Registered Nurse (RN) - Research, Department of Medicine, FT, Days

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary
Responsible for the implementation, management and oversight of research studies including the education of research staff, healthcare team member, participants and their caregivers. Registers, compiles, submits and oversees clinical data, monitors study compliance and maintains a system for effective data flow for patients on clinical trials. Manages patient visits and implements protocol related procedures. Responsible for monitoring and communicating study participant progress and safety issues with the investigators, applicable regulatory agencies, health care team and study staff.

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.
• Assists MD to determine patient eligibility for enrollment in research studies. Identifies individual patient needs to facilitate participation including identifying and pre-screening potential participants. Registers patients into research studies to meet protocol parameters. Assists MD investigator in the informed consent process.
• Evaluates outcomes, interacts, communicates and consults the health care team as required and adjusts nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care. Assists MD to monitor patient response to therapy and modify plan of care based upon protocol recommendations; reports changes in patient status and refers appropriate health team members as indicated.
• Collaborates with other health team members to formulate an interdisciplinary plan of care and plans a schedule of patient activities related to the study requirements. Instructs participating health care team members in clinical trials procedures, and orients health care professionals to the clinical studies program. Interacts with other members of health team to monitor protocol compliance and to ensure that the assigned patient care needs are met.
• Identifies specific learning needs and abilities of patients/families to provide appropriate education at the level of the recipient. Provides patients/families with information regarding clinical trial participation and provides education regarding individual treatment including purpose, potential side effects, and self-care measures, documents interaction. Maintains patient privacy per institutional and study related policies.
• Gathers and abstracts study data and documents in a factual, concise manner which meets regulatory/unit standards. Achieves, timely, thorough and accurate completion and evaluation of case report forms. Reviews records/forms for compliance with protocol requirements. Prepares for and manages pre-site, study initiation, interim monitoring, and close-out visits. Assists investigator in the completion of data queries. Gathers records, reports, lab results, radiographs, scans, and other materials required for institutional, sponsor and FDA audits.
• Manages study related inventory including, data collection tools, study supplies and study medication, if applicable. Schedules visits with the sponsoring agencies.
• Collaborates with the IRB of record and sponsoring agencies as well as local agencies, when applicable, to ensure global awareness regarding the progression of various studies, amendments and regulatory monitoring. Attends Investigator Meetings as appropriate. Prepares and presents lectures and/or written materials for health care provider education and participates in presentations or seminars related to the research study when necessary.
• Provides functional supervision over assigned research staff. Ensures assigned study staff practice within the parameters of their qualifications and collaborates with team members for optimal functioning of the unit/department. Trains and oversees staff responsible for data, specimen, and radiology submissions.
• Assists department manager/supervisor to coordinate resources to appropriately conduct the trial including the development of data collection tools, communication with ancillary departments to implement study related procedures. Collaborates with study team to develop new strategies for the growth of the Research program. Communicates study related issues with research management.
• Maintains professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, in service meetings, current literature and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest trends in field of expertise.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.

Minimum Requirements

• Education - Associate degree in Nursing. Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred
• Experience - One (1) year Nursing experience in a specialty area. Research experience preferred.

In Lieu Of

• NA

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

• Holds a current RN compact/multistate license recognized by the NCSBN Compact State or is licensed to practice as an RN in the state the team member is working.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• NA

Work Shift
Day (United States of America)

Location
Greenville Memorial Hospital

Facility
Upstate Administrative Research Staff

Department
Upstate Administrative Research Staff-Practice Operations

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