Research Nurse

Universities of Wisconsin•Madison, WI

1d•$72,500 - $80,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Pediatric Clinical Research Coordination team supports clinical research across multiple divisions in the Department of Pediatrics. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to research aimed at prevention, detection, and treatment of disease in children. This position will assist with coordinating a variety of clinical research studies by performing various tasks and activities. These tasks include but are not limited to recruitment, screening, and enrolling study participants and families as well as ensuring study participants and families follow the research study protocol. Our team of clinical research coordinators and research nurses apply expertise, knowledge, and skills to a broad range of clinical studies, navigate resources, identify issues requiring escalation, and contribute to the development of new team and unit processes, procedures, and tools. The Research Nurse will work in collaboration with pediatric faculty, nurses and staff to coordinate clinical research studies for the Department of Pediatrics ranging from industry partnered to investigator initiated clinical trials. This position is full or part-time, 90%-100% This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location. This position has been identified as a position of trust with access to vulnerable populations. The selected candidate will be required to pass an initial caregiver check to be eligible for employment under the Wisconsin Caregiver Law and every four years.

Requirements

Minimum 1 year of experience in a clinical setting
Bachelor’s Degree with a focus in nursing required
Registered Nurse (RN) License required by the start date of the position

Nice To Haves

Minimum 2 years of nursing experience
Experience working in a clinical research role
Experience working with the pediatric population
Experience working with research data collection and/or sample processing
Experience utilizing a variety of platforms such as Health Link or other electronic medical record, Microsoft Office Suite, REDCap, OnCore, and Google Drive
Clinical Research Certification or Clinical Research Nurse Certification such as CCRP, CCRC, CCRA, or ACRP-CP

Responsibilities

May provide expertise, training, and guidance to the community, peers, and/or students
Serves a primary point of contact for emergent study participant situations related to adverse effects or complications of the study
Supervises the day-to-day activities of research work unit
Collects, verifies, and enters data into database and analyzes clinical information data
Serves as main point of contact and liaison to project participants, investigators, research sponsors, and the research team delivering study information in accordance with established research project standards and protocols
Provides appropriate treatment plan direction and information to study participants
Provides professional nursing care to patients according to established protocols
Assists in the recruitment and screening of subjects for clinical studies by conducting physical health assessments
Secures and schedules logistics for clinical research projects according to the research plan