Clinical Research Assistant

Score 72 / 100 · Clinical / behavioral research

Lane fit

4 / 10 (worth 30)

Level

right level (worth 15)

Timing

fits spring/summer/post-grad 2027 (worth 15)

Pay

paid

Location

San Diego

Employer

2 / 5 · full-time signal 2 / 3

Why

This is an entry-level, paid, full-time Clinical Research Assistant role in San Diego, her second-priority location. Day to day it is administrative support for regulatory documents (TMF quality checks, tracking, expiry reports, emailing sites), not behavioral research or mental health work, so lane fit is modest. Her Excel tracking, documentation accuracy, and project coordination map reasonably well, but she has no clinical research or GCP exposure and lives in SF. Timing is plausible only if the employer would hold the role for a May 2027 graduate, since the posting is rolling and she is not available now. Worth a low-priority look as a clinical research foothold, not a strong match.

Watch out for

• Medical device clinical affairs (Reva Medical), not behavioral or mental health research
• Role is mostly regulatory document administration (TMF), not research design or participant work
• Posting is truncated, so full requirements are unknown and may include prior clinical or regulatory experience she lacks
• Aggregator salary estimate ($58k-$71k) not confirmed by employer
• Likely full-time with an unclear start date; may not wait until after May 2027
• No clinical research or regulatory experience

Resume angles

• Daily Excel tracking across three locations at Kiddleton, showing accurate, deadline-aware record keeping
• Compiled and submitted documentation reports to headquarters, which parallels document QC and tracking
• Susan Street Fine Art: kept client documentation accurate while coordinating several concurrent projects