CLINICAL RESEARCH NURSE I

3 weeks ago


Pittsburgh PA USA, United States University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Full time
Purpose:

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is currently hiring a regular full-time Clinical Research Nurse I (RN) to help support the Clinical Research Services team located at the Hillman Cancer Center in Shadyside/Pittsburgh, PA & at the UPMC Magee Women's Oncology Research program in Oakland/Pittsburgh, PA. This role will support various Oncology Disease Center program studies working Monday through Friday daylight hours.

This position offers a $6,000 sign-on bonus.

The Clinical Research Services (CRS) team is made up of nearly 200 staff members who facilitate the development, implementation, coordination, internal data monitoring, and completion of oncology-focused trials at Hillman. These trials include institutional (investigator-initiated), multi-center cooperative group/National Clinical Trial Network (NCTN), consortium, and industry-sponsored trials. Using a disease-specific centers model for conducting clinical trials, CRS provides study development and implementation assistance, submissions to the FDA, IRB processing, patient recruitment, study coordination, study-specific training, data collection, and specimen collection and processing.

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The clinical research nurse will work with physicians, nurses, other allied health professionals, and research staff to coordinate clinical research efforts provided at UPMC.

* This position is part of a UPMC Research Career ladder. The incumbent will be hired into the appropriate level of research nursing professional based on their current education and experience level.

Responsibilities:

* Actively participates in the department's quality improvement efforts.
* Demonstrates leadership in ensuring adherence to ethical practices during the conduct of research to protect the rights and well-being of patients and the collection of quality data.
* Demonstrates leadership in ensuring patient comprehension and safety during initial and ongoing informed consent discussions.
* Facilitates compliance with the requirements of the research protocol and good clinical research practice while remaining cognizant of the needs of the diverse patient population.
* Identifies opportunities for quality improvement to colleagues and management.
* Provides detailed and appropriate teaching to patients and families to effectively guide them through the research study.
* Provides leadership to the research team in ensuring collection of source data and completion of documentation that validated the integrity of the research
* Takes personal responsibility in improving patient satisfaction with the quality of care and service provided.
* Takes responsibility for identifying his or her ongoing professional development needs and seeks resources and opportunities to meet those needs, such as through membership in nursing or research organizations.
* Uses a variety of resources and strategies to manage the care of patients participating in research, ensuring compliance with protocol procedures, assessments, and reporting requirements as well as management of symptoms.
* Utilizes a variety of strategies to enhance recruitment while being mindful of the needs of diverse patient populations.
* Utilizes multiple communication methods to facilitate the effective conduct of research

Qualifications:

Qualifications:

* Associates/bachelor's preferred.
* Graduation from an accredited school of professional nursing is required.
* Oncology experience preferred.
* Research experience preferred.
* 2 years of clinical research experience with a preference in an oncology setting

OR

* 2 years of RN experience.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

Current Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse license or eligible for State Board Licensure.

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