Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner

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The Nurse Practitioner will support the conduct of psychiatric clinical research studies by providing comprehensive clinical care and performing protocol-driven clinical activities. This role involves conducting structured psychiatric assessments, performing clinical evaluations across study visits, and completing study-related procedures including phlebotomy and laboratory ordering. This role is integral to ensuring participant safety, protocol adherence, and the collection of high-quality clinical data.

The Nurse Practitioner will monitor participants receiving investigational interventions, including, but not limited to, ketamine, intranasal esketamine, psilocybin, and other emerging therapeutics for treatment-resistant depression throughout all phases of study participation. Responsibilities include ongoing clinical assessment, identification and documentation of changes in clinical status, and coordination with the study team regarding participant care and protocol requirements. This position integrates advanced clinical practice with research operations to support the accurate and reliable conduct of clinical trials.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated knowledge of current principles, methods, and procedures for medical evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment. Possession of a CT APRN license (or eligibility) with ANA certification.
• Ability to conduct informed consent procedures, support multidisciplinary clinical research projects, and participate in recruitment and assessment of study subjects.
• Strong clinical skills in patient assessment, care management, and prescribing for patient care related to research activities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for liaising with research team members, partners, and collaborators.
• Organized and detail-oriented with the ability to function under pressure. Ability to maintain integrity in working with confidential information and make appropriate independent decisions.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Examines patients to collect information about their physical condition and establishes a clinical diagnosis.
• Conducts physicals, provides treatment, formulates a health care plan and counsels patients on various health practices.
• Encourages compliance with treatments plan through education, assessment of patient understanding and regular patient monitoring.
• Provides reasonable and prudent medical care, practices appropriate management, and uses sound clinical judgment based on best practice standards and evidenced based medicine.
• Obtains, compiles, and records patient medical data, including health history, progress notes and results of physical examination.
• Provides preventive health practices to patients to maintain and improve health and prevent illness.
• Coordinates patient care including ordering of laboratory tests and radiographic studies.
• Interprets diagnostic test results for deviations from normal.
• Prescribes therapy or medication as necessary.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience:

Master's Degree from an accredited Advanced Nurse Practitioner program or graduation from a Physician Assistant (PA) Training Program accredited by the American Medical Association Council on Medical Education.

Required License(s) or Certification(s): CT APRN license (or eligible) with ANA certification OR CT PA license (or eligible). Prescriptive privileges (or eligible) in the State of Connecticut, federal DEA license and CT DCP license for prescription of controlled substances.

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the work involves sitting, standing, walking, bending, and occasional slight lifting. The employee occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 50 pounds when transferring a patient from chair or wheelchair to exam table and turning patients for examination. Proper body mechanics must be used when maneuvering patients.