Research Nurse II - Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC)
Company: CEDARS SINAI
Location: Beverly Hills
Posted on: June 15, 2022
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Job Description:
Do you have a passion for the highest quality and patient
happiness? Then please respond to this dynamic opportunity
available with one of the best places to work in Southern
California We would be happy to hear from you. The CTRC supports
innovative, patient-oriented research, offers clinical research
training and recognition programs and provides researchers an
environment for seeing patients when they take part in clinical
research studies. The CTRC at Cedars-Sinai was established in 1994
by the National Institutes of Health and funded by the National
Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. To learn more, please
visit Clinical & Translational Research Center (CTRC) -
Cedars-Sinai. The CTRC Research Nurse II provides hands-on
treatment, monitoring and follow-up clinical analysis of patients
participating in clinical trials. This position coordinates all
aspects of the CTRC clinical research, including interactions with
research personnel and project participants, data-related tasks,
IRB prep and submission, grant proposals, and patient recruitment
and logistical organization. The Research Nurse IIwill work
collaboratively with the Principal Investigator (PI), physicians
and other research staff in providing hands-on care in triaging,
documenting vitals, administering investigational drugs or
interventions, and providing clinical educational services to
participants and their families. Primary Duties and
Responsibilities: Provides direct patient nursing care to research
participants. Interacts with research participants to provide
nursing care, administration of research interventions and specimen
collection. Provides clinical education services to research
participants and family regarding study participation,
participant's current clinical condition, and or disease process.
Monitors research participant and reports potential adverse events
to a member of the research team. Records research data (vital
signs, research compound administered, participant responses) in
approved source document (medical record, data collection sheet).
Triages patient by phone and provides clinical information to the
patient. May also coordinate patient visit to follow up on clinical
issues and provide necessary care. Assists with recruitment and
logistics of study participants. Completes and documents study
participant enrollment, assessment/reassessment, education, and
follow-up activities. Performs and coordinates study participant
interventions as required. Serves as a liaison between study
participant and PI or other research staff. Prepares data
spreadsheets for Investigator and/or department. Completes Case
Report Forms. Assists with data compilation and documentation May
assist with the training staff. May process, ship, track or
otherwise handle research specimens. Department Specific
Responsibilities: Trained in Human Subjects Protections and oversee
research subject compliance requirements per research protocols and
according to Cedars-Sinai Institutional Review Board (IRB)
requirements. Provides clinical research nursing support and
patient care in an outpatient or inpatient setting per research
protocol requirements performing vitals, clinical assessments, EKG,
infusions, sample collection, etc. Acts as a liaison with Principal
Investigators, pharmaceutical company representatives or other
project funding organizations to monitor and update project
progress. Acts as a liaison with patients--- families and
physicians, other project participants, and other research
personnel. Coordinates and participates in patient screening,
recruitment and scheduling, initiating research patient records,
administration of questionnaires, maintaining database Excel
spreadsheets, completion of CRF's performing data edits with
PI---s, research staff, pharmaceutical company monitors, etc.
Demonstrate clinical competence and technical skills necessary to
function in the research environment, as such lab skills, blood
sample processing, and tissue collection. Demonstrate adequate IV
and phlebotomy skills. May provide mobile nurse visits for research
purposes to other sites on Cedars-Sinai campus, or surrounding area
Assists with clinical procedures, providing related patient care
when required during data collection process. Coordinates and
performs daily ---interventional--- work scheduled for the
outpatient facility (CTRC). Provides nursing care and supervision
required by any research subject on inpatient service. Coordinates
sample recovery from surgical, surgical pathology, from other
clinics, from in-house patients and from outside hospitals and
clinics. Collects patient data for PI and other research personnel
by taking blood or tissue samples such as phlebotomy, pathological
tissues, etc. Process samples including spinning, triaging, etc, or
other technical or interactive procedures. May collate data, assist
in data analysis or otherwise participate in organizing and
determining project findings. Provides back-up for the CTRC
Research Nurses in the outpatient duties. Shares evening and
weekend on-call responsibilities with the staff of the CTRC. Shares
responsibilities of transporting samples, both in-house and
offsite. Establishes system for monitoring and maintenance of
patient data records. Performs other related duties as assigned or
required. Prepares and updates investigation binder and completes
CRFs (Case Report Forms). May need to work on weekends or after
hours, as needed.
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