Clinical Research Nurse

Clinical Research Nurse

JERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Borough of Neptune City, New Jersey

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• Shift: Day
• Status:
  Full Time with Benefits

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The Clinical Research Nurse is responsible for coordinating and overseeing clinical research operations for all assigned clinical trials and participates in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating compliant patient care in clinical research trials. The Clinical Research Nurse carries out the research and works under the general supervision of the principal investigator responsible for the clinical trials.

• Assist the principal investigator in the preparation of proposed clinical trials by reviewing trial protocol, contacting each department that will provide resources during study and ensuring appropriate departments are notified and given a copy of proposed trial, scientific merit and accrual potential.
• Assure that all protocol revisions, informed consents, continuing reviews, serious adverse events are submitted to the appropriate IRB of record in a timely manner.
• Act as liaison between principal investigators and sub-investigators on all regulatory issues and changes within the protocol.
• Interact with regulatory specialists and Principal Investigators and sub-investigators on all regulatory issues and changes within the protocol.
• In collaboration with the principal investigator, clinical research coordinator, and clinical team, participate in the review of studies for feasibility and evaluate potential competition with other protocols before submitting study.
• Review studies with principal investigator and/or clinical research coordinator to a budget outlining standard of care and research costs. Finalize budget draft with budget coordinator.
• Recruit and evaluate potential study patients, and work with clinical research coordinator to schedule required appointments and interviews.
• Identify the needs of the patient population served and modify and deliver care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.). Communicate with patients, parents, and/or primary caregivers at their level.
• Review medical records for potential study patients and ensure that medical records include documentation of all laboratory test results and procedures and progress of study patients, following guidelines set forth by the protocol sponsors.
• Instruct potential study patients, designated caregiver, physicians, nurse clinicians and other ancillary staff members involved in the care of the patient on aspects of patient’s care, available trials, treatments and side effects.
• Assist investigator with consent process ensuring study patients understand clinical trials and obtain written informed consent.
• Educate study patients concerning informed consent procedures, HIPAA authorization.
• Document study patient’s medical history, including but not limited to past medical/surgical treatments, significant medical conditions, and medication history per protocol guidelines.
• Perform nursing assessments and monitor study patient’s progress during clinical trials; track study patient’s response by documenting on toxicity flow sheet, medication flow sheet and nurses progress notes.
• Maintain accurate, complete, up-to-date records on each patient participating in a clinical trial protocol in all applicable systems (i.e., electronic medical record, clinical trial management system, departmental and protocol specific databases).
• Evaluate and develop study patient education materials and give study patient and/or designated caregiver instructions on drug administration and other medical information; create study…