UT Southwestern Medical Center · 1 month ago
Research RN, Pediatrics
Dallas, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expUT Southwestern Medical Center is a world-renowned medical and research center committed to excellence and innovation. The Research RN in Pediatrics will provide nursing care in a medical facility, coordinating research studies and ensuring compliance with protocols while supporting patient enrollment and participation in research projects.
Clinical TrialsHealth CareHospitalMedicalNon ProfitOncologyOutpatient Care
Responsibilities
Performs nursing care, nursing assessment, and data collection for clinical research studies
May provide working direction for research activities to nursing staff and/or other non-licensed medical or office support personnel
Assists in resolving problems relating to patient care and acts as a liaison between the research team and other institutional stakeholders
Gives counsel to patients with respect to medical conditions and provides appropriate guidance related to research activities, per the study protocol or under the supervision of the principal investigator
Assists in developing procedures for inpatient and outpatient research activities, follows protocols in the scheduling of tests and procedures; may administer experimental and non-experimental medication and procedures under physician/principal investigator guidance
Recruits patients for research studies ensuring subject eligibility, screens patients, tracks patients' data and explains the study purpose and content of each study
Duties performed may include one or more of the following core functions: a) Directly interacting with or caring for patients; b) Directly interacting with or caring for human-subjects research participants; c) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing, or similarly affecting patient records (including patient financial records); or d) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing or similarly affecting human-subjects research records
Obtains informed consent and follows the proper consenting process for patients and/or family members
Monitors and evaluates patients involved in research studies within scope of practice, including their response to therapy or intervention
May assist in inventory of investigational medication, devices or approved medication for each protocol and acts as liaison between investigator pharmacy as each protocol requires, as per protocol requirements
May train other research nurses in specialized skills and knowledge necessary to perform variety of basic and complex research data collection and nursing care; may provide in-service education to staff members as appropriate
May assist in clinical research data collection for pharmaceutical studies, Federal studies, or investigator-initiated studies in patient records (paper and electronic), sponsors documents (electronic and paper) and other forms for data collection, such as: medical histories, data collection of patients' charts for retrospective review studies, patient physiologic performance results and laboratory determinations, calculations of derived information, and maintenance of general research protocols and complex protocols. May also report information to other physicians, institutional stakeholders and granting agencies
May collect, label, store and/or ship blood, serum, urine, and other specimens for analysis per the protocol requirements
Documents and updates the physician and sponsors on the condition of the study participants including possible side effects of therapy
Reports adverse events through appropriate sources per the policy of the protocol and the University Institutional Review Board (IRB) regulations
May assist in organizing and preparing collected data for subsequent publication as appropriate
May coordinate, as per the requirements of the study team, regulatory aspects for each study, which may include but is not limited to budgets, contracts, IRB submissions, maintenance of critical regulatory documents and other required committee submissions
May assist in internal and/or external audit requests
Occasionally, attends and participates in out-of-town meetings or scientific conferences as a representative of the research team
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Graduate of NLN (National League for Nursing) approved Nursing program, licensure as Registered Nurse by Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas
2 years of clinical nursing experience May substitute relevant clinical research experience for clinical nursing experience on one-on-one basis
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through a course accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) Upon Hire
Preferred
Clinical research nursing experience is highly desirable but not required
Benefits
PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
Paid Time Off, available day one
Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
Paid Parental Leave Benefit
Wellness programs
Tuition Reimbursement
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
Company
UT Southwestern Medical Center
UT Southwestern Medical Center offers clinical care, education, and scientific research.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$22MKey Investors
The Dallas FoundationPatient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
2023-06-20Grant
2023-04-20Grant· $4M
2023-03-28Grant· $18M
Leadership Team
Chris Rubio
Interim Chief Executive Officer, Clements University Hospital
Dennis Pfeifer
AVP & CTO University Health System
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