Clinical trial assistant for orthopedics

About the company

As the largest university hospital in Belgium, UZ Leuven wants to push boundaries by combining specialized care and innovative treatments with human attention and respect for every person.

With more than 10,000 passionate employees, we provide the best tailored care every day. We challenge ourselves and strive for quality in all aspects. Even when it becomes difficult and seems almost impossible. We lift each other to a higher level. Collaboration is in our DNA.

We invest in leading research and provide training to young talent. Our best ambassadors are the employees of today. They make the difference and push boundaries, every single day. UZ Leuven wants to attract people with that same drive and open-mindedness. Are you also a boundary pusher?

Your tasks

For our orthopedics department, we are looking for a colleague to temporarily strengthen the team. We are looking for a colleague who feels at home within clinical studies and patient contact.

How do you push boundaries?

• You will be deployed for the organization, practical follow-up, coordination, and administrative processing of clinical studies.
• You are responsible for administering questionnaires to patients included in the study.
• You collect data for clinical studies, manage the database, and perform the necessary analyses on it.
• You participate in multidisciplinary consultation, as well as in consultation with external companies.

Good collaboration with other study staff, medical staff members, and internal and external contact persons is essential here.

Requirements

What do you need for this?

• You have a bachelor's or master's degree in nursing or a master's in biomedical sciences.
• You have a passion for clinical scientific research and a broad interest in the follow-up of clinical studies.
• You possess good communicative and social skills and are team-oriented.
• You have a good knowledge of English and French.
• You possess excellent administrative skills and have a good knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
• You can work autonomously and punctually with a sense of initiative.
• You possess organizational talent and excellent problem-solving abilities.
• You are stress-resistant and flexible.
• A clean criminal record extract (model 596-2) is necessary if you come into contact with minors in this position.

What we offer

• You work in a fixed schedule without weekend or night activity, but a certain degree of flexibility in hours is possible in mutual consultation.

Other

Push boundaries as a clinical trial assistant within the orthopedics department

We offer a fixed-term contract from 1/1/2027 to 1/7/2027 due to maternity replacement. The employment percentage is 80 - 100 %.