Physician Assistant, Clinical Research

Parexel • Glendale, CA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Parexel is seeking a Physician Assistant to join their Early Phase Clinical Unit in Glendale, California. This full-time, day-shift position offers a collaborative team environment and an attractive schedule for PAs seeking greater work-life balance. The role involves combining hands-on clinical care with clinical research responsibilities, including interviewing, examining, and assessing potential study participants for eligibility in clinical trials, performing medical histories and physical examinations, providing study information and obtaining informed consent, reviewing laboratory results and medical histories, working closely with physicians and clinical operations colleagues, monitoring and reviewing safety information, collaborating with study sponsors, supporting clinical protocols, reports, and other study-related documentation, training clinical operations team members, and ensuring clinical activities meet Good Clinical Practice (GCP), SOP, quality, and regulatory standards. This role provides a unique opportunity to continue using clinical expertise while gaining exposure to the pharmaceutical and clinical research industry.

Requirements

• Completion of a Physician Assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)
• National Physician Assistant certification
• At least 6–12 months of experience as a Physician Assistant
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Strong clinical assessment and analytical abilities
• Ability to gather and evaluate information from multiple sources
• Detail-oriented approach with a commitment to quality and patient safety
• Comfortable collaborating across multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced clinical environment

Nice To Haves

• Clinical research experience is a plus

Responsibilities

• Interviewing, examining, and assessing potential study participants for eligibility in clinical trials
• Performing medical histories and physical examinations
• Providing study information and obtaining informed consent from potential research participants
• Reviewing laboratory results, medical histories, physical assessments, and study inclusion/exclusion criteria
• Working closely with physicians and clinical operations colleagues to provide medical and clinical oversight
• Monitoring and reviewing safety information, including adverse events, concomitant medications, laboratory data, and vital signs
• Collaborating with study sponsors regarding study conduct and progression when needed
• Supporting clinical protocols, reports, and other study-related documentation
• Helping train clinical operations team members
• Ensuring clinical activities meet Good Clinical Practice (GCP), SOP, quality, and regulatory standards
• Building strong, professional relationships with sponsors, physicians, consultants, and other members of the clinical research team

Benefits

• Full-time, day-shift schedule
• Work-life balance
• Limited on-call rotation, approximately 1 in every 6 weekends
• Hands-on clinical interaction with research participants
• Exposure to early-phase clinical trials and investigational therapies
• Opportunity to develop valuable clinical research experience
• Highly collaborative, team-oriented environment
• Opportunity to work closely with physicians, clinical operations professionals, and study sponsors
• A chance to apply your PA training in a growing area of medicine and drug development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree