Research Nurse

Job Summary

Supports clinical research projects by coordinating projects and drug trials, assessing patients' qualifications, and facilitating protocols. Collects and reviews lab results, patient data, and lab specimens; administers medications and protocol-specific treatments. Performs general laboratory duties and specialized nursing duties, trains new staff, and ensures regulatory adherence.

Essential Functions

The Health Studies Research Center (HSRC), Department of Epidemiology is seeking a Research Nurse to work on several research projects within HSRC focusing on healthy aging and prevention of disability and mobility loss. Projects will include observational studies and clinical trials, and will involve all aspects of research including recruitment, screening, clinical measures, safety monitoring, data management and outcomes investigation.

The Research Nurse will perform telephone and in-person eligibility, screening, schedule study visits, conduct clinical measurements including phlebotomy for several projects, processing and shipment of biological samples; obtaining anthropometric measures, blood pressure, and heart rate; conducting and interpreting ECG and other clinical tests according to protocol, administering physical performance and cognitive function tests, and assisting participants in completing study-related questionnaires. The Research Nurse will conduct telephone visit reminder calls and follow-up assessments. The Research Nurse will address study alerts, adverse events, and incidental findings per protocol. The Research Nurse may be responsible for compiling study endpoint documentation to support participant-reported health events. This person will train, certify and supervise study staff on study protocol.

Advanced degree and 3+ years of experience is preferred. Equivalent relevant work experience may be substituted for degree requirement.

Physical Effort

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