Research Nurse

Nextonic Solutions LLC • Bethesda, OH

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About The Position

Nextonic Solutions is seeking a Research Nurse to support the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. The Research Nurse supports clinical and basic research studies and protocols through patient recruitment, screening, clinical care, protocol implementation, data management, regulatory compliance, and staff training and mentorship.

The role coordinates with patients, families, referring physicians, researchers, medical staff, and interdisciplinary teams. It includes conducting histories and physical assessments; educating and counseling patients and families; supporting informed consent and human-subject protections; monitoring patient safety and protocol compliance; managing clinical data and research documentation; contributing to study design and implementation; and communicating clinical findings and issues to the research team. The position also supports recruitment and retention, regulatory submissions and reporting, quality assurance, clinical conferences, literature review, and improvements to research and patient-care processes.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in nursing.
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse.
• Nursing experience.
• CPR certification.
• Experience working on clinical protocols.
• Experience with MedSurg Nursing.
• Strong diagnostic and clinical skills.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and time-management skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Organize and facilitate training programs for physicians, trainees, nurses, and other staff; teach staff about investigator brochure information, protocol implementation, data collection, and research practices.
• Mentor health care team members and nurse specialists in executing trials, resolving logistical constraints, and developing research and protocol expertise.
• Recruit and screen patients for protocols and clinical trials; interview and evaluate potential participants with research and medical staff.
• Participate in recruitment and outreach activities, develop recruitment strategies, and maintain referral materials, referral lists, and schedules for follow-up and admissions.
• Provide clinical support to research participants and educate patients and caregivers about study procedures, care, treatments, side effects, disease processes, and protocol objectives.
• Conduct patient interviews, medical and psychiatric assessments, physical examinations, and health-history collection; review medical records, charts, laboratory results, and social backgrounds.
• Coordinate direct patient care with interdisciplinary teams, balancing clinical needs with research requirements and communicating plans of care.
• Obtain and maintain informed consent and assent, explain potential research risks, support human-subject protections, and monitor participant understanding and compliance.
• Contribute to IRB and regulatory activities, including reporting deviations, unanticipated problems, and adverse events; coordinate serious adverse event filings, amendments, annual reports, and other regulatory documentation.
• Collect, enter, manage, interpret, and report study data; maintain computerized patient files and research databases; support data analysis, manuscript preparation, and presentation of findings.
• Conduct quality assurance and quality control related to protocol adherence, monitoring, data collection, abstraction, and analysis, while protecting participant data in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Monitor recruitment, retention, trial progress, patient safety, and protocol requirements; identify trends and findings and communicate matters requiring clinical action to the multidisciplinary team.
• Develop intake tools and screening forms; support protocol administration, study drug administration, data submission, patient counseling, physical assessments, and clinical trial coordination.
• Participate in designing, implementing, and evaluating current and future protocols and studies; develop new research protocols, study methods, amendments, and standards for novel research situations.
• Review medical literature and summarize relevant information; participate in clinical meetings, lectures, grand rounds, conferences, and professional seminars.
• Coordinate patient referrals, consultations, diagnostic testing, prescheduling, travel arrangements, appointment confirmations, and assembly of diagnostic studies for patient-care conferences.
• Respond to patient telephone inquiries, explain conditions and test results, discuss follow-up and future status, and direct questions to physicians or other medical staff when necessary.
• Collaborate with inpatient and outpatient staff, clinical center nursing staff, fellows, clinical associates, researchers, and referring physicians to support patient care and protocol compliance.
• Identify problems that may impede protocol implementation and determine whether they require referral to the principal investigator.
• Analyze current health care delivery systems and implement improvements to operating procedures, patient care, research processes, and costs.
• Participate in training and mentoring new staff and contribute to multidisciplinary performance-improvement programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time