Life Sciences Staffing

Pre-health talent,
deployed at scale.

The clinical research workforce can't keep up with trial volume. We build, train, and deploy a motivated pre-health workforce — CRCs, research assistants, and trial navigators — ready to contribute on day one and managed by us thereafter.

A clinical research team reviewing trial documentation
The insight

The candidates exist. The infrastructure to deploy them didn't.

Pre-med, pre-PA, pre-nursing, and public health students are a large, underutilized workforce — capable, motivated, and aligned with the mission of healthcare. Propel is the infrastructure that turns them into trial-ready talent.

What we do

Source. Train. Deploy. Manage.

An end-to-end pre-health workforce pipeline — we own every step so your sites don't have to.

Step 01

Source

Exclusive university partnerships and an always-on talent engine surface candidates before the open market sees them.

Step 02

Train

Candidates complete CITI CRC Foundations and ACRP's recognized GCP certification before they reach your site.

Step 03

Deploy

End-to-end onboarding and site-specific badging. They show up ready to contribute on day one.

Step 04

Manage

W-2 employment, benefits, performance, and transitions. We anticipate departures and have replacements ready.

The talent

Capable, motivated, aligned.

A healthcare-curious workforce — academically strong and mission-aligned — ready across clinical research, operations, and patient-facing roles.

Pre-Health Students & Graduates

Pre-med, pre-PA, pre-nursing, and public health.

Healthcare-Curious Talent

Exploring careers in healthcare admin and operations.

Gap-Year Graduates

Building experience between degrees.

Career Switchers

Entering healthcare from adjacent fields.

Clinical Research

CRC I · Research Assistant · Trial Navigator · Study Coordinator Assistant

Clinical Operations

Operations Assistant · Scheduling Coordinator · Patient Access

Patient-Facing Support

Patient Care Tech · Lab / Imaging Assistant · Care Coordinator

Documentation & Data

Medical Scribe · Research Data Coordinator · Medical Records

The readiness path

Built on standards the industry already trusts.

We don't invent a credential and ask sites to trust it. Our talent carries training sponsors already accept.

Foundation

CITI — CRC Foundations

The recognized onboarding curriculum for new coordinators — the fundamentals of the role, not just a compliance checkbox.

  • IRB submissions, informed consent & PI roles
  • Budgets, site management & documentation
Applied competence

ACRP — GCP Simulation

Scenario-based training where candidates make real decisions as coordinator, investigator, and monitor — applying GCP, not just memorizing it.

  • Aligned to ICH E6 Good Clinical Practice
  • Recognized by TransCelerate BioPharma
The partnership

You tell us where and when. We do the rest.

Propel candidates are W-2 employees of Propel. You get the workforce; we carry the operation.

Propel handles

The entire operation

  • Recruiting, vetting & background checks
  • Onboarding & site-specific badging
  • Role-specific training
  • W-2 employment, payroll & benefits
  • Performance management
  • Pre-emptive replacement planning
Your team gets

A ready workforce

  • Capacity without building a recruiting function
  • Predictable, scalable headcount
  • Mission-aligned talent, vetted for fit
  • Flexible paths to permanent placement
  • One partner, one contract, many markets

Let's build your study team.

Tell us where you need clinical research talent. We'll show you how Propel sources, trains, and deploys a workforce that's ready on day one.