Research Nurse I/ II, Clinical Research Services

Cincinnati Children's

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Research Nurse I/II position within Clinical Research Services at Cincinnati Children's focuses on patient/participant care within a clinical research environment. This role involves recognizing and utilizing systems that impact the research participant experience, acting as a resource for team members, and anticipating the needs of participants and their families as they navigate research studies and the healthcare system. The nurse will tailor care to individual needs, promote safety, and increase awareness of potential adverse events among the team. Key responsibilities include assessing participants with complex needs, developing and prioritizing care plans, and involving participants, families, and healthcare teams in setting adherence goals. The role requires proficiency in technical skills, staying current with CCHMC policies and good clinical/research practices, and demonstrating critical thinking to make sound nursing decisions. The nurse will implement age-appropriate care, including sensitivity to assent and consent processes in research participation. A strong understanding of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards governing clinical research is essential, along with advocating for participants and educating them about study procedures, benefits, risks, and rights. Ensuring the informed consent process is conducted correctly and addressing participant concerns are critical. The role also involves guiding others in research procedures, data collection, and analysis, intervening to achieve research care goals, and ensuring proper follow-up for study compliance and data collection. Evaluating the effectiveness of care, collaborating with investigators, and maintaining accurate documentation and records are also key aspects. The position emphasizes the value of research and evidence-based practice, with opportunities to take a leadership role in developing, implementing, and evaluating clinical research. The nurse will assist peers, contribute to discussions in various professional forums, and participate in organizational performance improvement initiatives. This role requires self-direction, a commitment to continuous learning, and acting as a preceptor and role model for clinical research and nursing practice.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a related field
2+ years of work experience in a related job discipline
Requires clinical license
Current Ohio RN license

Responsibilities

Recognizes and accesses systems and processes within the clinical research environment that affect the research participant experience.
Acts as a resource to team members in using these systems and processes.
Anticipates needs and responds to subtle changes of research participant and families moving through the research study and healthcare system.
Tailors caring practices to individuality of research participant & family providing a healing environment to meet their needs.
Promotes safety; demonstrates awareness of potential adverse events' & increases awareness of other team members throughout research study.
Assess participants, clients and families, whose needs range from uncomplicated to highly complex and quickly recognize normal parameters, deviations and abnormalities in physical, emotional, developmental and behavioral status based on past nursing experience.
Develop a plan of care, and effectively prioritize both expected and unanticipated needs for the participants involvement in the research study and make determination of clinical relevance of study procedures and tests.
Involve participant, clients, families, and clinical research and health team members in establishing protocol specific research study implementation and adherence goals.
Demonstrate proficiency in the implementation of the technical skills.
Demonstrate initiative in remaining current on CCHMC policies, standard operating procedures and good clinical and research practices.
Demonstrate critical thinking skills by making appropriate nursing decisions, prioritizing both planned and unplanned events for protocol implementation, and proactively addressing potential and actual problems.
Implement age appropriate care, including sensitivity to assent and consent in research participation.
Sustain a working understanding of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards that govern clinical research.
Act as a resource to peers.
Be mindful and judicious in monitoring safety and departmental policies and procedures.
Seeks ways to minimize risk.
Organize, oversee and participate with clinical staff in soliciting, enrolling and following participants through clinical studies in accordance with regulatory requirements in a timely and efficient manner.
Advocate for research participant to ensure they get the best for their involvement in the study.
Educate participants/families on purpose of the research study, study procedures, potential benefits/risks, and rights of research participants during the screening and enrollment process.
Ensure informed consent process is carried out correctly and all patient/participant questions and concerns are addressed prior to signing consent form.
Guide others in performing procedures, collecting data, analyzing data and making decisions regarding clinical research care, including initial screening, assessment, diagnosis, care, reassessment and modification of care.
Intervene for the attainment of research care goals.
Ensure proper follow-up of study subjects to ensure compliance, collection of study specimens, and schedule of study visits.
Evaluate effectiveness of research care giving, and shows on going follow through in care delivery.
Collaborate effectively with investigators to ensure proper progress and completion of clinical studies.
Demonstrate proficiency and compliance with established practices in documentation.
Maintain records and files required by regulatory agencies and industrial sponsors for clinical studies.
Demonstrate awareness of the value and relevance of research and evidence based practice in nursing.
Practice can be identified as research based.
Provides a leadership role in developing, implementing and evaluating the conduct of clinical research.
Assist peers and team members in acquiring department specific knowledge, skills and behaviors.
Contribute to and coordinate discussion in clinical research care conferences, committee meetings, in-services, staff conferences, council activities, seminars and literature.
Participate in improving organizational performance through recommending areas or approaches for improvement activities, performing new procedures, collecting data and providing input to department discussions.
Motivates and challenges others by displaying energy and enthusiasm in proactively creating a positive work environment.
Is self-directed in assuming responsibilities within the team and care delivery system.
Assume responsibility for own learning.
Initiate activities toward meeting those needs and integrate new knowledge into practice.
Participate in establishing job requirements and goals; perform duties at the desired level of competency.
Is recognized as a role model and department resource for clinical research and nursing practice, and operational systems.
Acts as a preceptor.
Guides, nurtures, and contributes to the growth of others by sharing knowledge and skills.
Actively participates as a front line example of extraordinary customer service.
Contribute to and coordinate discussion in clinical research care conferences, committee meetings, in-services, staff conferences, council activities, seminars and literature.