Clinical Research Nurse; Senior - Principal Level

Overview

University Staff

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department: Emergency Medicine

Job Title: Clinical Research Nurse (Senior - Principal Level)

Position: # - Requisition: #33857

The Airway, Trauma, Lung Injury, and Sepsis Research Program (ATLAS) in the Department of Emergency Medicine has an opening for a full-time University Staff (unclassified) Research Services Senior
- Principal Professional (Clinical Research Registered Nurse) position. ATLAS conducts clinical research, focusing on clinical trials and real-world data studies in the acute care setting with a focus on early interventions for critically ill and injured patients. ATLAS leverages a network of global collaborators to lead multi-site clinical trials. ATLAS receives significant funding from the NIH, DOD, and CDC.

The Department of Emergency Medicine and ATLAS lab seeks motivated applicants for the position of Clinical Science Professional. This role will engage patients, families, and clinical staff at the University of Colorado Hospital, manage study start-up and documentation for clinical trials, and collaborate with clinical and research teams working to improve care of critically ill and injured patients. Projects focus on patients in the Emergency Department and Intensive Care Units with critically ill patients, including COVID-19, influenza, sepsis, major trauma and acute respiratory failure.

The ideal candidate will have experience within research (clinical or laboratory), collaborate effectively on multidisciplinary teams, and be highly detail-oriented.

Senior Level:

• Assist with developing or developing protocol-specific systems and documents including process flows, training manuals, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Case Report Forms (CRFs). Maintains subject level documentation and prepares documents, equipment and/or supplies.
• Assist with identifying issues related to operational efficiency and share results with leadership.
• Collect information to determine feasibility, recruitment and retention strategies. Employ, evaluate and assist with the implementation of innovative solutions to maximize recruitment and retention.
• Serve as a resource and participate in study initiation and close-out duties.

Principal Level, all of the above and:

• Coordinate and administer patient care in compliance with protocol requirements.
• Disburse investigation drug and provide patient education regarding administration.
• Oversee the preparation of orders by physicians to assure protocol compliance. Independently review patients for changes in condition, adverse events, concomitant medication use, protocol compliance, response to study drug and thoroughly document and report all findings to physician and care team.

• Manage and conduct moderately complex research activities that are part of a larger project from initiation to close.
• Create complex data management and tracking tools (REDCap, Excel) to support tracking of project/recruitment activities.
• Oversee student worker(s) or junior PRAs as it relates to a specific project.
• Participate in instrument creation (REDCap) and/or analytical structures as appropriate to the project.
• Collect study data via complex patient visits, surveys, observations or focus groups. Provide leadership in data collection to other PRAs and students.
• Participate in audits, monitoring visits, and quality control checks of data collection, equipment maintenance, and study procedures.
• Help develop study findings for presentation to team and external audiences.
• May lead publication development (abstract/manuscript).
• Help with budget management/tracking (under direction of PM/PI).
• Lead manuscript preparation for publication or presentation in scientific forums.
• Work with members of the UCD and UCHealth community as needed to set up labs, participant visits, and access shared University resources.
• Manage study participant incentive program with the assistance of procurement.

Hybrid - this role is eligible for a hybrid schedule of 4 days per week on campus and as needed for in-person meetings.

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