Job Description

Job Title: Research Nurse - Onsite

Location : Stanford, CA 94305

Duration: 6 Months

Pay rate: $75.00/hr. on W2

Full time or part time: Part time

Number of hours per week: Up to 15hours

BSN and a valid CA RN license along with a BLS certification.

Summary

Description:

15%: Support the safety of study participants and maintain communication with their families/caregivers and clinicians.

• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to research participants and families.
• Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, investigational medications, possible side effects, study-related compliance and reporting.
• Prepare research participants for and assist with examinations and/or treatments.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; and participating in team problem-solving methods.

15%: Provide clinical and administrative nursing support for research clinical trials based on scope of practice. Collaborate with clinical staff, researchers, outside vendors, and other staff to administer treatment and study protocols. May coordinate multi-site studies.

• Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with and following procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects research participants and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations
• With supervision, utilize and document the nursing procedures to plan, deliver, and evaluate research care for non-complex medical conditions and, with appropriate assistance, for complex medical conditions; notifies principal investigator of findings/issues.
• Documents medical data in participant chart to capture protocol requirements.
• Interpret, and communicate results of diagnostic tests to applicable to study team after thorough assessment and understanding of the research participants' condition
• Become adept with Epic, electronic medical record tool and CTRU data management systems.

10%: Conduct study participant evaluations according to the study protocol, assess adverse events, and apply triage and judgment to determine course of action.

• With supervision, assist with ensuring compliance with IRB approved protocols.

45%: Administer medications and treatments per study protocol for out study participant research participants. May collect, process, and ship lab specimens.

• Performs routine clinical procedures that may cover simple to complex tasks. This may include vital signs, phlebotomy and intravenous catheter insertions, management of and access of central vascular lines, perform electrocardiograms, urinary catheterizations, viral and bacterial swabs; metabolic tests, medication administration (oral, injections, intravenous infusions, topical administration, etc.)
• Assist other health care professionals during procedures (i.e., biopsies)

15%: Comply with institutional policies, standard operating procedures, and guidelines, and prepare and submit documentation as required by the study protocol, study sponsor, and regulatory authorities. Manage essential regulatory documents and handle confidential information (verbal and written) with tact and diplomacy, adhering to all HIPAA guidelines.

• Assures quality of care is delivered to all research participants by adhering to protocol-mandated therapeutic guidelines, following School of Medicine policies, state board of nursing standards of care, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
• Knowledge of GCP, federal, state and local regulations, including HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
• Maintains research participant confidentiality.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; and participating in professional societies.

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