Research Nurse- 3 positions available

Marshall University•Huntington, WV

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Research Nurse provides nursing care and coordinates study activities for participants in clinical trials and other community and clinical research programs. Working with clinical leaders, principal investigators, the clinical trials team, and treating clinicians, the nurse supports safe, consistent delivery of research from participant identification and screening through study visits, follow-up, and closeout. Studies may include investigator-initiated, industry-sponsored, and publicly funded projects across therapeutic areas, including diabetes, obesity, and cardiometabolic disease. The role combines participant-facing nursing care with protocol implementation, safety surveillance, accurate documentation, and interdisciplinary coordination. All clinical and research activities are performed within professional nursing scope, documented competencies, approved protocols, and delegated responsibilities.

Requirements

Professional nursing scope
Documented competencies
Approved protocols
Delegated responsibilities
Trained and authorized to obtain or document consent
Within training and competence for nursing assessments, vital signs, anthropometric measurements, and other protocol-required procedures
Authorized by protocol, applicable orders, institutional policy, and professional scope to administer study treatments or investigational products
Required clinical competencies and emergency-response training

Nice To Haves

Experience in clinical trials
Experience in diabetes, obesity, and cardiometabolic disease research

Responsibilities

Support participant identification, approved recruitment activities, and screening against protocol criteria.
Collect relevant medical and medication histories and coordinate investigator confirmation of eligibility before enrolment.
Explain study activities using approved materials and support the informed consent process.
Obtain or document consent only when trained, authorized, and delegated to do so under the approved study procedures; confirm completion before research-specific procedures begin.
Plan and conduct study visits, coordinate appointments and investigations, and track protocol visit windows.
Provide clear instructions and follow-up to support participation, retention, and completion.
Identify barriers related to travel, health literacy, language, technology, or caregiving and coordinate appropriate support.
Respect participant choice, including decisions to decline or withdraw from research.
Perform nursing assessments, vital signs, anthropometric measurements, and other protocol-required procedures within training and competence.
Recognize changes in clinical status and arrange timely assessment by the investigator or treating clinician.
Collect, process, label, store, and arrange transport of biological specimens according to protocol requirements, laboratory instructions, and institutional procedures.
Maintain accurate specimen records.
Administer study treatments or investigational products only when authorized by the protocol, applicable orders, institutional policy, and professional scope.
Coordinate storage, preparation, accountability, and reconciliation with research pharmacy and other responsible staff.
Educate participants about study procedures, treatment instructions, symptom reporting, and approved self-management activities.
Reinforce instructions without making unauthorized changes to treatment or study procedures.
Support remote visits, connected devices, or remote patient monitoring where required by a study.
Review assigned information, document contacts, and route alerts through approved clinical escalation pathways.
Identify, document, and promptly escalate adverse events, serious adverse events, abnormal results, and other safety concerns according to protocol and institutional timelines.
Support investigator assessment and follow-up without independently assigning medical causality or making treatment decisions outside nursing scope.
Respond to urgent clinical concerns using established emergency procedures and maintain required clinical competencies and emergency-response training.
Maintain timely, accurate source records, nursing notes, visit documentation, and case report forms in approved clinical and research systems.
Ensure entries are traceable and consistent with source information.
Track outstanding assessments, missing data, and study queries; resolve discrepancies with investigators, coordinators, laboratories, and data teams.
Protect confidentiality and maintain appropriate access to participant information.
Document protocol deviations and missed procedures promptly.
Participate in reviews of their causes and implementation of corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
Work with research coordinators, Clinical Trials Research Managers, project managers, investigators, pharmacy, laboratories, and clinical departments to maintain clear handoffs and reliable study delivery.
Contribute to protocol feasibility reviews, visit schedules, nursing resource planning, study initiation, and development of practical visit checklists and participant materials.
Maintain required training and delegation records.
Follow Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals, applicable research requirements, and institutional policies.
Support sponsor monitoring visits, audits, inspections, and study closeout.
Provide requested documentation through approved channels and follow assigned findings through resolution.
Participate in team meetings, quality-improvement activities, and staff training.
Support transition to routine care at study completion and communicate unresolved follow-up needs to the responsible clinician.