Clinical Research Assistant​/Interviewer - French

• Payroll
  
  Title:
  
  CLIN RSCH CRD AST
• Department: PEDIATRICS
• Hiring Pay Scale: $33.57 - $38.57 / Hour
• Worksite:
  Other
• Appointment Type:
  Career
• Appointment Percent: 100%
• Union: RX Contract
• Total Openings: 1
• Work Schedule:
  
  Days, 8 hrs/day, Monday - Friday

Filing Deadline:
Fri 2/13/2026

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UCSD Layoff from Career Appointment:
Apply by 2/4/2026 for consideration with preference for rehire. All layoff applicants should contact their Employment Advisor.

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The Department of Pediatrics is one of the largest departments within the School of Medicine with approximately 171 Faculty, 50 post-doctoral fellows (both MDs and PhDs) along with over 300 support staff (not including hospital staff). In addition, the Department has 57 clinical residents and fellows distributed across the Divisions. The missions of research, education and patient care are intertwined, and are integral to the goals of the department.

The Department has undergone significant growth in recent years with a consolidated budget of approximately $106 million including sponsored projects expenditures of approximately $54 million and clinical revenue of over $ 52 million. This expansion of the Department’s research and clinical portfolio is expected to continue in the next few years.

The Department’s 18 divisions include Academic General Pediatrics, Child Development & Community Health;
Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology;
Cardiology;
Dermatology;
Dysmorphology;
Emergency Medicine;
Endocrinology;
Gastroenterology;
Genetics;
Genome Information Sciences;
Hospital Medicine;
Infectious Diseases;
Neonatology;
Nephrology;
Pharmacology & Drug Discovery;
Rehabilitation Medicine; and Respiratory Medicine.

In 2001, physicians and leadership of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Rady Children’s, and Children’s Specialists of San Diego (CSSD) unified pediatric patient care, research, education and community service programs, creating a university-affiliated children’s health system to serve the region. Over the past two decades, an extensive list of joint programs has developed, with many physicians and researchers playing a role at both institutions.

This affiliation has consolidated the clinical, teaching, research and public service programs of the UCSD School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics with San Diego's only health care system dedicated to the health and well-being of children. In 2009, this partnership was furthered by the creation of Rady Children’s Specialists of San Diego, a Medical Foundation, and is now recognized as having global leaders in research, technology, translational medicine, education and clinical excellence.

Under supervision of Research Program Manager, the Clinical Research Assistant/Interviewer is responsible for coordinating and managing multi-site prospective pregnancy registry studies including providing all aspects of protocol management, including screening for patient eligibility, data collection and analysis, ensuring protocol compliance, adverse drug reaction reports, and maintenance of accurate and complete clinical research files. Responsible for recruitment and follow-up of pregnant women who take certain medications and vaccines, as well as comparison pregnant women without these exposures.

This position requires fluency in both English and French, as the incumbent will recruit, interview, and follow up with participants who are monolingual French speakers, ensuring accurate communication of study information and sensitive health-related topics. The role requires knowledge of pregnancy exposure risks and the ability to obtain and respond to highly sensitive and personal health information over the telephone in a professional and culturally appropriate…