RN Clinical Nurse
About The Position
The primary purpose of this Registered Nurse position is to provide nursing services with a focus on the care of participants who volunteer for clinical research studies conducted primarily in an ambulatory setting. The RN will provide specialized, professional nursing care to research subjects for healthy volunteers and to those with unusual and distinctive medical problems according to federal regulations, Good Clinical Practice, and local and institutional polices. The RN will support study implementation within the context of care delivery settings such as in the NC TraCS’s Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) and UNC Medical Center as well as provide research on location services at UNC Health clinics and hospitals, and the Schools of UNC. The RN will provide management of clinical and research support activities in order to assure patient safety, address clinical needs and assure protocol integrity and accurate data collection. The RN will ensure the integrity of research data while maintaining care that is safe, efficient, timely, effective, equitable, compassionate and patient-centered.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse position
- Care of participants who volunteer for clinical research studies
- Specialized, professional nursing care to research subjects
- Support study implementation within the context of care delivery settings
- Provide research on location services
- Management of clinical and research support activities
- Assure patient safety
- Address clinical needs
- Assure protocol integrity and accurate data collection
- Ensure the integrity of research data
- Maintain care that is safe, efficient, timely, effective, equitable, compassionate and patient-centered
Responsibilities
- Providing direct, individualized care to adult and pediatric research patients
- Phlebotomy and IV insertion
- Administration of investigational medications
- Monitoring and observation
- Performing ECG’s
- Collecting and processing biological specimens
- Other data collection
- Providing direction and health teaching where applicable in relation to study protocol activities
- Reporting and recording care rendered
- Reporting the patient’s response to that care
- Contributing to the CTRC’s continuous quality improvement programs including training of non-licensed research personnel
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
