Implementation Specialist – Clinical Research

Location: United Arab Emirates (multi-site across partner hospitals)
Employment Type: Full-time, Fixed-Term Contract (12–18 months)
Reports to: Principal Investigator / Clinical Operations Lead

Position Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Implementation Specialist to support the execution of a multi-site clinical research study across several partner hospitals in the UAE. The role will focus on coordinating study start-up, ensuring protocol adherence, training site staff, and providing ongoing operational support to achieve research milestones on time and within compliance.

This is a field-facing role requiring excellent coordination, stakeholder management, and familiarity with clinical workflows. Experience in maternal health, chronic disease, or remote patient monitoring is a plus.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support study start-up activities, including ethics submissions, site onboarding, staff training, and materials distribution

  • Serve as the primary liaison between the study coordination team and local hospital staff (nurses, physicians, and administrators)

  • Monitor protocol implementation at each site to ensure fidelity and compliance with GCP and local regulatory requirements

  • Provide hands-on training to clinical and non-clinical personnel on study procedures, data entry, and digital platforms

  • Coordinate logistics such as informed consent materials, scheduling, device distribution (if applicable), and troubleshooting operational issues

  • Assist with participant recruitment, enrollment tracking, and site-level reporting

  • Document implementation challenges and support iterative adaptation of procedures to fit each hospital context

  • Collaborate with data managers, PI, and clinical monitors to support accurate and timely data collection

  • Prepare status reports and contribute to study documentation, including site visit logs, deviation reports, and SOP updates

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Public Health, Life Sciences, or a related field

  • Registered Nurse (RN) license preferred but not required

  • At least 3–5 years of experience in clinical research implementation, study coordination, or hospital-based quality improvement

  • Strong understanding of clinical workflows, hospital operations, and/or electronic medical records (EMRs)

  • Familiarity with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and UAE or GCC regulatory environment

  • Fluency in English required; proficiency in Arabic is strongly preferred

  • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, with the ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholders and cultural contexts

  • Experience working in or with UAE hospitals or regional health authorities is highly desirable

Additional Information:

  • Frequent local travel required between partner hospitals within the UAE (e.g., Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah)

  • Position may include occasional evening or weekend hours to align with hospital shifts or study events