Research Nurse II

Job Description

The Research Imaging Core provides cutting-edge clinical and preclinical imaging research. Our facility offers technical infrastructure and essential expertise for the Cedars-Sinai community and beyond. We will help you achieve your research goals by providing high-quality instrumentation and service, along with access to advanced, novel imaging techniques developed in-house by our leading imaging scientists.

Are you ready to be a part of breakthrough research?

The Research Nurse II provides hands-on treatment, monitoring and follow-up clinical analysis of patients participating in clinical trials. Ensures adherence to federal and regulatory requirements in providing direct patient nursing care within the context of supporting clinical trial study implementation. Works collaboratively with the Principal Investigator, physicians and other research staff in providing hands-on care in triaging, documenting vitals, administering investigational drugs or interventions, and providing clinical educational services to participants and their families. May assist with coordinating aspects of research, including interactions with research staff and study participants, data compilation, and patient recruitment/logistics. May assist with the training of other staff.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides direct patient nursing care to research participants. Interacts with research participants to provide nursing care, administration of research interventions, and specimen collection.

• Provides clinical education services to research participants and families regarding study participation, participant's current clinical condition, and or disease process.

• Monitors research participants and reports potential adverse events to a member of the research team.

• Records research data (vital signs, research compound administered, participant responses) in approved source documents (medical record, data collection sheet).

• Triages patient by phone and provides clinical information to the patient. May also coordinate patient visits to follow up on clinical issues and provide necessary care.

• Assists with recruitment and logistics of study participants.

• Completes and documents study participant enrollment, assessment/reassessment, education, and follow-up activities.

• Performs and coordinates study participant interventions as required.

• Serves as a liaison between study participants and PI or other research staff.

• Prepares data spreadsheets for the PI and/or department.

• Completes Case Report Forms.

• Assists with data compilation and documentation.

• May assist with the training staff.

• May process, ship, track, or otherwise handle research specimens.

Qualifications

Education:

• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN)/College Diploma in Nursing is required. A Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is preferred.

License/Certification/Registration Requirements:

• A valid California RN license and current BCLS certification are required.

Experience and Skills:

• Two (2) years minimum clinical nursing experience and one (1) year of clinical research experience are required.

• Ability to convey and/or receive written/verbal information to/from various audiences in different formats.

• Ability to use discretion and maintain privacy, confidentiality, or anonymity.

• Ability to interpret and apply knowledge of State, Federal, and Agency standards and follow regulations.

About Us

Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars- Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.

About the Team

Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the U.S., with 886 licensed beds, 2,100 physicians, 2,800 nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Choose this if you want to work in a fast-paced environment that offers the highest level of care to people in the Los Angeles that need our care the most.

Req ID : 12126

Working Title : Research Nurse II - Imaging Core

Department : BMS - BioMed Imaging Res Inst.

Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Job Category : Nursing

Job Specialty : Research

Overtime Status : NONEXEMPT

Primary Shift : Day

Shift Duration : 10 hour

Base Pay : $40.03 - $60.05

Cedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law.