Registered Nurse - Bethesda, United States - Akahi Associates, LLC

Mark Lane

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Description

Overview:

Job title:
Research Nurse


Overall Position Summary and Objectives:

To provide services and deliverables through performance of support

services.


Min Education:

Associate's


Schedule:

Monday - Friday, regular office hours. No nights.


Benefits:

PTO, 11 paid Government Holidays, sick leave, health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance


Statement of Work Details

  • Recruits and screens patients for inclusion in protocols and clinical trials
participation in the research protocol.

  • Participate in recruitment and outreach activities and contribute to recruitment strategies through innovative ideas.
  • Recruit and follow up with patients for clinical and basic research studies and protocols and provide clinical support to
patients participating in protocol.

  • Design and maintain a selection of materials appropriate to send to health care referral sources seeking eligibility
information or other objectives.

  • Organize and maintain an active referral list and master schedule for planning follow up and new patient admissions.
care, treatments, and side-effects.

  • Provide information about the study to referring physicians, advocacy groups, NIH offices, and in response to
inquiries from potential study participants

  • Performs assessments and physicals, and collects medical histories
  • Participate in direct patient care, in coordination with interdisciplinary team and specific team members to create and
communicate a plan of care that balances clinical care needs with research.

  • Obtain and record complete health histories and conduct physical assessments; communicate data from these and
other sources.

  • Manage clinical and research support activities to ensure patient safety and address the clinical needs of the patients.
  • Review findings from assessments and other sources in clinical rounds
  • Review charts to collect relevant clinical data such as laboratory test results and social background.
  • Complete medical and psychiatric assessments of potential participants in multiple research protocols by collecting
and reviewing past and present medical records and conduct interviews with research applicants and their families.

  • Conduct family interviews to obtain comprehensive understanding of the care needs of the patient.
  • Continually assess ongoing understanding of the research process for patients and families and provide teaching and
support as indicated.

  • Administers protocol consents and documentation and monitors compliance.
the potential risks.

  • Collaborate with researchers and medical staff to obtain and maintain informed consent and assent and address
ethical and legal implication of the research protocol.

  • Contribute to all study related IRB and regulatory matters, including all reporting requirements (including deviations,
unanticipated problems, adverse events) and report issues and variance promptly to the research team.

  • Collect and report data to appropriate regulatory and monitoring agencies.
  • Perform quality assurance and quality control activities relating to protocol adherence, protocol monitoring, data
collection, data abstraction and data analysis and protect research participant data in accordance with regulatory
requirements

  • Performs data input and management
  • Perform accurate data entry into research database, including the use of standardized scales and assessments
  • Participate in data analysis and management as well as manuscript preparation and presentation of findings.
  • Maintain computerized patient files and databases containing research data generated through protocol studies and
perform data searches of medical records for analyses of patient characteristics.

  • Support the general implementation, tracking, data acquisition, collection and reporting of all elements of the
protocols.

  • Manage data through research databases to ensure accurate and reliable data entry.
  • Examine and monitor patients during protocol studies; ensure the collection of a complete clinical database on each
patient.

  • Provide expertise in clinical trial coordination and management of data acquisition.
  • Performs clinical data interpretation and evaluates and interprets protocol and clinical trial findings.
  • Document observations and identify and evaluate trends and important findings, communicating information to the
multidisciplinary research team for prompt clinical action.

  • Monitor activities pertaining to clinical protocols such as monitoring patient recruitment and retention, trial progress,
and the need for extension or renewal of ongoing trials.

  • Present clinical data in terms which may be understood by the patient, as well as, interpretation at a level which is
conversant with other health professional including physicians.

  • Develop intake tools and screening forms and work with researchers and medical staff on the general administration
of protocols' implementation.

  • Collaborate with staff to analyze and evaluate current systems of health care

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