ensure studies are conducted in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), SOPs, and applicable regulatory requirements.
  • Collaborate with physician colleagues and local/regional medical consultants.
  • Contribute to the development and training of clinical operations team members.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

For a physician interested in clinical research, this role offers a compelling combination of medicine, science, and work-life balance:
  • Full-time, day-shift schedule
  • Predictable on-call rotation of approximately 1 in every 6 weekends
  • Opportunity to maintain meaningful physician and participant interaction
  • Exposure to early-phase clinical development and investigational therapies
  • Direct collaboration with sponsors, clinical operations professionals, and other physicians
  • Supportive, team-oriented environment
  • Opportunity to build or further develop a career within the clinical research and pharmaceutical industry

What We're Looking For

Required
  • MD or DO degree
  • Ability to obtain and maintain an unrestricted California medical license
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Detail-oriented approach with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced clinical research environment
  • English language proficiency


Preferred
  • At least 2 years of clinical practice experience
  • Board certification in a general medical specialty or equivalent experience
  • Previous clinical or pharmaceutical research experience
  • Familiarity with the FDA-regulated drug development process

Make an Impact Beyond Traditional Clinical Practice

If you're looking for an opportunity to apply your medical training to the development of tomorrow's therapies while enjoying a more predictable schedule, we'd love to hear from you.

Join Parexel's Early Phase Clinical Unit in Glendale and help bring new treatments one step closer to the patients who need them.

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